Provincial elections were held in the Pakistani province of Balochistan on 11 May 2013, alongside nationwide general elections and three other provincial elections in Sindh, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Punjab. The remaining two territories of Pakistan, Azad Kashmir and Gilgit-Baltistan, were ineligible to vote due to their disputed status.
Background The 2013 elections resulted in a hung parliament, before Pakistan Muslim League (N), National Party, and Pashtunkhwa Milli Awami Party joined hands to form a coalition government. A power-sharing agreement was also brokered between PML-N and NP where the province's Chief Ministership tenure would be bifurcated between the two parties. In consequence, NP's Abdul Malik Baloch served as chief minister from 2013 to 2015 before he was replaced by PML-N's Sanaullah Khan Zehri at the end of 2015.
However, Zehri couldn't complete his term as on 2 January 2018, a number of dissident members from the ruling PML-N colluded with opposition lawmakers to submit a no-confidence motion against him. Seeing that he has lost the majority of the house's support in the ensuing turmoil, Zehri resigned from his post before a no-confidence vote could take place. Pakistan Muslim League (Q)'s, Abdul Quddus Bizenjo, an opposition lawmaker and one of the leaders of the no-confidence bloc, was elected as the province's 15th Chief Minister. He secured 41 of the 65 votes.
Results Constituency Name Party PB-22 Abdul Rahim Ziaratwal Pashtunkhwa Milli Awami Party PB-23 Changez Khan Marri Pakistan Muslim League (N) PB-25 Jan Mohammad Jamali Pakistan Muslim League (N) PB-35 Mohammad Akhtar Mengal Balochistan National Party (Mengal) PB-38 Nawab Muhammad Khan Shahwani National Party (Pakistan) PB-45 Mohammad Saleh Bhootani Independent PB-48 Abdul Malik Baloch National Party (Pakistan) PB-8 Agha Syed Liaqat Ali Pashtunkhwa Milli Awami Party PB-50 Akbar Askani Pakistan Muslim League (N) PB-49 Fateh Mohammad Baloch National Party PB-65 Ghansham Das Madwani Baloch PB-9 Haji Abdul Malik Kakar Jamiat-e-Ulema Islam (F) PB-40 Haji Ghulam Dastagir Badeni Pakistan Muslim League (N) PB-7 Khalil-ur-Rehman (politician) Jamiat-e-Ulema Islam (F) PB-6 Manzoor Ahmed Kakar Pashtunkhwa Milli Awami Party PB-15 Mazaullah Musakhail Jamiat-e-Ulema Islam (F) PB-46 Mir Abdul Karim Nousherwani Pakistan Muslim League (Q) PB-28 Mir Abdul Majid Abro Pakistan Muslim League (N) PB-39 Mir Amanullah Notezai Pakistan Muslim League (Q) PB-31 Mir Amir Rind Pakistan Muslim League (N) PB-51 Mir Hamal Kalmati Balochistan National Party (Mengal) PB-27 Mir Izhar Hussain Khosa Pakistan Muslim League (N) PB-36 Mir Khalid Humayun Langau National Party PB-30 Mir Mohammad Asim Kurd Gello Pakistan Muslim League (N) PB-47 Mir Mujeeb-ur-Rehman Muhammad Hasani National Party PB-21 Mir Sarfraz Chakar Domki Pakistan Muslim League (N) PB-37 Mir Zafarullah Khan Zehri Balochistan National Party (Awami) PB-18 Mufti Gulab Khan Jamiat-e-Ulema Islam (F) PB-43 Muhammad Islam National Party PB-29 Muhammad Khan Lehri Pakistan Muslim League (N) PB-5 Quetta Nasrullah Khan Zayray Pashtunkhwa Milli Awami Party PB-32 Nawabzada Tariq Magsi Independent PB-16 Obaidullah Jan Babat Pashtunkhwa Milli Awami Party PB-44 Prince Ahmed Ali Ahmedzai Pakistan Muslim League (N) PB-26 Rahat Jamali PB-42 Rahmat Saleh Baloch National Party PB-17 Sardar Abdul Rehman Khetran Jamiat-e-Ulema Islam (F) PB-14 Sardar Dur Muhammad Nasar Pakistan Muslim League (N) PB-10 Sardar Ghulam Mustafa Khan Tareen Pashtunkhwa Milli Awami Party PB-34 Sardar Muhammad Aslam Bizenjo National Party PB-20 Maulana Abdul Wasay Jamiat Ulamae-Islam (F) PB-4 Quetta Sardar Raza Muhammad Barrech Pashtunkhwa Milli Awami Party PB-24 Sarfaraz Ahmed Bugti Pakistan Muslim League (N) PB-19 Sheikh Jaffar Khan Mandokhail Pakistan Muslim League (Q) PB-3 Quetta Nawab Ayaz Jogezai Pashtunkhwa Milli Awami Party PB-2 Quetta Syed Muhammad Raza Majlis Wahdatul Muslimeen PB-1 Quetta Tahir Mahmood Khan Pakistan Muslim League (N) PB-13 Abdul Majeed Khan Achakzai Pashtunkhwa Milli Awami Party PB-11 Hamid Khan Achakzai Pashtunkhwa Milli Awami Party PB-64 William Jan Barkat Pashtunkhwa Milli Awami Party PB-12 Zmrak Khan Awami National Party PB-41 Abdul Quddus Bizenjo Pakistan Muslim League (Q) Women's reserved seats Arfa Siddiq Pashtunkhwa Milli Awami Party Husan Bano Jamiat-e-Ulema Islam (F) Kishwar Ahmed Pakistan Muslim League (N) Masooma Hayat Pashtunkhwa Milli Awami Party Ruqia Saeed Hashmi Pakistan Muslim League (Q) Samina Khan Pakistan Muslim League (N) Shahida Rauf Jamiat-e-Ulema Islam (F) Shama Ishaq National Party Spozmi Achakzai Pashtunkhwa Milli Awami Party Yasmin Bibi National Party Rahila Durrani Pakistan Muslim League (N) Anita Irfan Minorities' reserved seats Santosh Kumar Bugti
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