Pakistan Election Results 2024: PML-N's Nawaz Sharif wins in Lahore, defeats PTI's Yasmin Rashid with a big margin

Pakistan Election Result 2024: Nawaz Sharif, former prime minister of Pakistan, has won in his constituency in Lahore by more than 55,000 votes. He defeated the Imran Khan-led Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) candidate Yasmin Rashid to get victory in the seat.According to a report by ARY News, Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) supremo bagged 1,07,124 votes, while Rashid got support of 1,01,524 voters, making Sharif victorious on the NA-130 Lahore seat.Congratulatory messages started pouring in for Sharif after his victory in Lahore.Voting in Pakistan took place on Thursday, 8 February, amid tight security.By 11:20 am (local time), the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) announced 47 results for the 265 contested seats in the National Assembly, with Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz) winning 17 and former prime minister Imran Khan's PTI party leading on 14.How many seats are there in Pakistan Parliament?Pakistan election 2024 was conducted for 266 National Assembly seats out of 336, but polling was postponed on at least one seat after a candidate was killed in a gun attack in Bajaur.The remaining 60 seats are reserved for women and 10 for minorities and are allotted to the winning parties based on proportional representation.Win on how many needed to form government in PakistanTo form a government in Pakistan, a political party needs victory on 172 seats, Geo News report said.The party can have its own members or rope in other party candidates to get the majority in the house and form the government.With inputs from agencies