2025 Pakistani Senate election in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
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Elections for 11 seats of the Senate of Pakistan were held on 21 July 2025. These seats, all of which were from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, were supposed to be up for election in 2024, but due to the incomplete membership of the Provincial Assembly of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, had to be postponed. After the appeal to the Reserved seats case was accepted, and the membership of the Provincial Assembly became complete, the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) set the polling date for 21 July 2025.[1]
Independents supported by the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) won 6 of the 11 seats, while the Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (F) (JUI-F) and Pakistan People's Party (PPP) won two seats each. The Pakistan Muslim League (N) (PML(N)) also won a seat.[2]
Background
The previous Senate elections were held on 2 April 2024. These 11 seats were up for election, but their elections had to be postponed until the membership of the Provincial Assembly of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa was complete.[3]
As a result of the PTI intra-party elections case, PTI candidates had to contest the 2024 Khyber Pakhtunkhwa provincial election as independents. After their election, most PTI-affiliated MPAs join the Sunni Ittehad Council (SIC), so they could be eligible for reserved seats. The ECP, however, notified members from other parties on those seats, arguing that the SIC never contested the elections nor had given a list of candidates for the reserved seats. The Speaker of the Provincial Assembly of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Babar Saleem Swati, refused to administer the oath to these members until the Reserved seats case was settled.[4][5]
On 12 July 2024, the Supreme Court of Pakistan (SCP) overturned a previous decision by the Peshawar High Court, and declared the ECP's decision "null and void". The majority verdict of the 13-member bench also allowed the PTI to become eligible for reserved seats.[6][7]
However, on 26 March 2025, the constitutional bench of the SCP heard review petitions filed be the ECP, PML(N), and PPP, and ruled that the PTI/SIC was ineligible for reserved seats. As a result, the ECP decision was upheld.[8]
On 4 July, the ECP announced the schedule for the elections, and the members of the Provincial Assembly, who were elected to these reserved seats, took oath on 20 July 2025.[9][1]
Results
The following table lists the elected senators.[2]
| Khyber Pakhtunkhwa | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seat Type | Winners | ||||||
| General | Faisal Javed
(IND) |
Mirza Muhammad Afridi
(IND) |
Murad Saeed
(IND) |
Noor-ul-Haq Qadri
(IND) |
Atta ul Haq Darvish
(JUI(F)) |
Niaz Amir Muqam
(PML(N)) |
Talha Mahmood
(PPP) |
| Technocrat | Azam Swati (IND) | Dilawar Khan (JUI (F)) | |||||
| Women | Rubina Naz (IND) | Rubina Khalid (PPP) | |||||
References
- ^ a b "ECP announces election schedule for K-P seats". The Express Tribune. 4 July 2025. Retrieved 4 August 2025.
- ^ a b Sheikh, Adnan; Hayat, Arif (21 July 2025). "Senate elections: arrangement comes through as PTI wins 6 and opposition bags 5 seats in KP". DAWN.COM. Retrieved 7 August 2025.
- ^ Hussain, Abid. "Pakistan's PTI slams poll body after Senate election delayed in a province". Al Jazeera. Retrieved 4 August 2025.
- ^ Mehboob, Ahmed Bilal (18 May 2024). "Saga of reserved seats". DAWN.COM. Retrieved 5 July 2024.
- ^ Hakeem, Abdul (1 April 2024). "KP Assembly speaker files review petition against PHC verdict ordering oath-taking of reserved seat MPAs". DAWN.COM. Retrieved 4 August 2025.
- ^ "PTI eligible for reserved seats, ECP's allocation to ruling coalition unconstitutional: SC". The Express Tribune. 12 July 2024. Archived from the original on 12 July 2024. Retrieved 12 July 2024.
- ^ "Win for PTI as SC declares party eligible for reserved seats". Business Recorder. 12 July 2024. Archived from the original on 6 August 2024. Retrieved 12 July 2024.
- ^ "Sunni Ittehad Council not entitled to reserved seats, observes SC judge". www.geo.tv. Retrieved 26 May 2025.
- ^ Guramani, Nadir; Hayat, Arif (20 July 2025). "KP governor administers oath to opposition MPAs". DAWN.COM. Retrieved 4 August 2025.