Pakistan’s election results were delayed on Friday following widespread turmoil on polling day, but early signals pointed to strong turnout for the party of imprisoned former prime minister Imran Khan despite a military-backed crackdown.
Results were only available for a handful of seats more than 12 hours after polls closed. Candidates loyal to Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party had won five seats, while the Pakistan Muslim League-N party of three-time former prime minister Nawaz Sharif had won four, according to Pakistan’s Dawn newspaper.
The Pakistan Peoples party, led by Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, the son of assassinated former prime minister Benazir Bhutto, had four seats.