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2013 Balochistan provincial election

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All 65 seats in the Provincial Assembly 38 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	40.86%(7.58%)
First party Second party Third party   Leader Hamid Khan Achakzai Sanaullah Zehri Abdul Malik Baloch Party PMAP PML(N) NP Leader's seat Qilla Abdullah-III Khuzdar-I Kech-I Last election boycotted 0 seats, 1.13% 1 seat, 0.78% Seats won 14 12 10 Seat change 14 12 9 Popular vote 167,900 134,758 76,018 Percentage 13.06% 10.28% 5.78% Swing 12.80% 9.15% 4.00%   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Leader Maulana Abdul Wasey Abdul Quddus Bizenjo Akhtar Mengal Party JUI (F) PML(Q) BNP (M) Leader's seat Qilla Saifullah Awaran Khuzdar-III Last election 9 seats, 15.10% 19 seats, 33.39% 7 seats, 5.06% Seats won 8 6 2 Seat change 1 13 5 Popular vote 207,167 53,305 81,217 Percentage 15.80% 4.06% 6.19% Swing 0.70% 29.33% 1.13%
Chief Minister before election Muhammad Aslam Khan Raisani PPP Elected Chief Minister Abdul Malik Baloch NP

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

References

1. "GENERAL ELECTIONS - 2013 PROVINCIAL ASSEMBLIES TURNOUT". Election Commission of Pakistan.
2. Zafar, Muhammad (18 May 2013). "Balochistan politics: PML-N, PkMAP, National Party to form coalition govt". The Express Tribune.
3. Shah, Syed Ali (8 June 2013). "Unopposed, Dr Abdul Malik Baloch elected CM Balochistan". Dawn.
4. "PML-N's Sanaullah Zehri elected CM Balochistan". The News International. 24 December 2015.
5. "Balochistan CM Zehri quits to avoid no-trust vote - The Express Tribune". The Express Tribune. 9 January 2018. Archived from the original on 13 January 2018. Retrieved 13 January 2018.
6. Shah, Syed Ali (13 January 2018). "Balochistan Assembly votes Bizenjo in as new CM". DAWN.COM. Archived from the original on 13 January 2018. Retrieved 13 January 2018.
7. "Balochistan Assembly elects Abdul Qudoos Bizenjo as provincial chief minister". www.pakistantoday.com.pk. Retrieved 13 January 2018.

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See also: Elections and referendums in Pakistan

v t e Constituencies of Provincial Assembly of Balochistan
Sherani	PB-1 Sherani-cum-Zhob
Zhob	PB-2 Zhob
Killa Saifullah	PB-3 Killa Saifullah
Musakhel & Barkhan	PB-4 Musakhel-cum-Barkhan
Loralai	PB-5 Loralai
Duki	PB-6 Duki
Ziarat & Harnai	PB-7 Ziarat cum Harnai
Sibi	PB-8 Sibi
Kohlu	PB-9 Kohlu
Dera Bugti	PB-10 Dera Bugti
Jhal Magsi	PB-11 Jhal Magsi
Kachhi	PB-12 Kachhi
Nasirabad	PB-13 Nasirabad-I PB-14 Nasirabad-II
Sohbatpur	PB-15 Sohbatpur
Jafarabad	PB-16 Jafarabad
Usta Muhammad	PB-17 Usta Muhammad
Khuzdar District	PB-18 Khuzdar-I PB-19 Khuzdar-II PB-20 Khuzdar-III
Hub	PB-21 Hub
Lasbela	PB-22 Lasbela
Awaran	PB-23 Awaran
Gwadar	PB-24 Gwadar
Kech	PB-25 Kech-I PB-26 Kech-II PB-27 Kech-III PB-28 Kech-IV
Panjgur	PB-29 Panjgur-I PB-30 Panjgur-II
Washuk	PB-31 Washuk
Chagai	PB-32 Chagai
Kharan	PB-33 Kharan
Nushki	PB-34 Nushki
Surab	PB-35 Surab
Kalat	PB-36 Kalat
Mastung	PB-37 Mastung
Quetta	PB-38 Quetta-I PB-39 Quetta-II PB-40 Quetta-III PB-41 Quetta-IV PB-42 Quetta-V PB-43 Quetta-VI PB-44 Quetta-VII PB-45 Quetta-VIII PB-46 Quetta-IX
Pishin	PB-47 Pishin-I PB-48 Pishin-II PB-49 Pishin-III
Killa Abdullah	PB-50 Killa Abdullah
Chaman	PB-51 Chaman
Election Commission of Pakistan

• 2013 elections in Pakistan
• Elections in Balochistan