Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) has lost its two-third majority in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly following the changes in the results of some seats.
However, the Imran Khan-led party still has a simple majority, so it can form the government. Combining general seats, reserved seats and independent candidates, PTI had 83 members in the assembly – they needed 82 for a two-third majority.
After the recount in PK-70 Peshawar, PTI’s Shah Farman lost the election. In PK-23 Shangla, where PTI’s Shaukat Yusufzai won, the election has been declared null and void since only 5% of the voters were women. The Election Act 2017 says that the number of female voters has to be at least 10% of the total votes in the area.
The party also lost a reserved seat for women – they now have 14. The party also has two minority seats. The KP Assembly has been summoned on August 13 where the newly elected MPAs will take oath.
https://nation.com.pk/11-Aug-2018/pti-loses-two-third-majority-in-kp-assembly
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