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{{Short description|Pakistani provincial election}}
{{Use Pakistani English|date=August 2024}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2024}}
{{Infobox election
| election_name = 2013 Khyber Pakhtunkhwa provincial election
| country = Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
| type = parliamentary
| ongoing = no
| previous_election = 2008 North-West Frontier Province provincial election
| previous_year = 2008
| next_year = 2018
| next_election = 2018 Khyber Pakhtunkhwa provincial election
| seats_for_election = All 124 seats in the [[Provincial Assembly of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa|Provincial Assembly]]
| majority_seats = 63
| elected_mps = 
| election_date = 11 May 2013
| turnout = 44.74%({{increase}}11.28%)<ref name="Election Commission of Pakistan">{{cite web|title=GENERAL ELECTIONS - 2013 PROVINCIAL ASSEMBLIES TURNOUT|url=https://ecp.gov.pk/Documents/Downloads/General%20Election%202013/Statistics/Provincial%20Assemblies%20Turnout%20General%20Election%202013.jpg|publisher=Election Commission of Pakistan|access-date=2017-11-12|archive-date=2017-11-12|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171112185729/https://ecp.gov.pk/Documents/Downloads/General%20Election%202013/Statistics/Provincial%20Assemblies%20Turnout%20General%20Election%202013.jpg|url-status=dead}}</ref>

<!-- Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf -->| image1 = [[File:Pervez Khattak portrait.jpg|100x100px]]
| leader1 = [[Pervez Khattak]]
| party1 = Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf
| leaders_seat1 = [[Constituency PK-13 (Nowshera-II)|Nowshera-II]]
| last_election1 = ''Did not contest''
| popular_vote1 = 1,039,719
| percentage1 = 19.31%
| seats1 = 48
| seat_change1 = {{increase}} 48
| swing1 = {{increase}} 19.31%

<!-- Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (F) -->| image2 = [[File:Flag of the Jamiat Ulema-e Islam.svg|100x100px]]
| leader2 = [[Maulana Lutfur Rehman]]
| party2 = Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (F)
| leaders_seat2 = [[Constituency PK-66 (D.I. Khan-III)|Dera Ismail Khan-III]]
| last_election2 = 14 seats, 14.63%
| popular_vote2 = 733,777
| percentage2 = 13.63%
| seats2 = 16
| seat_change2 = {{increase}} 2
| swing2 = {{decrease}} 1.00%
<!-- Pakistan Muslim League (N)-->| image3 = [[File:Sardar Mehtab Ahmed Khan.jpg|100x100px]]
| leader3 = [[Mehtab Abbasi]]
| party3 = Pakistan Muslim League (N)
| color3 = 
| leaders_seat3 = Did not contest
| last_election3 = 9 seats, 12.83%
| popular_vote3 = 856,135
| percentage3 = 15.90%
| seats3 = 15
| seat_change3 = {{increase}} 6
| swing3 = {{increase}} 3.07%

<!-- bottom -->| title = [[Chief Minister of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa|Chief Minister]]
| posttitle = Elected Chief Minister
| before_election = [[Ameer Haider Khan Hoti]] <!-------his part is for the previously elected Chief Minister not for the Caretaker office holder----->
| before_party = Awami National Party
| after_election = [[Pervez Khattak]]
| after_party = Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf

<!-- map -->| map_image = File:2013 KPK provincial election results map.svg
| map_size = 
| map_alt = 
| map = 
| map_caption = Results by constituency
}}
'''Provincial elections''' were held in the [[Provinces in Pakistan|Pakistani province]] of [[Khyber Pakhtunkhwa]] to elect the members of the 10th [[Provincial Assembly of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa]] on 11 May 2013, alongside nationwide [[2013 Pakistani general election|general elections]] and three other provincial elections in [[2013 Sindh provincial election|Sindh]], [[2013 Balochistan provincial election|Balochistan]] and [[2013 Punjab provincial election|Punjab]]. The remaining two territories of Pakistan, [[Azad Jammu and Kashmir|AJK]] and [[Gilgit-Baltistan]], were ineligible to vote due to their disputed status.

==Background==
In the [[2008 Pakistani general election|2008 elections]], the [[Awami National Party|ANP]], a [[secular]], [[leftist]] and Pashtun nationalist party, won the elections, prompting them to form a coalition government with the [[centre-left]] [[Pakistan Peoples Party]].<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.dawn.com/news/291614 |title=PESHAWAR: ANP, PPP to have equal ministers in 'small' cabinet |publisher=Dawn.com |date=2008-03-01 |accessdate=2018-03-01}}</ref>

This coalition government was said to be riddled with [[corruption]] and [[poor governance]], leading to common mistrust with the government.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://fp.brecorder.com/2012/12/201212161268533/ |title=Poor performance, rampant corruption: ANP, PPP coalition government in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa may not retain previous positions |last=Amin |first=Tahir |publisher=Business Recorder |date=2012-12-16 |accessdate=2018-03-01}}</ref>

==Campaign==

Overall throughout the campaign, there were three main contenders: [[Awami National Party]], the party in government for the past five years; the [[Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (F)]], a religious party or the [[Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf]], a [[welfarist]], [[centrist]] party led by former cricketer [[Imran Khan]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa: Surprises in the offing? |last=Khan |first=Zalan |url= https://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/spotlight/pakistan-elections/2013/04/201342714341708612.html |date=6 May 2013|publisher=Al Jazeera English |accessdate=2018-03-01}}</ref>

[[Opinion polls]] were consistently showing that [[Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf]] were making deep inroads into the province of [[Khyber Pakhtunkhwa]], being close to even forming a government.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.pildat.org/publications/publication/elections/PoliticalWeatherForecastforElection2013.pdf |title=Political Weather Forecast for Election 2013 |publisher=PILDAT-Gallup |date=2013-03-04 |accessdate=2018-03-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170830062855/http://www.pildat.org/Publications/publication/elections/PoliticalWeatherForecastforElection2013.pdf |archive-date=2017-08-30 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

The parties campaigned on multiple different policy platforms: [[Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf]] campaigned on a [[Third Way]], [[Welfarist]] and [[anti-establishment]] platform, attempting to attract disillusioned voters of mainstream parties;<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.insaf.org.pk/pti-profile/ |title=Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf – Profile |publisher=Insaf – Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf Fans Club |accessdate=2018-03-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402101615/http://www.insaf.org.pk/pti-profile/ |archive-date=2015-04-02 |url-status=dead }}</ref> the [[Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (F)]] campaigned on religious issues such as the enforcement of [[Sharia|Islamic Law]] and the [[Pakistan Muslim League (N)]] mainly campaigned against the [[leftist]] policies of the federal [[Pakistan Peoples Party|PPP]] government and vowed to tackle the [[Electricity Sector in Pakistan|energy conservation crisis]].<ref name=NYT52713>{{cite news|title=Pakistan Faces Struggle to Keep Its Lights On|url= https://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/28/world/asia/pakistan-electricity-shortages-reach-crisis-stage.html |work=The New York Times|date=27 May 2013|first1=Declan |last1=Walsh |first2=Salman |last2=Masood |accessdate=2018-03-01}}</ref>

==Results==
[[Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf]], led by former cricketer [[Imran Khan]] emerged as the largest party in the province with 48 seats. While this was a considerably higher number than the second largest party, ([[Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (F)]], with 16 seats), it was still 15 seats short of a majority government.

{{Election results
|seattype1=General|seattype2=Independents joined|seattype3=Reserved for women
|party1=[[Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf]]|votes1=1039719|st1t1=38|st2t1=9|st3t1=10
|party2=[[Pakistan Muslim League (N)]]|votes2=856135|st1t2=11|st2t2=1|st3t2=3
|party3=[[Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (F)]]|votes3=733777|st1t3=11|st2t3=|st3t3=3
|party4=[[Jamaat-e-Islami]]|votes4=404895|st1t4=7|st2t4=|st3t4=1
|party5=[[Qaumi Watan Party]]|votes5=193964|st1t5=7|st2t5=1|st3t5=2
|party6=[[Awami National Party]]|votes6=556625|st1t6=4|st2t6=|st3t6=1
|party7=[[Pakistan People's Party]]|votes7=472550|st1t7=3|st2t7=|st3t7=1
|total_st1t=99|total_st2t=0|total_st3t=22
|electorate=12052203
|source=[https://web.archive.org/web/20180622164615/https://ecp.gov.pk/Documents/Downloads/General%20Election%202013/Statistics/Party%20wise%20Vote%20Bank.pdf ECP], [https://web.archive.org/web/20171112185513/https://ecp.gov.pk/Documents/Downloads/General%20Election%202013/Party%20Position/Party%20Position%20(Provincial%20Assembly).pdf ECP]
|seattype4=Reserved for non-Muslims|seattype5=Total|st4t1=1|st4t2=1|st4t3=1|total_st4t=3|total_st5t=124|party8=[[Awami Jamhuri Ittehad Pakistan]]|party9=[[All Pakistan Muslim League]]|party10=Other parties|party11=[[Independent politician|Independents]]|votes8=63497|votes9=21933|votes10=171949|votes11=867989|st2t11=-12|st1t11=14|st1t9=1|st1t8=3|st3t8=1|st2t8=1|st5t1=58|st5t2=16|st5t3=15|st5t4=8|st5t5=10|st5t6=5|st5t7=4|st5t8=5|st5t9=1|st5t10=0|st5t11=2}}

==Aftermath==
Following the elections, [[Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf]] formed a coalition government with [[Jamaat-e-Islami]] and the [[Qaumi Watan Party]], giving them 15 extra seats.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://tribune.com.pk/story/550031/ji-pti-coalition-jamaat-e-islami-to-get-3-k-p-ministries/ |publisher=The Express Tribune |title=JI-PTI coalition: Jamaat-e-Islami to get 3 K-P ministries |last1=Usman |first1=Ali |last2=Ali |first2=Hassan |date=2013-05-16 |accessdate=2018-03-01}}</ref> As well as this, 9 out of the 14 independents elected joined [[Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf|PTI]], giving them a comfortable majority in the assembly.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.dawn.com/news/1014654 |title=With 11 reserved seats: PTI builds up strength in KP Assembly |last=Shah |first=Waseem Ahmad |publisher=Dawn.com |date=2013-05-29 |accessdate=2018-03-01}}</ref>

Following this, [[Pervez Khattak]] was elected as [[Chief Minister of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa]], securing 84 out of 124 votes.<ref>{{cite news|url= https://nation.com.pk/31-May-2013/pervez-khattak-elected-cm-khyber-pakhtunkhwa |title=Pervez Khattak elected CM Khyber Pakhtunkhwa |publisher= [[The Nation (Pakistan)]] |date=2013-05-31 |accessdate=2018-03-01}}</ref>

==References==
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{{Constituencies of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly|state=collapsed}}

[[Category:2013 elections in Pakistan]]
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