List of members of the 15th National Assembly of Pakistan information
Members of the National Assembly of Pakistan (2018–2023)
15th National Assembly of Pakistan
Party
Seats
Party
Seats
PTI
157
PML (Q)
5
PML (N)
84
GDA
3
PPP
54
ANP
1
MMA
16
AML
1
MQM
7
JWP
1
BAP
5
Independents
4
BNP (M)
4
Total = 342
The 15th National Assembly of Pakistan was the legislature of Pakistan following the 2018 general election of members of parliament (MPs) to the National Assembly of Pakistan, the lower house of the bicameral Parliament of Pakistan. The National Assembly is a democratically elected body which consisted of 342 members during the 2018–2023 tenure, the members are referred to as Members of the National Assembly (MNAs), of which 272 were directly elected members; 70 reserved seats for women and religious minorities were allocated to the political parties according to their proportion of the total vote.[1]
Elections for 270 directly-elected seats in the National Assembly took place on 25 July 2018. The elections for the remaining two directly electable seats were postponed.[2] As a result of the election, the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) became the single largest party, though without an overall majority. PTI won 149 seats in the National Assembly. Pakistan Muslim League (N) (PML-N) and Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) secured 82 and 53 seats, respectively.[3] Following the election, nine independent candidates joined PTI.[4] Members of the 15th National Assembly took an oath on 13 August 2018, and marked the constitutional transition of power from one democratically-elected government to another for the second time in the history of Pakistan.[5] It marked the constitutional transition of power from one democratically-elected government in Pakistan to another for the first time following the 2013 general election.[6]
Asad Qaiser and Qasim Khan Suri of PTI were elected as the legislature's speaker and deputy speaker, respectively.[7] On 17 August 2018, Imran Khan of PTI secured 176 votes and was elected the new Prime Minister of Pakistan for the first time, with the support of allied parties.[8] Shahbaz Shareef won a PML-N leadership vote to succeed Syed Khurshid Ahmed Shah as permanent Leader of the Opposition in the National Assembly.[9]
On 14 October 2018, by-election were held on 11 National Assembly seats. PTI and PML-N won four seats, each. Two were bagged by PML-Q and one seat was won by MMA.[10]
On 3 April 2022, in an address to the nation, Prime Minister Imran Khan announced that he has advised President Arif Alvi to dissolve the assemblies. Hence, on the same day, the President dissolved the National Assembly on the Prime Minister's advice under Article 58 of the Constitution.[11] Earlier in the day, National Assembly Deputy Speaker Qasim Khan Suri dismissed the no-confidence motion against Imran Khan, terming it against Article 5 of the Constitution.[12] On 7 April 2022, the Supreme Court of Pakistan ruled that the dismissal of the no-confidence motion by the deputy speaker and the subsequent dissolution of the National Assembly as unconstitutional and thus restored the assembly.[13] After the no-confidence motion succeeded in ousting Khan from prime ministership, 123 MNAs of the PTI resigned from the assembly on 14 April 2022 as directed by Khan using a mass printed letterhead instead of individually written letters of resignation by all individual members , a few members resigned on 10 April 2022 a day after no-confidence motion.[14] Their resignations were accepted in phases on 17, 20 and 25 January 2023.
The 15th National Assembly was dissolved on 9 August 2023.[15]
^"Pakistan General Election 2018: Over 11,000 candidates in fray for 849 national, provincial assembly seats - Firstpost". Firstpost. Archived from the original on 16 July 2018. Retrieved 4 August 2018.
^"Imran Khan's PTI leads as ECP declares results of all 270 NA seats". Geo News. 28 July 2018. Archived from the original on 27 July 2018. Retrieved 4 August 2018.
^Chaudhry, Fahad (11 August 2018). "PTI's NA tally up to 158 as it bags 33 reserved seats". Dawn. Pakistan. Retrieved 12 August 2018.
^Tanoli, Qadeer (13 August 2018). "Nine out of 13 independents join PTI | The Express Tribune". The Express Tribune. Retrieved 14 August 2018.
^Chaudhry, Fahad; Hayat, Arif; Shah, Syed Ali; Hussain, Javed (13 August 2018). "328 MNAs sworn in to 15th National Assembly". DAWN.COM. Retrieved 15 November 2022.
^"Country's 14th National Assembly comes to life". Pakistan Today. 1 June 2013. Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 15 October 2015.
^Hussain, Javed; Chaudhry, Fahad (15 August 2018). "PTI's Asad Qaiser, Qasim Suri elected NA speaker and deputy speaker amid opposition ruckus". Dawn. Pakistan. Retrieved 18 August 2018.
^"Imran Khan elected 22nd Prime Minister of Pakistan". The News International. 17 August 2018. Retrieved 18 August 2018.
^Raza, Syed Irfan (18 August 2018). "Shahbaz set to become opposition leader in National Assembly". Dawn. Pakistan. Retrieved 18 August 2018.
^"By-Election 2018: PTI, PML-N win four NA seats each". Geo News. 15 October 2018. Retrieved 22 October 2018.
^Khan, Sanaullah (3 April 2022). "President Alvi dissolves National Assembly on PM Imran's advice". Dawn. Retrieved 15 November 2022.
^Gurmani, Nadir; Chaudhry, Fahad (3 April 2022). "NA speaker dismisses no-trust move against PM Imran, terms it contradictory to Article 5". Dawn. Retrieved 15 November 2022.
^"Pakistan court rules blocking vote to oust PM Imran Khan illegal". Al Jazeera. 7 April 2011. Retrieved 9 April 2022.
^"Resignations of 123 PTI lawmakers accepted by acting NA speaker: Farrukh Habib". Dawn. 14 April 2022. Retrieved 15 November 2022.
^Khan, Sanaullah (9 August 2023). "Govt tenure comes to end as President Alvi signs off on NA dissolution". DAWN.COM. Retrieved 9 August 2023.
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