Elections in Islamabad

Elections in Islamabad are conducted by the Election Commission of Pakistan. Islamabad is the only Federal Territory of Pakistan which is not part of any Province. Islamabad is administered by the Metropolitan Corporation of Islamabad. Islamabad is Represented by 3 MNA's in National Assembly and 4 Senators which include one technocrat/Ulema and one Woman.

Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz (PML-N) are main political parties in Islamabad. Jamat-e-Islami (JI) and Pakistan People's Party (PPP) also has minor support in the Territory.

  PTI   PML-N   PPP   MMA   Non-Partisan

From 1977 to 1997 Islamabad was represented in the National Assembly of Pakistan by one Constituency NA-35 Islamabad. From 2002 to 2013 Islamabad had 2 National Assembly constituencies NA-48 Islamabad-I and NA-49 Islamabad-II. From 2018 onward Islamabad is represented by 3 National Assembly Constituencies NA-52 Islamabad-I, NA-53 Islamabad-II, NA-54 Islamabad-III.^[1] Below table shows winners of each constituency:

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  1977: PPP wins Islamabad.
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  1985: Non Partisan elections held.
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  1988: PPP wins Islamabad.
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  1990: PML-N wins Islamabad.
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  1993: PML-N wins Islamabad for 2nd consecutive time.
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  1997: PML-N wins Islamabad for 3rd consecutive time.
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  2002: PPP and MMA win one seat each.
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  2008: PML-N swept Islamabad winning both seats.
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  2013: PML-N and PTI won one seat each.
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  2018: PTI swept Islamabad winning all three seats with huge margin.

Local elections are conducted in Islamabad to elect the Metropolitan Corporation of Islamabad. Islamabad is divided into 50 Union Councils . Each Union Council sends one chairman and Vice Chairman to the Metropolitan Corporation. 9 Women, 2 Minority Members, 2 Workers/Peasants, 2 Youth and 1 Technocrat are indirectly elected by the Metropolitan Corporation. Chairman and Vice Chairman of Majority party becomes Mayor and Deputy Mayor of Islamabad Respectively. Each Union Council is divided into 6 wards and each Union Council elects 6 Councilors, 2 Women Councilors, one Minority and one Youth Councilor.^[2]