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{{Short description|Election in Pakistan}}
{{Infobox election
| election_name = 2013 Punjab provincial election
| country = Punjab, Pakistan
| type = parliamentary
| ongoing = no
| previous_election = [[2008 Punjab provincial election|2008]]
| previous_year = [[2008 Punjab provincial election|2008]]
| next_election = 2018 Punjab provincial election
| next_year = 2018
| seats_for_election = 297 out of 371 seats in the [[Provincial Assembly of the Punjab|Punjab Assembly]]{{efn|name=seats|66 seats are reserved for women and 8 are reserved for non-Muslims filled through [[Proportional representation|PR]]}}
| majority_seats = 186
| elected_mps =
| election_date = 11 May 2013
| turnout = 58.52%({{increase}}10.79%)<ref name="Election Commission of Pakistan">{{cite web|last=Election Commission of Pakistan|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}}</ref>
| image1 = [[File: Chief Minister of the Punjab (8047057165) (cropped).jpg|100x100px]]
| leader1 = [[Shehbaz Sharif]]
| party1 = Pakistan Muslim League (N)
| color1 =
| leaders_seat1 = [[Constituency PP-159 (Lahore-XXIII)|Lahore-XXIII]]<br />[[Constituency PP-161 (Lahore-XXV)|Lahore-XXV]]<br />[[Constituency PP-247 (Rajanpur-I)|Rajanpur-I]]
| last_election1 = 172 seats, 29.03%
| popular_vote1 = 11,365,363
| percentage1 = 40.77%
| seats1 = 313
| seat_change1 = {{increase}} 141
| swing1 = {{increase}} 13.74%

| image2 = [[File:Mian Mehmood-ur-Rasheed.JPG|100x100px]]
| leader2 = [[Mehmood-ur-Rasheed]]
| party2 = Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf
| leaders_seat2 = [[Constituency PP-151 (Lahore-XV)|Lahore-XV]]
| last_election2 = PP-151 (Lahore-XV)
| popular_vote2 = 4,951,216
| percentage2 = 17.76%
| seats2 = 30
| seat_change2 = {{increase}} 30
| swing2 = {{increase}} 17.76%
| image3 = [[File:Manzoor Wattoo.jpg|100x100px]]
| leader3 = [[Manzoor Wattoo]]<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1011051/election-2013-a-bad-harvest-for-political-dynasties|title=Election 2013 — A bad harvest for political dynasties|date=13 May 2013|access-date=23 January 2024|work=Dawn (newspaper)}}</ref>
| party3 = Pakistan Peoples Party
| color3 =
| leaders_seat3 = [[PP-186 Okara-IV|Okara-IV]]<ref>{{cite web |title=2013 election result |url=https://ecp.gov.pk/Documents/General%20Elections%202013%20report/Election%20Report%202013%20Volume-II.pdf |publisher=ECP |accessdate=4 July 2018 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180526173608/https://ecp.gov.pk/Documents/General%20Elections%202013%20report/Election%20Report%202013%20Volume-II.pdf |archivedate=26 May 2018 }}</ref>
| last_election3 = 107 seats, 29.00%
| popular_vote3 = 2,464,812
| percentage3 = 8.84%
| seats3 = 8
| seat_change3 = {{decrease}} 99
| swing3 = {{decrease}} 20.16%

| title = [[Chief Minister of Punjab (Pakistan)|Chief Minister]]
| posttitle = Elected Chief Minister
| before_election = [[Shehbaz Sharif]] 
| before_party = Pakistan Muslim League (N)
| after_election = [[Shehbaz Sharif]]
| after_party = Pakistan Muslim League (N)

| map_image = File:2013 Punjab provincial election results map.svg
| map_size =
| map_alt =
| map =
| map_caption = Punjab Assembly Elections result (expand to original file to see constituency labels)
}}

Provincial elections were held in the [[Pakistani province]] of [[Punjab (Pakistan)|Punjab]] to elect the 16th [[Provincial Assembly of the Punjab]] 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 Khyber Pakhtunkhwa provincial election|Khyber Pakhtunkhwa]]. The remaining two territories of Pakistan, [[Azad Jammu and Kashmir|AJK]] and [[Gilgit-Baltistan]], were ineligible to vote due to their disputed status.

The [[Pakistan Muslim League (N)]] returned triumphant in this elections, retaining [[Shehbaz Sharif]] as [[Chief Minister of Punjab (Pakistan)|Chief Minister of Punjab]]. They obtained 313 out of 371 total seats, giving them a comfortable 4/5 majority in the assembly.

==Background==
In the [[2008 Pakistani general election|2008 elections]], the [[Pakistan Muslim League (N)|PML (N)]] and the [[Pakistan Peoples Party|PPP]] formed a [[coalition government]], with [[Pakistan Muslim League (N)|PML (N)]] as the senior party and [[Shehbaz Sharif]] as [[Chief Minister of Punjab (Pakistan)|Chief Minister of Punjab]].<ref>{{cite news|last=Dawn News|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/418687|title=PPP flexible on Punjab coalition: PML-N|work=Dawn News}}</ref> However, in 2011, the [[Pakistan Peoples Party|PPP]] was expelled from this coalition due to corruption in the [[Federal Government of Pakistan|Federal Government]], (which was led by the PPP at the time).<ref>{{cite news|last=Express|url=https://tribune.com.pk/story/123782/punjab-tussle-pml-n-meeting-underway/|title=PML-N parts ways with PPP|work=The Express Tribune}}</ref>

==Campaign==
Overall, due to general mistrust with the federal government, the [[Pakistan Muslim League (N)|PML (N)]] was running on a wave of popular support in Punjab on an anti-PPP platform, due to widespread [[rolling blackout|loadshedding]], a slow economic growth rate, and general incompetence in the Federal Level.<ref name="House of Commons Library">{{cite web|last=House of Commons Library|title=Pakistan in 2013|url=http://researchbriefings.files.parliament.uk/documents/RP12-76/RP12-76.pdf|publisher=House of Commons Library}}</ref>

On 30 October 2011, former cricketer turned politician [[Imran Khan]] held a rally in Punjab's capital city: [[Lahore]]. This rally attracted over 100,000 of his supporters and was a power show of his [[Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf]]. Following this, the popularity of the [[Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf|PTI]] rapidly increased and it emerged as the main challenger to the [[Pakistan Muslim League (N)|PML (N)]] in Punjab.<ref>{{cite news|last=Web Desk|url=https://tribune.com.pk/story/285058/pti-rally-in-lahore-live-updates/|title=Imran Khan's 'tsunami' sweeps Lahore|work=The Express Tribune}}</ref>

Both parties ran on two different platforms: [[Pakistan Muslim League (N)]] ran on the issues of tackling the [[Electricity sector in Pakistan|energy conservation crisis]], economic reforms and construction of new infrastructure in the country,<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|accessdate=28 May 2013|newspaper=The New York Times|date=27 May 2013|author=Declan Walsh|author2=Salman Masood}}</ref> while the [[Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf]] ran on a more [[welfarist]], [[centrist]] and [[anti-establishment]] platform, claiming to be an [[third way|alternative to both mainstream parties]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.insaf.org.pk/pti-profile/|title=Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf – Profile – Insaf – Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf Fans Club|work=Insaf – Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf Fans Club|access-date=2017-11-18|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402101615/http://www.insaf.org.pk/pti-profile/|archive-date=2015-04-02|url-status=dead}}</ref>

==Results==
{{Election results
|seattype1=General|seattype2=Women|seattype3=Non-Muslims|seattype4=Total
|party1=[[Pakistan Muslim League (N)]]|votes1=11365363|st1t1=248|st2t1=58|st3t1=7|st4t1=313
|party2=[[Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf]]|votes2=4951216|st1t2=24|st2t2=5|st3t2=1|st4t2=30
|party3=[[Pakistan Peoples Party]]|votes3=2464812|st1t3=7|st2t3=1|st3t3=0|st4t3=8
|party4=[[Pakistan Muslim League (Q)]]|votes4=1377130|st1t4=6|st2t4=2|st3t4=0|st4t4=8
|party5=[[Jamaat-e-Islami Pakistan]]|votes5=489772|st1t5=1|st2t5=0|st3t5=0|st4t5=1
|party6=Other parties|votes6=1009708|st1t6=4|st2t6=0|st3t6=0|st4t6=4
|party7=Independents|votes7=6217856|st1t7=7|st2t7=0|st3t7=0|st4t7=7
|total_st1t=297|total_st2t=66|total_st3t=8|total_st4t=371
|electorate=48534383
|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]
}}

==Aftermath==
Following the elections, the [[Pakistan Muslim League (N)]] came out with well above a [[supermajority]] landslide in the assembly with 313 seats, and were comfortably able to form a government. They were followed by the [[Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf]], which held only 30 seats.

This election was notable for the downfall of the [[Pakistan Peoples Party]] and the [[Pakistan Muslim League (Q)]], which both held 106 and 79 seats respectively before the election and were reduced to merely 8 seats each, due to the rise of [[Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf|PTI]] and [[Pakistan Muslim League (N)|PML (N)]], although the sheer numbers that the [[Pakistan Muslim League (N)|PML (N)]] held in the assembly shocked many analysts.<ref>{{cite news|last=From the Newspaper|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1027198|title=The election score|work=Dawn News}}</ref>

[[Shehbaz Sharif]], brother of [[Pakistan Muslim League (N)|PML (N)]] chairman and [[Prime Minister of Pakistan|Prime Minister]] [[Nawaz Sharif]], became [[Chief Minister of Punjab (Pakistan)|Chief Minister]] for the third time in his life, securing over 300 votes in the assembly.<ref>{{cite news|last=Web Desk|url=https://tribune.com.pk/story/559678/shahbaz-sharif-elected-punjab-chief-minister/|title=Shahbaz Sharif takes oath as Punjab chief minister|work=The Express Tribune}}</ref>

==Notes==
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==References==
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{{Punjab, Pakistan elections}}
{{Constituencies of Punjab Assembly}}

[[Category:2013 elections in Pakistan]]
[[Category:Elections in Punjab, Pakistan|2013]]

2013 Punjab provincial election - Revision history

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