2024 Pakistani general election

General elections were held in Pakistan on 8 February 2024 to elect the members of the 16th National Assembly. The Election Commission of Pakistan announced the detailed schedule on 15 December 2023.

Polls were held amidst the allegations of pre-poll rigging and the election has been dubbed as the most rigged election in the history of Pakistan. Foreign media, observer groups and members of the international community, including the United States, United Kingdom and European Union, have voiced their concerns about the fairness of the elections.

Independent candidates backed by the PTI won the most number of seats followed by the Pakistan Muslim League (N) and the Pakistan Peoples Party Parliamentarians in the delayed elections following the two years of political crisis in the country after the PTI, led by Prime Minister Imran Khan was ousted from government in 2022. The Military Establishment was accused of massive pre-poll rigging in favour of the PML-N's leader Nawaz Sharif. The PTI was forced to field its candidates as Independents after a controversial Supreme Court ruling stripped them of their electoral symbol in the run-up to the elections; Khan was also barred from politics for five years following convictions. The PTI also claimed widespread military interference in the election.

At a press conference on 13 February 2024, it was announced by the leaders of the PML-N and the PPP that they would form a coalition government with Shehbaz Sharif as prime minister. The Muttahida Qaumi Movement – Pakistan, the Pakistan Muslim League (Q), the Istehkam-e-Pakistan Party and the Balochistan Awami Party also expressed their intent to join the governmental coalition.