When is the Pakistan legislative election 2029?

Polling day is 2029-04-29, not yet officially confirmed.

When will the final result of the National Assembly race be official?

Expected between 2029-05-01T19:00:00Z and 2029-05-15T18:59:59Z (UTC), confidence announced. Elections Act 2017 s.95: the Returning Officer consolidates the results including postal ballots (Form-48, Final Consolidated Result Form-49); s.98(1): 'the Commission shall, within fourteen days from the date of the poll, publish in the official Gazette the name of the contesting candidate who has received the highest number of votes and stands elected' - by Sun 13 May 2029 for a 29 Apr poll; the Constitution's art. 224(2) likewise says results 'shall be declared not later than fourteen days after the conclusion of the polls' (art. 224(1), the term-expiry case, says 'fourteen days before that day', an unamended remnant). s.98(3): a winner who has not filed an election-expenses return within ten days is not notified, so individual seats can lag. Precedent 2024: ECP Gazette notifications of returned NA candidates dated 11, 12, 14, 16 and 22 Feb 2024 (day 3 to day 14), per ECP PDFs listed by search engines (ecp.gov.pk unreachable from here on 2 Oct 2026, not opened). The 70 reserved seats (60 women, 10 non-Muslims) are allotted afterwards by party-list PR, counting independents who join a party within three days of the Gazette publication (Const. art. 51(6)(d)-(e)); in 2024 their allocation was litigated. The window opens at the start of day 3 (2 May PKT) as in 2024 and closes at the end of Tue 15 May 2029 PKT, two days past the statutory day 14, for the general seats; reserved seats may come later. Election petitions go to Election Tribunals (s.139 ff.); no court confirms the result, so no court-validation stage.

Where are the official National Assembly results?

No single-election results page is recorded yet. The counting authority is Election Commission of Pakistan (https://www.ecp.gov.pk/).

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Pakistan legislative election 2029

Name: Pakistan legislative election 2029
Start: 2029-04-29
Location: Pakistan

Polling day Sun, 29 Apr 2029 Date not yet official. Counted by Election Commission of Pakistan. Times are Karachi time; hover for UTC.

2–15 May 2029

Final result window, set by the law or the authority. Treat as final after Tue 15 May, 23:59 Karachi time.

Polls close: Sun 29 Apr, 17:00
First count by: Wed 2 May, 23:59
Counted by: Election Commission of Pakistan
Results page: No single-election results page yet.
Authority site: ecp.gov.pk

Count stages National Assembly, 336 seats

29 Apr6 May13 May

Election-night count

29 Apr – 2 MayElection-night count: Sun 29 Apr, 17:00 → Wed 2 May, 23:59, precedent.

Final result

2–15 MayFinal result: Wed 2 May, 00:00 → Tue 15 May, 23:59, announced.

announced set by law or the authorityprecedent from the last electionestimate our estimateKarachi time. Polls close in 940 days.

Government. Days from polling day to the National Assembly's election of the Prime Minister: 2013 (11 May to 5 Jun, VOA), 2018 (25 Jul to 17 Aug, Arab News), 2024 (8 Feb to 3 Mar, Daily Pakistan/PILDAT). Press dates, not yet checked against na.gov.pk. The vote follows the Speaker's election at the first sittings, so the gap is short; a government market needs a deadline beyond the longest precedent. Not before Fri 18 May. Precedents: 25 and 23 and 24 days from polling day.

Stage windows and their sources 3 stages, each cited

Election-night count
Sun 29 Apr, 17:00 → Wed 2 May, 23:59
precedent

Provisional results: each Returning Officer announces a provisional consolidated statement (Form-47, excluding postal ballots) once all Presiding Officers' counts (Form-45) are in (Elections Act 2017 s.92); s.13(3) asks for partial results by 02:00 PKT the day after polling and complete provisional results not later than 10:00 PKT. Precedent 2024 (polling Thu 8 Feb, polls closed 17:00 PKT): the ECP began announcing NA provisional results just after 04:00 PKT on 9 Feb and issued the complete provisional results on Sun 11 Feb 2024 at 17:23 PKT, about 72 h after polls closed, with NA-8 postponed and NA-88 withheld (Aaj News, 11 Feb 2024, english.aaj.tv/news/30350530). Window closes at the end of day 3 (Wed 2 May 2029, PKT, UTC+5, no DST). Provisional, not the notified result; the Form-47 statements stay published alongside the later Form-49 results and Gazette notifications rather than being overwritten.
Final result
Wed 2 May, 00:00 → Tue 15 May, 23:59
announced

Elections Act 2017 s.95: the Returning Officer consolidates the results including postal ballots (Form-48, Final Consolidated Result Form-49); s.98(1): 'the Commission shall, within fourteen days from the date of the poll, publish in the official Gazette the name of the contesting candidate who has received the highest number of votes and stands elected' - by Sun 13 May 2029 for a 29 Apr poll; the Constitution's art. 224(2) likewise says results 'shall be declared not later than fourteen days after the conclusion of the polls' (art. 224(1), the term-expiry case, says 'fourteen days before that day', an unamended remnant). s.98(3): a winner who has not filed an election-expenses return within ten days is not notified, so individual seats can lag. Precedent 2024: ECP Gazette notifications of returned NA candidates dated 11, 12, 14, 16 and 22 Feb 2024 (day 3 to day 14), per ECP PDFs listed by search engines (ecp.gov.pk unreachable from here on 2 Oct 2026, not opened). The 70 reserved seats (60 women, 10 non-Muslims) are allotted afterwards by party-list PR, counting independents who join a party within three days of the Gazette publication (Const. art. 51(6)(d)-(e)); in 2024 their allocation was litigated. The window opens at the start of day 3 (2 May PKT) as in 2024 and closes at the end of Tue 15 May 2029 PKT, two days past the statutory day 14, for the general seats; reserved seats may come later. Election petitions go to Election Tribunals (s.139 ff.); no court confirms the result, so no court-validation stage.
Government formed
Fri 18 May, 00:00 → —
precedent

Constitution art. 91(2): the National Assembly 'shall meet on the twenty-first day following the day on which a general election to the Assembly is held, unless sooner summoned by the President' - Sun 20 May 2029 for a 29 Apr poll; art. 53(1) Speaker and Deputy Speaker first, then art. 91(3)-(4) the Prime Minister is elected without debate by a majority of the total membership. The President may summon the NA sooner: in 2018 it met on 13 Aug, day 19 after the 25 Jul poll (press reports, search), so the window opens at the start of day 19 (18 May 2029 PKT). 2024: inaugural sitting 29 Feb (day 21), PM elected 3 Mar 2024 (PILDAT; Daily Pakistan 29 Feb 2024).

Results sources 5 pages, 0 can answer a results question

URL	Role	Kind	Can answer a results question	Last check
ecp.gov.pk/result	results-live	results index	no (results section without an election code)	not checked yet
pakp.gov.pk/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/CoP27thA.pdf	timetable	other	no (election page without a results marker)	not checked yet
pakistancode.gov.pk/pdffiles/administratorf21c97fb85cfdc593f840a4c008caa45.pdf	timetable	other	no (no election or results marker)	not checked yet
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Next_Pakistani_general_election	see-also	other	no (no election or results marker)	not checked yet
ecp.gov.pk	authority-home	emb home	no (site root: cannot answer a results question)	not checked yet

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Provenance: researcher agent 2026-10-02: Constitution of Pakistan, 2025 edition as amended up to the 27th Amendment (arts. 51, 52, 58, 91, 224); Elections Act 2017 as amended on pakistancode.gov.pk (ss. 13, 57, 70, 92, 95, 98); 2024 precedent from press (Aaj News 8 and 11 Feb 2024; PILDAT) because ecp.gov.pk answered HTTP 500 from here (CC BY 4.0 (Election Index)). Last verified 2026-10-02.

Questions and answers

When is the Pakistan legislative election 2029?: Polling day is 2029-04-29, not yet officially confirmed.
When will the final result of the National Assembly race be official?: Expected between 2029-05-01T19:00:00Z and 2029-05-15T18:59:59Z (UTC), confidence announced. Elections Act 2017 s.95: the Returning Officer consolidates the results including postal ballots (Form-48, Final Consolidated Result Form-49); s.98(1): 'the Commission shall, within fourteen days from the date of the poll, publish in the official Gazette the name of the contesting candidate who has received the highest number of votes and stands elected' - by Sun 13 May 2029 for a 29 Apr poll; the Constitution's art. 224(2) likewise says results 'shall be declared not later than fourteen days after the conclusion of the polls' (art. 224(1), the term-expiry case, says 'fourteen days before that day', an unamended remnant). s.98(3): a winner who has not filed an election-expenses return within ten days is not notified, so individual seats can lag. Precedent 2024: ECP Gazette notifications of returned NA candidates dated 11, 12, 14, 16 and 22 Feb 2024 (day 3 to day 14), per ECP PDFs listed by search engines (ecp.gov.pk unreachable from here on 2 Oct 2026, not opened). The 70 reserved seats (60 women, 10 non-Muslims) are allotted afterwards by party-list PR, counting independents who join a party within three days of the Gazette publication (Const. art. 51(6)(d)-(e)); in 2024 their allocation was litigated. The window opens at the start of day 3 (2 May PKT) as in 2024 and closes at the end of Tue 15 May 2029 PKT, two days past the statutory day 14, for the general seats; reserved seats may come later. Election petitions go to Election Tribunals (s.139 ff.); no court confirms the result, so no court-validation stage.
Where are the official National Assembly results?: No single-election results page is recorded yet. The counting authority is Election Commission of Pakistan (https://www.ecp.gov.pk/).