Alwaght- Imran Khan has won Pakistan parliamentary election but has fallen short of an outright majority, according to official results announced Friday that indicate he will need to enter into a coalition to form a government.
Jubilant Khan has already declared victory in the pivotal vote, which has drawn allegations of massive vote-rigging in his favor.
The Election Commission said Friday that with only 10 seats left to count, Khan's Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) enjoys a strong lead with 116 seats, and will be the biggest party in parliament.
At a press conference the commission said that the outgoing Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) had 63 seats and the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP), which could prove kingmaker in a coalition government, had won 43.
The count indicates PTI will not achieve the 137 seats needed in the National Assembly to form a majority government in its own right.
Election officials are under fire for the lack of a full official result two days after ballots closed, an unprecedented delay that observers say has undermined the legitimacy of the exercise.
The ECP has dismissed allegations of manipulation -- blaming the delay in the results, an unofficial version of which had been expected late Wednesday, on technical glitches.
Khan, a 65-year-old former cricket star, claimed victory in a wide-ranging address to the nation Thursday.
"We were successful and we were given a mandate," he said from his home in the capital Islamabad.
The former all-rounder's statement came after his supporters took to the streets to celebrate winning an election that opponents have said the military fixed for him.
