No-Confidence Motion: PM has 179 votes in pocket, Opp to turn table with 162

Though the number game of votes of treasury and opposition benches on No-Confidence Motion in National Assembly is quite dissimilar but the table could be turned on the political twists of Imran –led government allies and estranged members in the current situation.

According to the records of the National Assembly, the number of members of the ruling coalition in the House is 180 and the opposition parties have a total of 162 members.

RULING PARTY AND ALLIES’ NUMBER GAME (179)

The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) has a total of 155 members in the National Assembly and its allied the Muttahida Qaumi Movement Pakistan (MQMP) has seven members. In the ruling parties’ alliance, the Pakistan Muslim League (PML) and Balochistan Awami Party (BAP) has five members each while the Grand Democratic Alliance (GDA) has three members.

The one member of each of the Jamhoori Wattan Party (JWP) and Awami Muslim League Pakistan (AMLP) and two independent members are also included in the treasury alliance.

Treasury Benches

PTI                 — 155
MQM-P               — 7
PML-Q                — 5
BAP                    — 5
GDA                    — 3
JWP                    — 1
AML                     — 1
Independent         — 2
Total:                    179
 

OPPOSITION PARTIES’ VOTE BANK (162)

The Pakistan Muslim League (N) (PML-N) as the largest opposition party has 84 members in the National Assembly and the Pakistan Peoples Party Parliamentarians (PPPP) has 56 members as the second-largest opposition party in the House.

The religious parties’ alliance Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal Pakistan (MMAP) has 15 members and the Balochistan National Party (BNP) has four members in the National Assembly. On the opposition benches, the Awami National Party (ANP) has only one seat and two are independent members.

Opposition Benches:
PML-N             — 84
PPP                  — 56
MMA                 — 15
BNP-M                — 4
ANP                     — 1
Independent         — 2
Total:                    162
 

INTERESTING CLAIMS FROM BOTH SIDE

Interesting to mention here that both—the government and the opposition are claiming of having the majority of votes in the house.

The PM aides are optimistic to have around 12 to 16 votes of the opposition members in their pocket while the joint opposition is realistically calculating more than 172 votes  (simple majority) in the favour of the No-Confidence Motion.