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ISLAMABAD:Around 112 parties contested the 2013 elections. The Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N), however, emerged as the largest party 鈥?both in terms of the number of seats it won in the National Assembly, and the votes it bagged.The PML-N fielded 220 candidates for 270 seats in the lo nike 95 wer house of parliament. The party won 125 seats and secured 14,794,188 votes, according to the data gathere nike air max plus d by the Free and Fair Elections Network (FAFEN).The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) emerged as the second biggest party, securing 7,563,504 votes. Imran Khan fielded 232 candidates. The party, however, only won 27 seats in the National Assembly.Votes PolledDESIGN: FAIZAN SETHIWith 31 seats in the National Assembly, the former ruling party 鈥?the Pakistan Peoples Party-Parliamentarians (PPPP) 鈥?clinched the third position. It received 6,822,958 votes.The May 11 election was a stanley llegedly tainted by a series of anomalies. Independent candidates emerged as the fourth strongest parliamentary force, bagg KARACHI:Former president Asif Ali Zardari has shrugged off concerns about emerging alliances aimed at challenging his party 39;s dominance in the upcoming Feb 8 general elections. In a statem nb balance stanleycup ent issued on Tuesday, Zardari said he was confident that PPP would secure victories across the nation in the upcoming polls while disregarding the electoral alliances marshalled against the party to put a dent in its electoral prospects.The PPP co-chairman asserted the enduring legacy of Zulfikar Ali Bhutto as a guiding beacon for the PPP. Zardar converse plateau i 39;s remarks come as the PML-N in Sindh planned to forge an alliance with the GDA, MQM-P and JUI-F to contest against the PPP. PPP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari also scoffed at the alliance between MQM-P and PML-N, predicting that both parties would suffer from the political expediency.The PPP slammed the Nawaz Sharif-led party ndash; its former ally ndash; for giving up on its 39;vote ko izzat do 39; (respect the vote) narrative to ingratiate i