Pakistan election results: Who won the Pakistan election today? Who is Pakistan leader?

Just under 106 million voters – half of the population – braved visits to polling stations despite an Islamic State suicide bomb killing 31 people.

Polls closed at 6pm (2pm BST) on Wednesday but vote counting has been delayed due to computer counting failures and accusations of vote-rigging.

Who won the Pakistan election today?

An winner has yet to be formally declared but cricketeer-turned-politican Imran Khan is out in front after 47 percent of polling stations were counted.

His Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) party has so far secured 113 results out of 272 National Assembly constituencies.

Nearest rival, the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N), has won 64 seats.

Leader Shehbaz Sharif, brother of jailed ex-Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, expressed concerns of corruption and said his party will not accept the result.

He told a Lahore press conference the party “completely reject these results”, adding there had been a “blatant violation of public’s mandate”.

His accusations centre on official ballot results paperwork, known as a Form-45, not being shared with his party at polling stations.

Women were also allegedly barred from voting at some polling stations yesterday by the military, which backs anti-feminist Mr Khan.

Chief Election Commissioner Sardar Mohammad Raza has denied the accusations saying “elections were 100 percent transparent and fair”.

When will the official results be announced?

Due to computer glitches, the remaining votes are being continued manually.

They were due to come in by 2am local time (10pm BST on Wednesday).

Former cricket player and playboy Imran Khan, 65, is expected to win.

His spokesman Naeemul Hague said Mr Khan will “address the nation” at 2pm local time (10am BST) “in celebration and recognition of the massive support received from the people of Pakistan in the 2018 elections which was a contest between the forces of good and evil”.

But an official result time has yet to be announced by the Pakistan Electoral Commission.

Despite the delay in counting, a senior Pakistan election official says there is “no conspiracy”.

Babar Yaqoob, secretary of the Election Commission of Pakistan, said: ”There’s no conspiracy, nor any pressure in delay of the results.

”The delay is being caused because the result transmission system has collapsed.”

Will Imran Khan need to form a coalition?

Despite his lead, Mr Khan may not secure enough votes to win an outright majority.

But he is likely to form a coalition with Benazir Bhutto, 29, and the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP).