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| colorcode = {{party color|Balochistan National Party (Awami)}}
| split = [[Balochistan National Party (Mengal)|BNP (M)]]<ref name="dawn"/>
| president = [[Mir Asadullah Baloch]]<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1772390|title=Ex-
| country = Pakistan
| abbreviation = BNP(A)
| founder = [[Israr Ullah Zehri]]<ref>{{cite
news|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/803000/balochistan-national-party|date=16 April 2013|access-date=16 March 2024|work=dawn (newspaper)}}</ref>
| foundation = 1998
| ideology = [[Regionalism (politics)|Regionalism]]<br />[[Baloch nationalism]]
| seats1_title = [[Provincial Assembly of Balochistan|Balochistan Assembly]]
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'''Balochistan National Party (Awami)''' is a minor political party in [[Balochistan, Pakistan]], with regionalist orientation.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://tribune.com.pk/story/1187360/deadline-defiant-parties-risk-poll-race-ouster/|title=After deadline: Defiant parties risk by-poll race ouster|first=Irfan|last=Ghauri|date=24 September 2016|newspaper=[[The Express Tribune]]}}</ref><ref name="dawn">{{cite news|title=Balochistan National Party|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/803000/balochistan-national-party|newspaper=[[Dawn (newspaper)|Dawn]]|date=16 April 2013|last=Ali Shah|first=Syed}}</ref><ref name=":List">{{Cite web |date=17 August 2024 |title=List of Enlisted Political Parties |url=https://ecp.gov.pk/storage/files/3/Political%20Parties/List%20of%20Enlisted%20Political%20Parties-19-08-2023.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230905064149/https://ecp.gov.pk/storage/files/3/Political%20Parties/List%20of%20Enlisted%20Political%20Parties-19-08-2023.pdf |archive-date=5 September 2023 |access-date=5 September 2023 |website=www.ecp.gov.pk |publisher=[[Election Commission of Pakistan]]}}</ref>
The party was founded in 1998 after a intra-party dispute within the [[Balochistan National Party (Mengal)|Balochistan National Party]] where a group of ministers within the party, led by [[Israr Ullah Zehri|Israrullah Zehri]], left the party after refusing to accept the results of the party's election where [[Ataullah Mengal]] had become the leader of the party. The group of ministers left the party and hence the BNP split into the Balochistan National Party (Awami), led by Zehri, and the [[Balochistan National Party (Mengal)]].<ref name="dawn">{{cite news|title=Balochistan National Party|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/803000/balochistan-national-party|newspaper=[[Dawn (newspaper)|Dawn]]|date=16 April 2013|last=Ali Shah|first=Syed}}</ref>
The party's president, [[Mir Asadullah Baloch]], served as the provincial minister for agriculture of Balochistan in the coalition government headed by former chief minister [[Abdul Quddus Bizenjo|Mir Abdul Qudoos Bizenjo]] from 2018 to 2023.
== Electoral history ==
The party did not register for the [[2002 Pakistani general election|2002 general elections]] despite having eligibility for contestment.
In the [[2008 Pakistani general election|2008 general elections]], the party managed to secure one seat in the [[National Assembly of Pakistan|National Assembly]], winning the NA-272 seat of Kech-Turbat. In the provincial elections, it managed to secure five seats in the [[Provincial Assembly of Balochistan|Balochistan Assembly]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=General Election 2008 Balochistan Assembly Results |url=https://electionpakistan.com/election-results/?assembly=1&election=2423&assemblyName=Balochistan%20Assembly&electionType=General%20Election%202008}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Gilani Index, Volume 8, Pakistani National Elections Electoral Record, 2008 |url=http://gallup.com.pk/bb_old_site/election/8GIER2008.pdf |access-date=2024-03-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170707211909/http://gallup.com.pk/bb_old_site/election/8GIER2008.pdf |archive-date=2017-07-07 }}</ref>
However, in the [[2013 Pakistani general election|2013 elections]], it lost its only seat and failed to secure any seats in the National Assembly, and also failed to secure any seats in the Balochistan Assembly.
In the [[2018 Pakistani general election|2018 general elections]], the party failed to secure any seats in the National Assembly. In the Balochistan Assembly, the party secured three seats.
In the [[2024 Pakistani general election|2024 general elections]], the party once again failed to secure any seats in the National Assembly and only managed to secure one seat in the Balochistan Assembly.
=== National Assembly ===
{| class="wikitable"
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! Election !! Results !! Note
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| [[2008 Pakistani general election|2008]] || {{Infobox political party/seats|1|272|{{party color|Balochistan National Party (Awami)}}}} || 0.21% of countrywide votes
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|}
=== Balochistan Provincial Assembly ===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Election !! Results !! Note
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| [[2008 Pakistani general election#Balochistan|2008]] || {{Infobox political party/seats|5|50|{{party color|Balochistan National Party (Awami)}}}} || 6.0% of provincial votes
|-
| [[2018 Balochistan provincial election|2018]] || {{Infobox political party/seats|3|65|{{party color|Balochistan National Party (Awami)}}}} || 3.79% of provincial votes
|-
| [[2024 Balochistan provincial election|2024]] || {{Infobox political party/seats|1|65|{{party color|Balochistan National Party (Awami)}}}} ||
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|}
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