Imran Khan's party wins Pakistan election but falls short of majority

Cricket star Imran Khan's party has won the most seats in Pakistan's elections, but has failed to gain the majority needed to hold outright power in the National Assembly.

Full official results show Khan's center-right Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) with 115 of the 270 available seats in Wednesday's vote, which was marred by violence, including a a deadly suicide attack, and allegations by other parties of election rigging.

The ruling Pakistan Muslim League (PML) came in second with 64 seats and the Pakistan People's Party (PPP) won 43.

Khan is likely to serve as prime minister, as analysts say he has sufficient support to form an alliance with independent national and small regional assembly members without needing to team up with extremist religious parties, as some had feared.

Khan had already declared victory on Thursday, vowing to transform the nation and clean up Pakistan's public institutions, which have been rotted by corruption.

His win has been widely trumpeted as historic for breaking the decades-long two-party dominance of Pakistani politics.