Elections in Pakistan - Definition and Overview

Elections in Pakistan gives information on election and election results in Pakistan. An election is a process in which a vote is held to elect candidates to an office. It is the mechanism by which a democracy fills elective offices in the legislature, and sometimes the executive and judiciary, and in which electorates choose local government officials.

See election for a more comprehensive discussion and the List of democracy and elections-related topics for an overview on related topics.

Pakistan elects on national level a head of state - the president - and a legislature. The president is self-appointed and the government is formed by supporters of the president. He was confirmed as president in a referendum in 2002. Parliament (Majlis-l-Shura) has two chambers. The National Assembly has 342 members, elected for a five year term, 272 members elected in single seat constituencies; 10 seats voor minorities will be filled by the nominees of political parties on the basis of the latter’s strength in the National Assembly elections and 60 seats seats for women will be nominated by political parties in accordance to their share of National Assembly seats per province. The Senate has 100 members, elected by the provincial parliaments. Of the 66 general seats, 14 have been allocated to each of the four provinces while the federally administered tribal areas (FATA) and the federal capital are assigned eight (directly elected) and two seats (according to National Assembly elections) respectively. The general seats are open to all, irrespective of gender or religion. In addition, each province has been conferred four seats for technocrats (including ulema) and four for women. Two seats, one for technocrats and another for women, have been reserved for the federal capital. Pakistan has a multi-party system, with numerous parties in which no one party often has a chance of gaining power alone, and parties must work with each other to form coalition governments.

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Past elections

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See also

• Electoral calendar
• Electoral system

External links

• Electionworld (http://www.electionworld.org/pakistan.htm)
• Adam Carr's Election Archive (http://psephos.adam-carr.net/countries/p/pakistan/)