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The Election Commission of Pakistan, a constitutionally-established institution chaired by an appointed and designated Chief Election Commissioner, supervises the general elections. The Pakistan Constitution defines (to a basic extent) how general elections are held in Part VIII, Chapter 2 and various amendments .
Provincial Assembly elections were held in Dominion of Pakistan in 1951 [1] to elect all 192 members of the Provincial Assembly of West Punjab along with other provincial election in North-West Frontier Province. It was Pakistan's first provincial assembly election.
[240] [241] The Pakistan High Commission in London issued visas to 37 British journalists, including prominent figures such as Christina Lamb of The Times, allowing them to cover the election proceedings in Pakistan. [242] A team from the Commonwealth, led by former Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan, was sent to Pakistan to monitor the ...
Nov. 2, 2023 — Pakistan’s election oversight body postpones parliamentary elections for a second time, saying the vote, originally expected in November and then scheduled for the last week of ...
This is a timeline of Pakistani history, comprising important legal and territorial changes and political events in the region of modern-day Pakistan. To read about the background of these events, see History of Pakistan and History of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan .
This was also the first election in Pakistan in which the party that won the popular vote, the PML-N, failed to win the most seats. The PPP performed strongly in Bhutto's native Sindh and rural Punjab, while the PML-N was strongest in industrial Punjab and the largest cities such as Karachi, Lahore and Rawalpindi. [9]
1951 Punjab provincial election; 1997 Punjab provincial election; 2002 Punjab provincial election; 2008 Punjab provincial election; 2013 Punjab provincial election; 2018 Punjab provincial election; 2024 Punjab provincial election
The elections were held as a result of dismissal of Benazir Bhutto's second government by President Farooq Leghari in November 1996. [1] After which, a caretaker government was inducted in Punjab under Mian muhammad Afzal Hayat , a former member of Punjab Assembly , as the Caretaker Chief Minister.