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After the independence of Pakistan in 1947, the Punjab Province was divided and West Punjab was given to the Dominion of Pakistan which became Muslim majority region soon after the partition of India. Nawab Iftikhar Hussain Khan Mamdot became the premier of the province after independence and a ministry was formed by him. His ministry was ...
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 .
The number of seats in the Assembly was increased from 50 to 85, including three reserved seats (two for Muslim women and one for non-Muslims). [7] A total of 240 candidates contested the elections, of which 84 were from the Muslim League (nine of whom were unopposed), 46 from the Jinnah Awami Muslim League, five from the Azad Muslim League, three from Jamaat-e-Islami and four from the Islami ...
Hindu Election Board 168 160 Central Punjab (Sikh) Jagjit Singh Khalsa National Party 169 161 Northern Punjab (Muhammadan) Sikandar Hayat Khan Unionist Party 170 162 Western Punjab (Muhammadan) Hayat Khan Noon 171 163 Baluch Tumandars (Muhammadan) Jamal Khan Leghari Trade and Labour Unions 172 164 Punjab Trade and Labour Unions Sita Ram
Provincial elections were held in Pakistan on 17 December 1970, ten days after general elections. [1] Members of the five Provincial assemblies were elected in Balochistan, East Pakistan, North West Frontier Province, Punjab and Sindh.
On 7 March 1977 the Election Commission announced the result in which Pakistan Peoples Party won the largest landslide victory in Pakistan's electoral history, winning 155 out of 200 seats in the Parliament. The Pakistan National Alliance (PNA) secured only 36 seats and eight seats on each of province's legislative assemblies, but the PNA had ...
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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.