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The votes of the members of the Senate and National Assembly are counted as single votes. Meanwhile, the votes given by the provincial assembly legislators are adjusted so as to give each province an equal share in the election. This is so because, each provincial assembly has a varying number of members, depending upon population size.
As it relates to a vote, a majority vote most often means a simple majority vote, which means more "yes" votes than "no" votes. [4] [5] Abstentions or blanks are excluded in calculating a simple majority vote. [1]: 6 Also, the totals do not include votes cast by someone not entitled to vote or improper multiple votes by a single member. [2]
In this highly controversial election with the means of using the state machinery to rigging the votes, the PML secured a thumping majority of 120 seats while the opposition could clinch only 15 seats. Fatima Jinnah's Combined Opposition Party (COP) only secured 10 seats whereas the NDF won 5 seats in East Pakistan and 1 in West Pakistan. The ...
The National Assembly of Pakistan (Urdu: ایوانِ زیریں, romanized: Aiwān-e-Zairīñ, IPA: [ɛːʋɑːn-e zɛːrĩː ˌpɑːkɪst̪ɑːn], lit. ' Lower house ' or Urdu: قومی اسمبلی, romanized: Qọ̄mī Assembly) is the lower house of the bicameral Parliament of Pakistan, with the upper house being the Senate.
“If they claim the attorney-client privilege, the privilege goes to the county, and decisions in the county are made by a majority vote of council,” Bender said. “So all it takes is a majority.
Simple majority may refer to: Majority , a voting requirement of more than half of all votes cast Plurality (voting) , a voting requirement of more votes cast for a proposition than for any other option
However, if the General Assembly determines that the issue is an "important question" by a simple majority vote, then a two-thirds majority (twice as many yes votes as no votes) is required; "important questions" are those that deal significantly with the maintenance of international peace and security, admission of new members to the United ...
If the vote of no confidence is passed by the National Assembly by a simple majority, the prime minister ceases to retain the office. [41] In the past, prime ministers (and their governments) have been dismissed by the president exercising the VIII Amendment to the Constitution of Pakistan (1985), but this was repealed by the XVIII Amendment to ...