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Elections for 270 directly-elected seats in the National Assembly took place on 25 July 2018. The elections for the remaining two directly electable seats were postponed. [ 2 ] As a result of the election, the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) became the single largest party, though without an overall majority.
Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz) launched its election campaign on 25 June 2018 from Karachi. [76] On 5 July 2018, PMLN unveiled its election manifesto. [77] Nevertheless, it has been stated there was, "lack of equality of opportunity" in the pre-election campaign, and there were systematic attempts to undermine the ruling party PML(N).
The following is a list of constituencies of Pakistan for elected seats in the National Assembly (Urdu: ایوان زیریں پاکستان), which is the lower house of the Parliament of Pakistan, and Provincial/Legislative Assemblies of Pakistan (Punjab, Sindh, Balochistan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Gilgit-Baltistan, Azad Jammu and Kashmir)
A person who is a citizen of Pakistan, is enrolled as a voter in any electoral roll under the Electoral Rolls Act 1974 and in case of National/Provincial Assemblies is not less than 25 years of age and in case of Senate not less than 30 years of age, is of good character and is not commonly known as one who violates Islamic injunctions, has ...
In contrast to latest elections held in 2015, the mayors were elected in CDGK by direct voting of all elected counsellors and not just nazims [clarification needed] or chairmen of a union council/committee. Each union council consisted of 13 members, which gave a total electorate of 2,314 members from 178 union councils.
The maximum strength of the electoral college is 706. However, considering the vacant seats, the electoral college for this presidential election stood at 679. A simple majority is required in a two-candidate contest to claim victory. But in a three-candidate race, the victory requirement goes down considerably depending on how the votes are ...
Only registered voters can vote. A complementary list is prepared for nationals of a Member State of the European Union for French ballots open to them, namely for European and municipal elections. Each voter has an obligation to be registered on only one electoral list, but there is no penalty, other than being prevented from voting. [6]
Provincial election 2024: PS-88 Karachi Malir-V Party Candidate Votes % ±% PPP: Ajaz Khan Swati: 17,680 : Independent: Syed Muzammil Shah [a] 12,940 PML(N) Muhammad Firoz 7,331 JI: Muhammad Nawaz 5,427 JUI (F) Khursheed Ali 4,106 Independent: Nazim Uddin Baloch 3,271 Others Others (fifteen candidates) 8,973 Turnout: 61,124 Total valid votes ...