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There was a by-election in the Pakistani parliamentary constituency of NA-120 on 17 September 2017, following the decision given by the Supreme Court of Pakistan to disqualify Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif from public office. PML (N) candidate Kulsoom Nawaz Sharif secured 61,745 votes and defeated Yasmin Rashid of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf. [1]
Following the decision given by the Supreme Court of Pakistan to disqualify Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif from public office, a bye-election was triggered in his NA-120 constituency. The by-election took place on 17 September 2017. Kulsoom Nawaz won this seat with 61,745 votes. [3] Detailed results can be found here.
The Election Act, 2017 is a law enacted to amend, and consolidate the laws relating to the conduct of elections in Pakistan.The Act has been the subject of numerous amendments and legal challenges since its enactment, including issues related to allocation of reserved seats, intra-party elections, disqualification conditions for legislators.
According to November 2017 polls and survey by Gallup Pakistan, nationwide results show that a majority of the people in Punjab prefer TLP, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa stands with Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf, while the province of Sindh prefers Pakistan Peoples Party. A large majority of Pakistani people wanted elections on time. [3]
*Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal is an alliance of Islamist political parties, formed in 2002 and dissolved after the 2008 elections. The restoration of this alliance occurred in December 2017. Polls conducted before the restoration show the sum for Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (F), the major political party in this alliance.
On May 11, 2013, Pakistan held by-elections to fill 10 vacant seats in each of the four provincial assemblies and 29 vacant seats in the country's National Assembly. Following the 2013 general elections , in which the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) won the most seats in the National Assembly (166), the elections were held.
As of May 31, there have been 31 special elections (including primaries that will go to runoffs later this year) for state house and senate or congressional seats since Nov. 9, 2016. Between now and November 2017, there will be special elections for 19 more state legislature seats, four U.S. House seats and one U.S. Senate seat.
Incumbent elected in 2013 general elections for the 14th National Assembly Ref. Political party Member Notes Khyber Pakhtunkhwa NA-4 (Peshawar-IV) Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf Gulzar Khan: Was elected in May 2013. Died while in office in August 2017. [344] Khyber Pakhtunkhwa NA-19 (Haripur) Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf Raja Aamer Zaman