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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 the 2008 elections, the PML (N) and the PPP formed a coalition government, with PML (N) as the senior party and Shehbaz Sharif as Chief Minister of Punjab. However, in 2011, the PPP was expelled from this coalition due to corruption in the Federal Government, (which was led by the PPP at the time). [3]
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 ...
Provincial election 2024: PP-51 Sialkot-VIII Party Candidate Votes % ±% PML(N) Zeeshan Rafique : 49,286 : 39.05 : Independent: Waqas Iftikhar [a] 46,647 36.96 Independent: Muhammad Afzal 13,089 10.37 TLP: Usman Ashraf 9,535 7.56 Others Others (twenty six candidates) 7,658 6.06 Turnout: 128,620 46.29 Total valid votes 126,215 98.13 Rejected ...
The remaining two territories of Pakistan, AJK and Gilgit-Baltistan, were ineligible to vote due to their disputed status. The Pakistan Muslim League (N) returned triumphant in this elections, retaining Shehbaz Sharif as Chief Minister of Punjab. They obtained 313 out of 371 total seats, giving them a comfortable 4/5 majority in the assembly.
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]
1985 Pakistani general election was held on 25 February 1985 in Pakistan. This election was nonpartisan basis election, around 1300 candidates contested the elections. [ 4 ] Chaudhary Nawaz ul Haq Chuhan was elected from PP-1 (Rawalpindi-I) by defeating Doctor Muhammad Afzal Ejaz.
Elections must be conducted within 90 days of the dissolution, meaning by or before 14 April 2023. [11] [12] On 22 January 2023, Mohsin Raza Naqvi took oath as the caretaker Chief Minister of Punjab. He was nominated by the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) after days of deadlock between the government and the opposition over who to ...