Senate election in Pakistan 2018
The 2018 Senate election in Pakistan for the Upper House of the Pakistani Parliament took place on March 3, 2018.
Election result
On July 28, 2017, the Pakistani Supreme Court dismissed Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif from his post and barred him from further public office. As a result, a new electoral law was passed in 2017, which would have enabled Sharif to continue to act as party leader of the Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz (German Muslim League , PML-N) despite the ruling .
However, in a later ruling by the Supreme Court on February 21, 2018, Sharif was also expelled from the office of party chairman. In that judgment, all decisions Sharif had made during his tenure as party chairman were invalidated, including the declarations of candidacies for the Senate, which he himself had signed. To avoid delays in the Senate elections, Pakistan's electoral commission had declared all PML-N candidates to be independents.
A total of 52 seats were filled in this election. Of these, 33 were general seats (7 from each province, 4 from the tribal areas under federal administration (FATA) and 1 from Islamabad ), 9 seats for technocrats (2 from each province and 1 from Islamabad), 8 seats for women (2 each from each Province) and 2 minority seats (1 each from 2 provinces).
A total of 131 candidates applied for the 52 seats. Of these, 33 were from Sindh Province , 26 from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa , 24 from FATA, 23 from Balochistan , 20 from Punjab and 5 from Islamabad.
| Political party | Seats | comment |
|---|---|---|
| Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz (PML-N) | 15th | officially started as independents, won in Punjab, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Islamabad |
| Pakistan People's Party Parliamentarian (PPP-P) | 12 | won in Sindh and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa |
| Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) | 6th | five seats from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and one from Punjab |
| Jamiatul-Ulema-e-Islam (F) (JUI-F) | 2 | 1 each from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan |
| Jamaat-e-Islami Pakistan (JIP) | 1 | won in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa |
| Mutahidda Qaumi Movement (MQM) | 1 | won in Sindh |
| Pakistan Muslim League Functional (PML-F) | 1 | won in Sindh |
| Independent | 10 | without the PML-N candidates who were officially independent, won in Balochistan |
| National Party (NP) | 2 | won in Balochistan |
| Pashtoonkhwa Milli Awami Party (PMAP) | 2 | won in Balochistan |
After the election, the Senate had the following composition:
| Political party | Seats |
|---|---|
| Independent | 31 (including 15 who actually belong to the PML-N) |
| Pakistan People's Party Parliamentarian (PPP-P) | 20th |
| Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz (PML-N) | 17th |
| Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) | 11 |
| Mutahidda Qaumi Movement (MQM) | 5 |
| National Party (NP) | 5 |
| Pashtoonkhwa Milli Awami Party (PMAP) | 3 |
| Jamiatul-Ulema-e-Islam (F) (JUI-F) | 4th |
| Jamaat-e-Islami Pakistan (JIP) | 2 |
| Awami National Party (ANP) | 1 |
| Balochistan Awami Party | 1 |
| Balochistan National Party (BNP-M) | 1 |
| Pakistan Muslim League Functional (PML-F) | 1 |
Remarks
- ↑ Inter-Parliamentary Union: IPU PARLINE database: PAKISTAN (Senate), Last elections. Retrieved September 24, 2018 .
- ^ Nawaz disqualified as PML-N president: SC announces verdict in Elections Act case . ( geo.tv [accessed September 24, 2018]).
- ↑ Ebad Pasha: Untangling the mystery: All you need to know about Senate elections . In: DAWN.COM . March 2, 2018 ( dawn.com [accessed September 24, 2018]).
- ↑ a b Senate polls: PML-N, PPP win most seats . In: Samaa TV . ( samaa.tv [accessed September 24, 2018]).
- ^ Senate of Pakistan. Retrieved September 24, 2018 .
