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Upcoming Elections

  • Parliamentary (Tentative)
    2013
  • Presidential (Tentative)
    2013

Pakistan

Description of government structure:

  • Chief of State: President Asif Ali ZARDARI *
  • Head of Government: Prime Minister Yousaf Raza GILLANI
  • Assembly: Pakistan has a bicameral Parliament (Majlis-e-Shoora) consisting of the Senate with 100 seats and the National Assembly with 342 seats.

* The Electoral College consists of members of the Senate, National Assembly and the Provincial Assemblies.

Description of electoral system:

  • The President is elected by an electoral college to serve a 5-year term.
  • The Prime Minister is elected by parliament.
  • In the Senate 100 members are elected by indirect vote to serve 6-year terms*. In the National Assembly 342 members are elected by party-list system with proportional distribution of seats to serve 5-year terms.**

* Senate members are indirectly elected by the provincial assemblies and the territories’ representatives through a proportional representation singe transferable vote. Members serve six-year terms with one half elected every three years.

** 60 seats represent women; 10 seats represent minorities.

Population:

  • Population: 164,741,924 (July 2007 est.)

Future elections

  • Parliamentary - 2013
  • Presidential - 2013

Past elections

Last Updated on 07/06/2010

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