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{{Short description|none}} <!-- "none" is preferred when the title is sufficiently descriptive; see [[WP:SDNONE]] --> {{Politics of Pakistan}}Since [[Creation of Pakistan|establishment]] in 1947, [[Pakistan]] has had a non-symmetric [[Federalism|federal government]] and is a [[Federal republic|federal]] [[Parliamentary republic|parliamentary]] [[democracy in Pakistan|democratic]] republic. At the national level, the [[people of Pakistan]] elect a [[Bicameralism|bicameral]] [[legislature]], the [[Parliament of Pakistan]]. The parliament consists of a lower house, the [[National Assembly of Pakistan|National Assembly]], elected directly via [[first-past-the-post voting]], and an upper house, the [[Senate of Pakistan|Senate]], whose members are chosen by elected provincial legislators. The [[head of government]], the [[Prime Minister of Pakistan|Prime Minister]], is elected by the [[Supermajority|majority]] members of the [[National Assembly of Pakistan|National Assembly]] and the [[head of state]] (and [[figurehead]]), the [[President (government title)|President]], is elected by the [[Electoral College of Pakistan|Electoral College]], which consists of both houses of Parliament together with the [[Administrative units of Pakistan|four provincial]] assemblies. In addition to the national and provincial assemblies, Pakistan has over five thousand elected [[Local government in Pakistan|local governments]]. The [[Election Commission of Pakistan]] is a [[Constitution of Pakistan|constitutionally]]-established institution chaired by an appointed and designated [[Chief Election Commissioner of Pakistan|Chief Election Commissioner]], supervising general elections. The Pakistan Constitution guides general elections in Part VIII, Chapter 2 and various [[Amendments to the Constitution of Pakistan|amendments]]. A [[multi-party system]] is in effect, with the National Assembly consisting of 342 seats and the Senate consisting of 100 seats (after ex-FATA merger)<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.senate.gov.pk/en/essence.php?id=10&catid=4&subcatid=138&cattitle=About%20the%20Senate|title=Senate of Pakistan}}</ref> elected from the four provinces. The Constitution dictates general elections be held every five years, when the National Assembly has completed its term or has been dissolved, and Senatorial elections be held every six years. By law, general elections must be held within two months of the National Assembly completing its term.<ref name="Constitution of Pakistan">{{cite web|last=Constitution of Pakistan|title=Article 577|url=http://www.pakistani.org/pakistan/constitution/part8.ch2.html|work=Constitution of Pakistan|access-date=23 May 2013}}</ref>
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