Editing Elections in Pakistan (section)

===Parliamentary elections===

====Assemblies elections====

Pakistan has a [[parliamentary system]] in which, the [[Prime Minister of Pakistan|executive]] and [[Parliament of Pakistan|legislature]] are elected directly by public voting in [[Constituencies of Pakistan|constituencies]] on a first-past-the-post system through a secret ballot. Article 222–229 of the [[Constitution of Pakistan]] forbids the candidate from joining the membership of [[National Assembly (Pakistan)|National Assembly]] and the provincial assemblies simultaneously. In direct elections, a candidate who obtains the highest number of votes in a constituency, is declared elected as a member of the [[National Assembly of Pakistan|National Assembly]] or a provincial assembly.

The seats in the [[National Assembly]] are allocated to each of four provinces, the [[Federally Administered Tribal Areas|FATA]] and the federal capital on the basis of population in accordance with the last officially published census. Members to the seats reserved for women and non-Muslims, are elected in accordance with the law through the proportional representation system of political party's lists of candidates on the basis of total number of general seats secured by each political party in the National Assembly or a provincial assembly. The National Assembly has 342 seats, usually elected for five year terms; however, if the National Assembly is dissolved, a general elections must be called within ninety days, according to the constitution.

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ Composition of National Assembly 
|-
! National Assembly seats from provinces !! General seats !! Seats for [[Women in Pakistan|women]] !! Total seats 
|-
|[[Punjab Province (Pakistan)|Punjab]]||  257 	||35 || 183
|-
|[[Sindh Province|Sindh]] || 79 || 14 || 75
|-
|[[Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province|Khyber Pakhtunkhwa]] ||469 || 8 || 43 
|- 
|[[Balochistan Province|Balochistan]]  || 789 || 3 || 17
|- 
!National Assembly seats from [[Territories of Pakistan|territories]] 
|-
|[[Federally Administered Tribal Areas]] ||15 || — || 12
|-
| [[Islamabad Capital Territory]] ||5 || — || 2
|-
!Specified seats || Reserved seats for minorities 
|-
|Seats for [[Religion in Pakistan|non-Muslims]] ||17 || — || 10
|-
!Composition !! Total general seats !! Total seats for women !! Total seats
|-
| Total seats in NA || '''272'''   ||'''60'''  ||'''342''' 
|}

====Senate elections====

The Senate consists of 104 members, of whom 14 members are elected by each provincial assembly, eight members are elected from [[Federally Administered Tribal Areas|FATA]] by members of National Assembly from these areas, two members (one woman and one technocrat) are elected from the federal capital also by members of National Asand sembly; four women and four technocrats are elected by members of each provincial assembly. One seat in the Senate is reserved for minorities in each province.

It is the responsibility of the Chief Election Commissioner to hold and make arrangements for the Senate elections in accordance with the system of proportional representation by means of a single transferable vote through electoral colleges. The term of the members of the Senate is 6 years. However, the term of the first group of the senators, who shall retire after completion of first 3 years of the Senate, is determined by drawing of lots by the Chief Election Commission.