| Parliament name (generic / translated) |
Majlis-E-Shoora / Parliament |
| Structure of parliament |
Bicameral |
| Chamber name |
Senate |
| Related chamber (for bicameral parliaments) |
National Assembly
|
| BACKGROUND |
| Dates of election / renewal (from/to) |
2 March 2012 |
| Purpose of elections |
Elections were held for a half of the seats (54) in the Senate. |
| N/A (indirect elections) |
| STATISTICS |
| Distribution of seats |
|
Round no 1
|
| Political Group |
Total
|
Seats 2012 |
|
|
|
| Pakistan People's Party Parliamentarians (PPPP) |
41
|
19 |
|
|
|
| Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz) |
14
|
8 |
|
|
|
| Independents |
12
|
5 |
|
|
|
| Awami National Party (ANP) |
12
|
7 |
|
|
|
| Jamiat Ulama-e-Islam (F) (JUI-F) |
7
|
4 |
|
|
|
| Muttahida Quami Movement (MQM) |
7
|
4 |
|
|
|
| Balochistan National Party (Awami) |
4
|
2 |
|
|
|
| Pakistan Muslim League-Qaid-i-Azam (PML/Q) |
4
|
4 |
|
|
|
| Pakistan Muslim League (PML) |
1
|
0 |
|
|
|
| National Party |
1
|
0 |
|
|
|
| Pakistan Muslim League (F) |
1
|
1 |
|
|
|
|
| Distribution of seats according to sex |
Men
Women
Percent of women |
47
7
12.96%
|
| Distribution of seats according to age |
|
|
|
| Distribution of seats according to profession |
|
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| Comments |
Sources:
Senate (26.03.2012)
http://www.senate.gov.pk/lists/Members%2012-18/termwise12-18.htm
http://www.senate.gov.pk/lists/Members%2012-18/member12-18.htm
Note:
The 18th amendment to the Constitution, which came into force in April 2010, reserved four seats for non-Muslim minorities (one member per province), thereby increasing the statutory number of members of the Senate from 100 to 104. The amendment was first applied to the half-renewal of the Senate, held on 2 March 2012. Two of the four non-Muslim senators elected in 2012 will serve a three-year term, while two others will serve a six-year term.
Half of the seats renewed on 2 March 2012 were as follows:
- 12 seats in each of the country's four provinces (7 general seats; two seats reserved for women, two seats reserved for technocrats and ulemas or religious leaders, and one for a non-Muslim minority);
- 4 general seats in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATAs, located along the Pakistan-Afghanistan border); and
- 2 seats (reserved for technocrats and ulemas) in the federal capital. |
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