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Pakistani general election, 2013

The Pakistani General Election of 2013 will be thenext electionto the14th parliament of Pakistan.

Thegovernment of Pakistanhas announced elections to be held by May.[2]

In the general election, voting will

take place in all parliamentaryconstituencies of Pakistan,to elect Members to seats in theNational Assembly,thelower houseof parliament and to the four Provincial Assemblies (Punjab Assembly,Sindh

Assembly,Baluchistan AssemblyandKhyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly). The current National and Provincial

Assemblies will complete its constitutional term on or before March 16, 2013, five years after the first session of

the National Assemblies elected during the2008 general election.Elections must be subsequently held within

60 days of parliament having been dissolved.[3]

This will be the 11th general election for Pakistan since 1962,

and potentially marks the first successfuldemocratic transitionbetween two elected governments. As of March,

theElection Commission of Pakistanhas put final touches to its preparations for the upcoming general

elections. And one of those tasks was to procure over 500,000 ballot boxes and all relevant materials.The

commission has also decided to employ the services of retired judges of the high court as permanent election

tribunals in order to expedite the disposal of election-related cases. The commission will be appointing five

tribunals in Punjab and three each in other provinces. Buildings are being hired for offices of these tribunals.

This election will mark an end to the thirdPPPlead government and the only democratic government to finish

its term. For the general elections, the socialist-orientedPPPhas allied withPML(Q),while on the conservative

side, thePMLhas allied withPML(F)andSunni Tehreek.Cricketer turned politicianImran

KhanleadcentristPTIhas allied with the IslamicJamaat-e-Islamiin the North western province ofKhyber

Pakhtunkhwa,while it will contest elections without any political ally in other three provinces.[4]

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85.04

million registered voters in the country will elect close to 1000 members of the National and Provincial

assemblies of Pakistan, who will further elect thePrime Minister of Pakistanat the national level and theChief

Ministers of Pakistanat the provincial level.[7]

On March 17, 2013The National Assemblystood dissolved on

completion of its five-year term under Article-52 of theConstitution.[8]

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While the provincial assemblies are

likely to be dissolved on 19th.[10]

The largest number of voters who will vote in the upcoming elections are within

the 31 to 40 years age bracket. According tostatisticsavailable at the Election Commissions website, 23.58%

out of the total 87.5 million voters are of ages between 31 and 40 years while the second largest group of

voters is between the ages of 18 and 25.[11]

Contents

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1 Background

2 Overview

3 Process
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o 3.1 Electoral roll

o 3.2 Electoral Procedure

o 3.3 Schedule

4 Major Parties and Alliances

5 Major Parties by type

6 Expected Voter Base

7 Opinion Polls

o 7.1 Support based on Generation gap

o 7.2 The ethnic vote

o 7.3 Support based on Household income

8 Caretaker government

9 Scenarios

10 International monitor recommendations

o 10.1 United States

o 10.2 European Union

11 References

[edit]Background

Main article:Long March (Pakistan)

In mid-January, Sufi cleric DrMuhammad Tahir-ul-Qadriled a Long March from Lahore to Islamabad, which is

over 200 km, demanding electoral reforms, the quick dissolution of the National Assembly and a precise date

for the election. The march attracted about 60,000 individuals from across Pakistan.

[edit]Overview

Pakistan has aWestminster systemwhich is ademocraticparliamentary systemofgovernmentmodelled after

thepolitics of the United Kingdom.Members are elected through thefirst-past-the-postsystem underuniversal

adult suffrage,representing electoral districts known as theconstituencies of Pakistan.According to

theconstitution,there are 70 seats reserved forwomenandreligious minorities.They are allocated to the

political parties according to their proportional representation.[12]

[edit]Process

Duringelections in Pakistan,a political party must secure 172 seats (51% of total seats) in theNational

Assembly of Pakistanto obtain amajorityor else the elections will result in ahung parliament.[13]

If a political
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party with the most votes is either unable or unwilling to form acoalition governmentwithin a certain time-

frame, arunoffelection will be carried out.[14]

[edit]Electoral roll

With assistance from theInternational Foundation for Electoral Systems activities in Asia,theElectionCommission of Pakistanannounced the printing of computerized electoral rolls, the first of its kind database

which resulted in the elimination of 35 million bogus voters off the list.[15]

The new computerized system was

funded byUSAID.[16]Approximately 40 million young Pakistanis will be voting for the first time in the upcoming

elections, out of a registered electorate of 90 million.[17]

On 24 January 2013, the Election Commission of

Pakistan (ECP) approved electoral reforms ahead of the upcoming general elections. According to the

approved reforms, the entire government machinery would come under the authority of the Election

Commission once the election schedule is announced. Another clause in the reforms also empowers the

commission with administrative authority with the announcement of the election schedule. Moreover, the

commission would be allowed to make transfers and postings of high ranking officials includingInspector

Generals,secretaries and chief secretaries. The motive behind these reforms is to ensure transparency of the

upcoming general elections, which the Chief Election Commissioner had termed crucial.[18]

[edit]Electoral Procedure

For the conduct of elections to the National and Provincial Assemblies, the Election Commission appoints

a District Returning Officer for each District and a Returning Officer for each constituency, who are drawn

from amongst the officers of the Judiciary, the Federal/Provincial Government and Local Authorities.

Returning Officers are mostly Additional District & Sessions Judges.

The list of polling stations is prepared by the Returning Officers and approved by the District Returning

Officer. No polling station can be located in the premises of a candidate.

The list of Presiding Officers, Assistant Presiding Officers and polling staff is prepared by the Returning

Officer and sent to the District Returning Officer for approval at least 15 days before the polls. The

Presiding Officer is responsible for conducting polls at the Polling Station and maintaining law and order.

He is assisted by the Assistant Presiding Officers and Polling Officer.

After the publication of Election Schedule by the Election Commission, nomination papers are invited from

interested contesting candidates.

Scrutiny of nomination papers is carried out by the Returning Officers and nomination papers are

accepted/rejected.

Appeals against rejection/acceptance of nomination papers are filed with the appellate tribunal, who

decide such appeals summarily within such time as may be notified by the Commission and any order

passed thereon shall be final.
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Final list of contesting candidates is prepared and published in the prescribed manner by the Returning

Officer after incorporation of the decisions on appeals and after withdrawal of candidature by the

candidates if any.

Election Symbols are also allocated to the candidates by the Returning Officer according to their party

affiliation or as an individual candidate, from the list of Election Symbols approved by the Election

Commission. The Returning Officer also publishes the names of the contesting candidates arranged in the

Urdu alphabetical order specifying against each the symbol allocated to him.

The Election Commission of Pakistan provides each Returning Officer with copies of voters list for his

constituency who distributes it amongst the Presiding Officers in accordance with the polling scheme and

assignment of voters to each polling station/booth.

Voters cast their votes at specified polling stations according to their names in an electoral rolls. Since the

election for both National and Provincial Assemblies constituencies are held on the same day, the voter is

issued two separate ballot papers for each National Assembly and Provincial Assembly constituency.

When an elector presents himself at the polling station to vote, the Presiding Officer shall issue a ballot

paper to the elector after satisfying himself about the identity of the elector through his identity card.

Polling is held for nine hours on the polling day without any break.

Immediately after the close of the poll votes are counted at the polling stations by the Presiding Officers in

presence of the candidates, their Election Agents, and Polling Agents.

After counting the ballot papers the Presiding Officer prepares a statement of the count indicating the

number of votes secured by a candidate, and send it to the Returning Officer alongwith the election

material, un-used ballot papers, spoilt ballot papers, tendered ballot papers, challenged ballot papers,

marked copies of the electoral rolls, the counter-foils of used ballot papers, the tendered votes lists, and

the challenged votes lists.

The Presiding Officers also announce the result of count at the polling stations and paste a copy of the

result out-side the polling stations.

After the receipt of statement of counts from the Presiding Officers of the polling stations, the Returning

Officer compiles the preliminary un-official result and intimates the results to the Election Commission

through fax for announcement on print/electronic media.

After the announcement of un-official result, the Returning Officer serves a notice to all the contesting

candidates and their election agents regarding the day, time and place fixed for consolidation of the result.

In the presence of the contesting candidates and election agents, the Returning Officer consolidates the

results of the count furnished by the Presiding Officers in the prescribed manner including postal ballot

received by him before the polling day.


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Immediately after preparing the consolidated statement the Returning Officer submits a copy to the

Election Commission in the prescribed form which publishes the names of the returned candidates in the

official Gazette.

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