Senate elections were held in Pakistan on 2 March 2012. Fifty-four of the 100 seats in the Senate were up for election with the winning candidates serving six-year terms.[1]
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Results
edit| Party | Seats | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Won | Not up | Total | ||||
| Pakistan Peoples Party Parliamentarians | 19 | 22 | 41 | |||
| Pakistan Muslim League (N) | 8 | 6 | 14 | |||
| Awami National Party | 7 | 5 | 12 | |||
| Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (F) | 4 | 3 | 7 | |||
| Muttahida Qaumi Movement | 4 | 3 | 7 | |||
| Balochistan National Party (Awami) | 2 | 2 | 4 | |||
| Pakistan Muslim League (Q) | 4 | 0 | 4 | |||
| Pakistan Muslim League | 0 | 1 | 1 | |||
| National Party | 0 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Pakistan Muslim League (F) | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Independents | 5 | 7 | 12 | |||
| Total | 54 | 50 | 104 | |||
| Source: IPU | ||||||
By administrative division
edit| Parties | FATA | Balochistan | Federal Capital | Khyber Pakhtunkhwa | Punjab | Sindh | Total[2] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pakistan Peoples Party | 0 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 19 |
| Pakistan Muslim League (N) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 8 |
| Awami National Party | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| Pakistan Muslim League (Q) | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| Mutahidda Qaumi Movement | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Balochistan National Party (Awami) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Pakistan Muslim League (F) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Independents | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| Total | 4 | 12 | 2 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 54 |
The following the results of the election, by administrative division.[2]
| Punjab | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seat Type | Winners | ||||||
| General | Zulfiqar Ali Khosa
(PML-N) |
Muhammad Hamza
(PML-N) |
Muhammad Zafar Ullah Khan Dhandla
(PML-N) |
Rafique Rajwana
(PML-N) |
Babar Awan
(PPP) |
Kamil Ali Agha
(PML-Q) |
Muhammad Mohsin Khan Leghari
(IND) |
| Technocrat | Ishaq Dar (PML-N) | Aitzaz Ahsan (PPP) | |||||
| Women | Nuzhat Sadiq (PML-N) | Khalida Parveen (PPP) | |||||
| Minority | Kamran Michael (PML-N) | ||||||
| Sindh | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seat Type | Winners | ||||||
| General | Raza Rabbani
(PPP) |
Saeed Ghani
(PPP) |
Mukhtiar Ahmed Dhamrah
(PPP) |
Karim Ahmed Khawaja
(PPP) |
Syed Mustafa Kamal
(MQM) |
Tahir Hussain Mashhadi
(MQM) |
Muzaffar Hussain Shah
(PML-F) |
| Technocrat | Abdul Hafeez Shaikh (PPP) | Farogh Naseem (MQM) | |||||
| Women | Sehar Kamran (PPP) | Nasreen Jalil (MQM) | |||||
| Minority | Hari Ram (PPP) | ||||||
| Khyber Pakhtunkhwa | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seat Type | Winners | ||||||
| General | Baz Muhammad Khan
(ANP) |
Shahi Sayed
(ANP) |
Azam Khan Hoti
(ANP) |
Haji Saifullah Khan Bangash
(PPP) |
Ahmed Hassan
(PPP) |
Muhammad Talha Mahmood
(JUI-F) |
Nisar Muhammad
(PML-N) |
| Technocrat | Ilyas Ahmed Bilour (ANP) | Farhatullah Babar (PPP) | |||||
| Women | Zahida Khan (ANP) | Rubina Khalid (PPP) | |||||
| Minority | Amar Jeet (ANP) | ||||||
| Balochistan | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seat Type | Winners | ||||||
| General | Nawabzada Saifullah Magsi
(PPP) |
Sardar Fateh Muhammad Muhammad Hassani
(PPP) |
Mohammad Yousaf
(PPP) |
Hafiz Hamdullah
(JUI-F) |
Israr Ullah Zehri
(BNP-A) |
Saeed Ul Hassan Mandokhail
(PML-Q) |
Daud Khan Achakzai
(ANP) |
| Technocrat | Abdul Sattar (JUI-F) | Rozi Khan Kakar (PPP) | |||||
| Women | Naseema Ehsan (BNP-A) | Rubina Irfan (PML-Q) | |||||
| Minority | Heman Dass (JUI-F) | ||||||
| FATA | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seat Type | Winners | |||
| General | Muhammad Saleh Shah (Independent) | Malik Najmul Hassan (Independent) | Hidayat Ullah (Independent) | Hilal-ur-Rehman (Independent) |
| ICT | |
|---|---|
| Seat Type | Winners |
| General | Osman Saifullah (PPP) |
| Technocrat | Mushahid Hussain (PML-Q) |
Aftermath
editAfter the election, on 12 March 2012, Nayyar Hussain Bukhari of the ruling Pakistan People's Party (PPP) was elected to the position of Chairman unopposed. On the same day, Sabir Ali Baloch, also of the PPP, elected to the position of Deputy Chairman unopposed. They replaced Farooq Naek of the PPP and Jan Mohammad Jamali of the Pakistan Muslim League (Q) (PML(Q)), respectively. Moreover, on 27 April 2012, Jehangir Bader of the PPP succeeded Bukhari as the Leader of the House, and on 15 March 2012, Ishaq Dar of the Pakistan Muslim League (N) (PML-N) became the Leader of the Opposition, succeeding Abdul Ghafoor Haideri of the Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (F) (JUI-F).[3][4][5]
References
edit- ^ "Electoral Calendar - worldwide elections". www.mherrera.org.
- ^ a b "Names of Returned Candidates alongwith Party Affiliation". Archived from the original on 2012-04-01. Retrieved 2012-03-19.
- ^ "Nayyar Bukhari takes charge as Chairman Senate". DAWN.COM. 2012-03-12. Retrieved 2024-11-02.
- ^ "Ishaq Dar new leader of opposition in Senate". DAWN.COM. 2012-03-15. Retrieved 2024-11-03.
- ^ "Jahangir Badar named leader of the house in Senate". DAWN.COM. 2012-04-27. Retrieved 2024-11-03.
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