2009 Pakistani Senate election

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2009 Pakistani Senate election
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  2006 3 March 2009 2012  

50 of the 100 seats in the Senate
51 seats needed for a majority
 Majority partyMinority party
  Farooq Hamid Naek Senate of Poland.JPG Wasim Sajjad.png
Leader Farooq Naek Wasim Sajjad
Party PPP PML(Q)
Last election939
Seats won2721
Seat changeIncrease2.svg18Decrease2.svg18

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Chairman before election

Muhammad Mian Soomro
PML(Q)

Elected Chairman

Farooq Naek
PPP

Senate elections were held in Pakistan on 3 March 2009. 50 of the 100 seats in the Senate were up for election with the winning candidates serving six-year terms.

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Results

PartySeats
WonNot upTotal
Pakistan Peoples Party Parliamentarians 22527
Pakistan Muslim League (Q) 12021
Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal 099
Pakistan Muslim League (N) 617
Awami National Party 516
Mutahidda Qaumi Movement 336
Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (F) 314
Balochistan National Party (Awami) 112
Jamhoori Wattan Party 011
National Party 101
Pashtunkhwa Milli Awami Party 011
Pakistan Muslim League (F) 011
Pakistan People's Party 011
Independents8513
Total5050100
Source: IPU

Results by administrative division

The following are the results of the elections, by administrative division. [1]

Punjab
Seat TypeWinners
General Pervaiz Rashid

(PML-N)

Raja Zafar-ul-Haq

(PML-N)

Syed Zafar Ali Shah

(PML-N)

Mushahid Ullah Khan

(PML-N)

Jehangir Bader

(PPP)

Malik Salah-ud-Din Dogar

(PPP)

Shujaat Hussain

(PML-Q)

Technocrat Sajid Mir (PML-N) Muhammad Kazim Khan (PPP)
Women Najma Hameed (PML-N) Sughra Imam (PPP)
Sindh
Seat TypeWinners
General Maula Bakhsh Chandio

(PPP)

Islamuddin Shaikh

(PPP)

Gul Muhammad Lot

(PPP)

Faisal Raza Abidi

(PPP)

Asim Hussain

(PPP)

Babar Khan Ghauri

(MQM)

Abdul Haseeb Khan

(MQM)

Technocrat Farooq Naek (PPP) Rehman Malik (PPP)
Women Almas Parveen (PPP) Shirala Mallick (MQM)
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Seat TypeWinners
General Zahid Khan

(ANP)

Abdul Nabi Bangash

(ANP)

Haji Muhammad Adeel

(ANP)

Gulzar Ahmed Khan

(PPP)

Waqar Ahmed Khan

(PPP)

Sardar Ali Khan

(PPP)

Haji Ghulam Ali

(JUI-F)

Technocrat Afrasiab Khattak (ANP) Adnan Khan (PPP)
Women Farah Aqil (ANP) Farhat Abbas (PPP)
Balochistan
Seat TypeWinners
GeneralNawabzada Muhammad Akbar Magsi

(IND)

Mir Wali Muhammad Badini

(IND)

Sabir Ali Baloch

(PPP)

Lashkari Raisani

(PPP)

Muhammad Khan Sherani

(JUI-F)

Mir Muhammad Ali Rind

(BNP-A)

Hasil Bizenjo

(NP)

Technocrat Humayun Khan Mandokhel (IND) Abdul Ghafoor Haideri (JUI-F)
Women Kalsoom Perveen (IND)Suriya Amiruddin (PPP)
FATA
Seat TypeWinners
General Abbas Khan Afridi (Independent) Haji Khan Afridi (Independent) Muhammad Idrees Khan Safi (Independent) Malik Rashid Ahmed Khan (Independent)
ICT
Seat TypeWinners
General Nayyar Hussain Bukhari (PPP)
Women Saeeda Iqbal (PPP)

Aftermath

After the election, on 13 March 2006, Farooq Naek of the ruling Pakistan People's Party (PPP) was elected to the position of Chairman unopposed. He replaced Muhammad Mian Soomro of the Pakistan Muslim League (Q) (PML(Q)). On the same day, Jan Mohammad Jamali of the PML(Q) was re-elected to the position of Deputy Chairman unopposed. [2]

On 9 March 2006, Raza Rabbani of the PPP, the incumbent Leader of the House, resigned from his position in protest of Naek's nomination to the chairmanship by the PPP. [2] On 17 April 2006, he was replaced by Nayyar Hussain Bukhari, also of the PPP. On the same day, Wasim Sajjad of the PML-Q was appointed as the Leader of the Opposition. [3]

References

  1. "Members of Senate of Pakistan". Election Commission of Pakistan . Retrieved 2024-10-25.
  2. 1 2 "Naek elected unopposed to Senate top spot". DAWN.COM. 2009-03-13. Retrieved 2024-11-02.
  3. "Wasim Sajjad, Nayyar Bukhari felicitated". Brecorder. 2009-04-17. Retrieved 2024-11-02.