2012 Pakistani Senate election

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2012 Pakistani Senate election
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  2009 2 March 2012 2015  

54 of the 104 seats in the Senate
53 seats needed for a majority
 Majority partyMinority party
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Leader Nayyar Hussain Bukhari Ishaq Dar
Party PPP PML(N)
Last election277
Seats won4114
Seat changeIncrease2.svg14Increase2.svg7

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Results by province

Chairman before election

Farooq Naek
PPP

Elected Chairman

Nayyar Hussain Bukhari
PPP

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]

Contents

Results

PartySeats
WonNot upTotal
Pakistan Peoples Party 192241
Pakistan Muslim League (N) 8614
Awami National Party 7512
Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (F) 437
Muttahida Qaumi Movement – London 437
Balochistan National Party (Awami) 224
Pakistan Muslim League (Q) 404
Pakistan Muslim League 011
National Party 011
Pakistan Muslim League (F) 101
Independents5712
Total5450104
Source: IPU

By administrative division

PartiesFATABalochistanFederal CapitalKhyber PakhtunkhwaPunjabSindhTotal [2]
Pakistan Peoples Party 04143719
Pakistan Muslim League (N) 0001708
Awami National Party 0106007
Pakistan Muslim League (Q) 0210104
Mutahidda Qaumi Movement 0000044
Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam 0301003
Balochistan National Party (Awami) 0200002
Pakistan Muslim League (F) 0000011
Independents4000105
Total412212121254

The following the results of the election, by administrative division. [2]

Punjab
Seat TypeWinners
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 TypeWinners
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 TypeWinners
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)
MinorityAmar Jeet (ANP)
Balochistan
Seat TypeWinners
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 TypeWinners
General Muhammad Saleh Shah (Independent) Malik Najmul Hassan (Independent) Hidayat Ullah (Independent) Hilal-ur-Rehman (Independent)
ICT
Seat TypeWinners
General Osman Saifullah (PPP)
Technocrat Mushahid Hussain (PML-Q)

Aftermath

After 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

  1. "Electoral Calendar - worldwide elections". www.mherrera.org.
  2. 1 2 "Names of Returned Candidates alongwith Party Affiliation". Archived from the original on 2012-04-01. Retrieved 2012-03-19.
  3. "Nayyar Bukhari takes charge as Chairman Senate". DAWN.COM. 2012-03-12. Retrieved 2024-11-02.
  4. "Ishaq Dar new leader of opposition in Senate". DAWN.COM. 2012-03-15. Retrieved 2024-11-03.
  5. "Jahangir Badar named leader of the house in Senate". DAWN.COM. 2012-04-27. Retrieved 2024-11-03.