The 13th President of Pakistan will be elected on 4th September 2018. The successful conclusion of the presidential election will mark a new landmark of smooth civilian to civilian transition in the troubled political history of Pakistan.
The president of Pakistan is elected through a secret ballot by the Senate and National Assembly of Pakistan and the four provincial assemblies (Punjab, Sindh, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan). The entire parliamentary population of 1174 is entitled to vote. But not all votes are of equal weight. Each of the four provincial assemblies has a total of 65-the weightage calculated on the benchmark of the smallest assembly of Balochistan. The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa assembly has 124 member so under the formula to weight their votes roughly two vote cast there for the same candidate will be counted as one actual vote.
Electoral College for the Presidential election and parties strength
| S. no | Party | Senate
104-Votes 103 (Mir Niamatullah Zehri-joined Balochistan Assembly) |
National Assembly
342 Votes 330 (twelve vacant) 11-General 1-Women |
Punjab
371/65=5.70 (13 vacant) |
Sindh
168/65=2.58 (2 vacant) |
Khyber
Pakhtunkhwa 124/65=1.90 (9 vacant) |
Balochistion
65-Votes (2 vacant) |
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| 1 | Pakistan Tehrik-i-Insaf | 12
(Will become 11 if Senator Muhammad Sarwar takes oath as Governor Punjab) |
151 | 175/5.70= 30.70 | 30/2.58= 11.62
(Will become 22 if Imran Ismail takes oath as Governor Sindh) |
78/1.90=41.05
(Will become 77 if Shah Farman takes oath as Governor Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) |
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| 2 | Pakistan Muslim League-N | 15 + 15 (elected independents)= 30 | 81 | 159/5.70=27.89 | 0 | 6/1.90=3.15 | 1 | ||||||
| 3 | Pakistan People’s Party | 20 | 54 | 7/5.70=1.22 | 96/2.58=37.20 | 5/1.90=2.63 | 0 | ||||||
| 4 | Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal | JI=2 + JUI-F= 4
Total=6 |
15 | 0 | 0 | 13/1.90=6.84 | 10 | ||||||
| 5 | Muttahida Qaumi Movement | 5 | 7 | 0 | 21/2.58=8.13 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 6 | Pakistan Muslim League-Q | 0 | 3 | 10/5.70=1.75 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 7 | Grand Democratic Alliance | 1-PML-F | 3 | 0 | 13/2.58=5 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 8 | Balochistan Awami Party | 6 (independents) | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | ||||||
| 9 | Balochistan National Party-M | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | ||||||
| 10 | Balochistan National Party-Awami | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||||||
| 11 | Awami National Party | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8/2.58=3.10 | 4 | ||||||
| 12 | Awami Muslim League | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 13 | Jamhoree Wattan Party | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 14 | National Party | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 15 | Pakhtunkhwa Mili Awami Party | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||||
| 16 | Hazara Democratic Party | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 or 2? | ||||||
| 17 | Tehrik-i-Labiak | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3/2,58=1.16 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 18 | Independents | 9 | 4 | 2/5.70=0.35 | 3/2.58= 1.16 | 0 | |||||||
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