Pakistan elections for senate were scheduled on 5th of March 2015. The senate elections were held to select 52 retiring officers of the senate. In these elections we saw some veteran senators like Nayyar Hussain Bukhari and Sabir Ali Baluch. For the past Senate, the leading party was of Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) who would drop 21 members, following by PML (N) i.e. Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz who has loosed 9 members and ANP (Awami National Party) loosing 6 members.

1. By: Nitasha Maqsood
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2.  Pakistan elections for senate were scheduled on
5th of March 2015. The senate elections were
held to select 52 retiring officers of the senate.
In these elections we saw some veteran senators
like Nayyar Hussain Bukhari and Sabir Ali Baluch.
 For the past Senate, the leading party was of
Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) who would drop 21
members, following by PML (N) i.e. Pakistan
Muslim League Nawaz who has loosed 9 members
and ANP (Awami National Party) loosing 6
members.
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3.  According to the plan generated by the ECP
(Election Commission of Pakistan), selection
papers for the election were offered on 12th and
13th February, while inspection of the papers was
held on 16th and 17thFebruary. The record of
contesting candidates was issued on
25thFebruary. Election polling for the 52 seats
will be held on 5th March. For 11 seats, each of
the four provinces' polling will be held in the
provincial capitals, while polling for seats from
the federal capital and FATA will be held in the
National Assembly. According to the ECP notice,
in each province elections will be held for 07
General seats, 02 seats for technocrats and
Ulema and 02 reserved seats for women.
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4.  Elections are held circuitously; to win 01 seat
in Senate; the contestants would entail 52
votes from the Punjab Assembly, 24 from
the Sindh Assembly, 18 from the KPK (Khyber
Pakhtunkhwa) Assembly and 9 from
the Baluchistan Assembly.
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5. The senate elections result for 2015 turnout to
be:
 PPP having 27 seats, PML (N) having 26 seats,
ANP having 7 seats, PTI having 6 seats and
other includes 38.
 For more update for Senate election result of
2015 visit www.pakvoter.org
Thank you
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