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Election in Pakistan 2024: General elections are held today in India’s neighboring country Pakistan. The world is keeping an eye on this election being held in the context of poverty, terrorism and weak political scenario. In this election being held under the shadow of bomb blasts and terrorist attacks, Nawaz Sharif and Bilawal Bhutto are strong contenders for the post of Prime Minister, while the people of Pakistan see Imran Khan as the first choice. But Imran Khan is completely engrossed in political maneuvering. So many cases have been imposed on him that he cannot come out of jail and contest elections. Not only this, his party has also been disintegrated. Those contesting elections are being jailed or threatened.
Imran’s party had asked for the election symbol ‘Balla’, that too was not found. Amidst such political activities, it is important to know how elections are conducted in the neighboring country and how votes are cast. How different is this election process from India. On how many seats is the Prime Minister elected? Know such important information related to the election process in Pakistan.
Today Pakistan is ready for general elections. With great difficulty the Election Commission had fixed the 8th of February. 26 crore ballot papers have been printed for voting in Pakistan. Its total weight is about 2100 tonnes. Whereas out of total 22 crore population, 12.69 crore voters will elect the new government.
How different is the election process in Pakistan from India?
Even today elections in Pakistan are held on ballot paper. Whereas EVM is being used in India for a long time. This is why incidents of booth capturing are common in elections in Pakistan. Not only this, 80 percent of the polling stations in restive Khyber Pakhtunkhwa are highly sensitive. Now the question arises in Pakistan that why elections are not conducted with EVM? In fact, when Imran Khan was the PM of Pakistan, he had tried to conduct elections through EVMs. For this, Imran’s government had presented a proposal in the Parliament for voting through EVM on 2 May 2021, but this proposal was strongly opposed by the MPs of 11 opposition parties of Pakistan.
Election results in Pakistan come in a single day, how?
In Pakistan, even after voting is conducted through ballot paper, counting is done on the day of voting itself and results are usually declared. This is the biggest question. Because there are crores of people who vote in Pakistan’s population. In such a situation, the reason behind the results coming in a single day is that the officials count the votes manually at the polling booth itself and the results are declared till late night on the election day. Whereas in India, when elections were held through ballot paper, the ballot boxes were sealed and taken to the district headquarters. After this counting was done, but it is not so in Pakistan. There, counting is done at the booth itself after voting. However, even if the results do not come on time, the Returning Officer has to give written information to the Election Commission.
Government is formed in Pakistan after getting how many seats?
Like India, general elections are also held in Pakistan. But due to being a smaller country than India and having less population, the number of seats here is less as compared to India’s 543. There are a total of 342 seats in Pakistan, out of which 272 seats are directly elected. Of these, 60 seats are already reserved for women. The public is voting for the National Assembly in the elections. In this, 272 MPs of the National Assembly of Pakistan are to be elected. After the election results are declared, whichever party or coalition has the majority, that party will form the government.
Which parties are important for forming government in Pakistan?
Nawaz Sharif, Bilawal Bhutto and Imran Khan are the three most important contenders in Pakistan. Among them, Imran Khan went to jail. Now Nawaz and Bilawal are left. In such a situation, Nawaz Sharif’s party Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz, former PM Imran Khan’s party Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) and Bilawal Bhutto’s Pakistan People’s Party. There is competition between the candidates of these three parties.
Why holding elections in troubled Balochistan is the biggest challenge?
Peaceful and smooth conduct of elections in restive Balochistan is a difficult task. 80 percent of the polling stations here are highly sensitive. Out of total 5,028 polling stations in Balochistan, only 961 i.e. about 19 percent are normal.
Balochistan Home Minister Zubair Jamali said regarding the elections in the province that security will be very tight on the day of voting in view of attempts to attack security forces, establishments, government employees and civilians in Balochistan. There are a total of 5,028 polling stations in Balochistan. Of these, only 961 have been designated as general. Apart from this, 2,337 polling stations have been declared ‘sensitive’ and 1,730 as highly sensitive. The deployment of security forces has been increased at polling stations. Especially in sensitive and highly sensitive areas. Internet service will also remain closed in many areas.
These are the powerful candidates in the race for the post of PM, one has been marginalized
Nawaz Sharif: Reached his country after spending 4 years in exile
Nawaz Sharif has previous experience of running the government in Pakistan. He was the PM of Pakistan during Atal ji’s era and also the Prime Minister of Pakistan during the first term of PM Modi. However, he left the country after corruption allegations. When his younger brother Shehbaz Sharif became Prime Minister, he returned to his homeland Pakistan from London after 4 years in exile.
Now he is the PM candidate from his party and is the most powerful candidate for the post of Prime Minister.
Bilawal Bhutto: Inherited politics, but poor in experience
Bilawal Bhutto has inherited politics from his parents. Mother Benazir Bhutto has also been the Prime Minister of Pakistan. His father Asif Ali Zardari has been the President of Pakistan. But despite this, his words, statements and actions do not show that much maturity. Bilawal Bhutto, who was the Foreign Minister in the Shahbaz government, himself became a victim of criticism many times due to his unrestrained statements.
Imran Khan: Became PM after the heights of cricket, then went to jail
A big specialty of Imran Khan is that he was known as a public leader of Pakistan. Obviously, he capitalized on the fame he got as a cricketer in politics. Although this Pathan leader made a place in the hearts of the people through grassroots politics, but after becoming PM, he got embroiled in such controversies regarding corruption and personal life that many cases were imposed on him. He is in jail on corruption charges. Why do people like him, this question abounds. Actually, for the first time Imran Khan ‘dared’ to speak against the army. Therefore, with the connivance of the Army and the opposition party i.e. Shahbaz government, he was weakened and sent to jail. An attempt was made to break his party workers also. In such a situation, the one whom the public wanted was out of the race for the post of PM. The party also disintegrated.
Will Imran Khan be able to defeat Nawaz Sharif in the electoral battle from jail? voting in pakistan today
There is general election in Pakistan today i.e. Thursday. Voting will start at 8 am (8.30 am Indian time). Voting will end at 5:30 pm. 5121 candidates are trying their luck in this election. Of these, 4,806 are men, 312 are women and two are transgender candidates. In Pakistan, which is struggling with economic crisis, 12.85 crore voters will elect the new government. For this, there is a huge contest between three parties PTI, PMN-L and Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP).
9,07,675 polling stations have been set up for the general elections. Strict security arrangements have been made for the general elections in Pakistan. Six and a half lakh security personnel have been deployed. In this election, Nawaz Sharif will be eyeing to become Prime Minister for a record fourth time. At the same time, Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari is the face of the Prime Minister’s post from PPP. In such a situation, the question arises whether the jailed Imran Khan will be able to defeat Nawaz Sharif?
Voting will be cast on how many seats?
Let us tell you that there are a total of 336 seats in the Pakistan National Assembly, out of which voting takes place only on 266 seats. The majority figure is 169. 60 seats are reserved for women and 10 seats are reserved for non-Muslims. Punjab province has the maximum of 141 seats, Sindh has 61 seats, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa has 45 seats, Balochistan has 16 seats and Islamabad has three seats.
What is the number of polling stations?
More than 12.85 crore registered voters will vote in this election. For this, the Election Commission of Pakistan has established 9,07,675 polling stations across the country. At the same time, 44,000 polling stations are normal while 29,985 have been declared sensitive and 16,766 highly sensitive.
Imran Khan in election battle from jail
Cricketer-turned-politician PTI Chief and former PM of the country Imran Khan is currently in jail. He is in the election battle from jail itself. After April 2022, he is continuously waging a campaign against the army in Pakistan. He has been in jail continuously since September last year. Many cases are registered against Imran Khan. On the other hand, there is Nawaz Sharif who has been the Prime Minister of Pakistan thrice. He returned to Pakistan from London last year after four years of exile. Many cases are registered against him also. The previous government was run by his younger brother Shahbaz Sharif.
Nawaz will become PM for the fourth time, claims Shahbaz
Before the general elections, former Prime Minister of Pakistan Shahbaz Sharif has made a big claim about Nawaz Sharif. He said that if his party Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz gets majority in the parliamentary elections, then his elder brother Nawaz Sharif will become the next Prime Minister of Pakistan. Let us tell you that former PM Shehbaz Sharif is also the President of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N).
