Pakistan Review News and Reviews

Election 2002 – Just few days to go

The date of election is announced by the President of Pakistan. However, the election schedule for the conduct of General Elections to the National and the Provincial Assemblies is set by the Election Commission in accordance with the provisions of the Representation of the People Act, 1976. The Supreme Court of Pakistan in the case reported as PLD 2000 SC 869 has declared that elections to both the Houses of the Parliament and the Provincial Assemblies must be held by October 2002.

National Assembly Seats:

Baluchistan	14	3	1	18
Federal Capital	2	-	-	2
North-West Frontier Province	35	8	3	46
Punjab	148	35	15	198
Sindh	61	14	6	81
Total	260	60	25	345

Twelve seats are allocated to the Federally Administered Tribal Areas.

Provincial Seats

	General seats	Women	Technocrats	Total
Baluchistan	51	11	5	67
NWFP	99	22	9	130
Punjab	297	66	27	390
Sind	130	29	12	171

With just few days to go for Oct 10 elections, the political parties are finally in top gear to muster support of masses. There are 83 political parties and a large number of independent candidates to contest the elections.
There are 1070 seats of National and Provincial Assemblies, which include reserved seats for women and no-Muslims.
According to final and consolidated data compiled by Election Commission there are 8,349 candidates contesting on 342 National and 728 seats of four provincial assemblies, including reserved seats for women and non-Muslims.
For 342 seats of the National Assembly, including 60 reserved for women and 10 for non-Muslims, there are 2,424 candidates in the run.
Against 728 seats of the four provinces, including reserved seats for women and non-Muslims, there are 5,925 candidates.
For the two eats of federal capital, there are 28 candidates in the field.
For 10 reserved seats for non-Muslims in the National Assembly, there are 45 candidates.
For 148 general seats of National Assembly from the Punjab, there are 946 candidates while for the 35 reserved seats for women there are 135 candidates.
On the 297 general seats of Punjab Assembly, there are 2,386 candidates, while for the 66 reserved seats for women in Punjab Assembly there are 261 candidates and for eight reserved seats for non-Muslims in the Punjab Assembly there are 36 candidates.
For 61 general seats of National Assembly from Sindh there are 634 candidates, while for 14 seats reserved for women there are 79 candidates in the field.
For 130 general seats of Sindh Assembly, there are 1,561 candidates and for 29 seats reserved for women in Sindh Assembly there are 210 candidates and for nine seats reserved for non-Muslims in Sindh Assembly there are 85 candidates in the run.
According to the data, for the 35 general seats for National Assembly from NWFP, there are 241 candidates while for the eight reserved seats for women there are 45 candidates.
For the 99 general seats of NWFP Assembly, there are 642 candidates while for 22 reserved seats for women in National Assembly from NWFP, there are 126 candidates and for three reserved seats for non-Muslims in the NWFP, there are 23 candidates.
The data showed that for the 14 seats of National Assembly from Balochistan there are 128 candidates while for the three reserved seats for women in the National Assembly from Balochistan there are 22 candidates.
For the ten seats of Fata in the National Assembly, there are 121 candidates in the run. (APP)

List of Political Parties:

Awami National Party

Awami Qiadat Party

Balochistan National Congress

Balochistan National Democratic Party

Balochistan National Movement

Balochistan National Party

Hazara Qaumi Mahaz

Istiqlal Party

Ittehad Milli Hazara

Jamhoori Wattan Party

Jamiat Ulema-e-Pakistan (Nifaz-e-Shariat)

Jamote Qaumi Movement

Kakar Jamhoori Party Pakistan

Labour Party Pakistan

Markazi Jamaat Ahle Hadieth

Mohajar Qaumi Movement Pakistan

Mohajir Ittehad Tehrik

Mohib-e-Wattan Nowjawan Inqilabion Ki Anjuman

Muttahida Qaumi Movement

Muttahidda Majlis-e-Amal Pakistan

National Alliance

Nizam-e-Mustafa Party

Pak Wattan Party

Pak. Muslim Alliance

Pakistan Awami Party

Pakistan Awami Tehreek

Pakistan Awami Tehrik-e-Inqilab

Pakistan Democratic Party

Pakistan Freedom Party

Pakistan Gharib Party

Pakistan Ittehad Tehreek

Pakistan Mazdoor Kissan Party

Pakistan Muslim League (F)

Pakistan Muslim League (J)

Pakistan Muslim League (N)

Pakistan Muslim League (QA)

Pakistan Muslim League(Z)

Pakistan Pakhtoonkhawa Milli Awami Party

Pakistan Peoples Party (Shaheed Bhutto)

Pakistan Peoples Party (Sherpao)

Pakistan Peoples Party Parliamentarians

Pakistan Seriaki Party

Pakistan Social Democratic Party

Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf

Pakistan Workers Party

Qaumi Inqilab Party

Qaumi Jamhoori Party

Qaumi Tahaffaz Party

Saraiki Sooba Movement Pakistan

Shan-e-Pakistan Party

Sindh Urban-Rural Alliance

Sunni Tehreek

Tameer-e-Pakistan Party

Tehreek Hussainia Pakistan

Tehrik-e-Istaqlal

Tehrik-e-Masawaat