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    Pakistan: Voting in Presidential election concludes; Alvi likely to win

    Pakistan: Voting in Presidential election concludes; Alvi likely to win

    By Garima Bora
    Sep 04, 2018
    05:28 pm

    What's the story

    The voting to elect Pakistan's 13th President by lawmakers has concluded.

    The ruling Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party's candidate Arif Alvi is expected to win after the Opposition parties failed to field a joint candidate.

    Voting via a secret-ballot started simultaneously in the Senate, the National Assembly and the provincial assemblies in Lahore, Karachi, Peshawar, and Quetta around 10am and concluded at 4pm.

    Here's more.

    Details

    Incumbent President Mamnoon Hussain has declined re-election

    In Pakistan, the President is considered as a symbol of the federation and head of the state and exercises all powers on the recommendations of the Prime Minister.

    Outgoing President Mamnoon Hussain's tenure ends on September 8. He had declined for re-election to a second five-year term.

    The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) yesterday completed preparations for the election.

    Contenders

    Here are the details of contenders from the opposition parties

    The Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) had named Aitzaz Ahsan as its candidate.

    The third contender, Maulana Fazl ur Rehman, entered the fray after the Pakistan Muslim League-N refused to support Ahsan, who has been a harsh critic of Nawaz Sharif's party.

    Rehman is the joint candidate of the PML-N, Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal (MMA), Awami National Party (ANP), Pakhtunkhwa Milli Awami Party, and the National Party.

    Dr. Arif Alvi

    Alvi has strong chances of winning the elections

    Since PTI controls the NA and has majority in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa and Punjab and has the support of the ruling party in Balochistan, its candidate Alvi is in a strong position.

    A dentist by profession, 69-year-old Alvi is one of PTI's founding members. He served as the party's secretary general from 2006-2013.

    He won the NA elections from NA-247 (Karachi) during the July 25 polls.

    Information

    Brief information about presidential elections in Pakistan

    The total strength of lawmakers of Senate, NA and four provincial assemblies is 1,174 but as several seats are vacant, their existing strength is 1,121. The presidential elections are held on the basis of proportional representation to give equal representation to the four provinces.

    Vote distribution

    Details of the distribution of votes in the assemblies

    Each lawmaker of Senate (104 members), National Assembly (342), and Balochistan Assembly (65) has one vote.

    But the vote of Punjab, Sindh, and Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa assemblies is determined on the basis of proportional representation and each assembly has been allotted 65 votes - equal to the total number of members in the assembly with the least members, that is, the Balochistan Assembly.

    Information

    President elected by Electoral College of 706 votes

    Accordingly, 5.70 Punjab parliamentarians makeup 1 vote, 2.58 in Sindh, 1.90 in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, while lawmakers in Balochistan, the smallest assembly, get one vote each. Thus, according to the law, the President is elected by the Electoral College consisting of 706 votes of all lawmakers.

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