52 of the 104 seats in the Senate of Pakistan 53 seats needed for a majority
Majority party
Minority party
Party
PPP
PML(N)
Last election
41
14
Seats won
27
26
Seat change
14
12
Third party
Fourth party
Party
MQM
PTI
Last election
7
0
Seats won
8
6
Seat change
1
6
Chairman before election
Nayyar Hussain Bukhari
PPP
Elected Chairman
Raza Rabbani
PPP
Senate elections were held in Pakistan on 5 March 2015 to elect the replacements for 52 retiring senators. Those retiring include chairman Nayyar Hussain Bukhari and deputy chairman Sabir Ali Baloch of the upper house. Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP), the majority party in Senate, would lose 21 members, followed by Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz would lose 9 and Awami National Party would lose 6 members.[1][2]
According to the schedule issued by the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP), nomination papers for the election were submitted on 12 and 13 February, while scrutiny of the papers was held on 16 and 17 February. The list of contesting candidates was issued on 25 February. Polling for the 52 seats will be held on 5 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 notification, in each province elections will be held for seven general seats, two seats for technocrats and Ulema and two reserved seats for women.[3][4]
Elections are held indirectly; to win one seat in Senate, the candidates would require 52 votes from the Punjab Assembly, 24 from the Sindh Assembly, 18 from the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly and 9 from the Balochistan Assembly.[5][6]
^"ECP postpones Senate Elections to March 5th". Archived from the original on 2015-05-07. Retrieved 2015-02-14.
^PPP, MQM hope to win Senate elections unopposed
^"Govt waiting for 2015 Senate change to bring new laws". Archived from the original on 2015-02-14. Retrieved 2015-02-14.
^"PTI likely to keep NA seats for Senate election". Archived from the original on 2015-04-14. Retrieved 2015-02-14.
^"Political parties expedite campaign for Senate elections". Archived from the original on 2015-02-14. Retrieved 2015-02-14.
^PML-N announces candidates for Senate polls
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