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{{Short description|Election for the 13th President of Pakistan}} |
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| previous_election = 2013 Pakistani presidential election |
| previous_election = 2013 Pakistani presidential election |
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| previous_year = 2013 |
| previous_year = 2013 |
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| next_election = |
| next_election = 2024 Pakistani presidential election |
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| next_year = 2024 |
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| seats_for_election = [[President of Pakistan]] |
| seats_for_election = [[President of Pakistan]] |
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| votes_for_election = 679 votes in the [[Electoral College (Pakistan)|Electoral College]]{{refn|name=Electoral College|group=n|The total size of the electoral college is 706. But considering the vacant seats, the electoral college for 2018 presidential election stood at 679.<ref name='dawn' />}}<br> Plurality needed to win |
| votes_for_election = 679 votes in the [[Electoral College (Pakistan)|Electoral College]]{{refn|name=Electoral College|group=n|The total size of the electoral college is 706. But considering the vacant seats, the electoral college for 2018 presidential election stood at 679.<ref name='dawn' />}}<br> Plurality needed to win |
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| percentage3 = 18.79% |
| percentage3 = 18.79% |
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| title = [[President of Pakistan|President]] |
| title = [[President of Pakistan|President]] |
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| posttitle = [[President of Pakistan|President elected]] |
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| before_election = [[Mamnoon Hussain]] |
| before_election = [[Mamnoon Hussain]] |
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| before_party = Pakistan Muslim League (N) |
| before_party = Pakistan Muslim League (N) |
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{{Politics of Pakistan}} |
{{Politics of Pakistan}} |
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Presidential elections |
Presidential elections were held in [[Pakistan]] on 4 September 2018.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://dunyanews.tv/en/Pakistan/452891-Presidential-elections-September-4-ECP|title=Presidential elections to be held on September 4|date=16 August 2018|website=Dunya News}}</ref> The elections saw [[Arif Alvi]] of [[Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf|PTI]] being elected as the [[List of presidents of Pakistan|13th]] [[president of Pakistan]] after defeating [[Fazal-ur-Rehman (politician)|Fazal-ur-Rehman]] of [[Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal|MMA]] and [[Aitzaz Ahsan]] of [[Pakistan Peoples Party|PPP]]. Although incumbent president [[Mamnoon Hussain]], whose term was to expire on 9 September 2018, was eligible for re-election, he declined to take part.<ref name="july2018">{{cite web|url=http://dunyanews.tv/en/Pakistan/440663-General-polls-2018-would-be-held-on-July-25-sources|title=General polls 2018 would be held on July 25: sources|date=22 May 2018|website=Dunya News}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Govt to complete its term; elections to be held in July 2018: PM|author=Samaa Web Desk|url=https://www.samaa.tv/pakistan/2017/12/govt-complete-term-elections-held-july-2018-pm/}}</ref> |
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The [[Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf|PTI]]-led government coalition nominated a founding member of the party [[Arif Alvi]], right after a week of the announcement of the official victory of PTI in the [[2018 Pakistani general election|general elections]]. The [[Pakistan Peoples Party|PPP]] on the other hand took a solo flight in announcing the candidature of PPP stalwart, a law expert and a veteran politician [[Aitzaz Ahsan|Aitzaz Ashan]] without having done the consensus with the remaining opposition. Against PTI's Alvi and PPP's Ahsan, the [[Pakistan Muslim League (N)|PML-N]]-led |
The [[Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf|PTI]]-led government coalition nominated a founding member of the party [[Arif Alvi]], right after a week of the announcement of the official victory of PTI in the [[2018 Pakistani general election|general elections]]. The [[Pakistan Peoples Party|PPP]] on the other hand took a solo flight in announcing the candidature of PPP stalwart, a law expert and a veteran politician [[Aitzaz Ahsan|Aitzaz Ashan]] without having done the consensus with the remaining opposition. Against PTI's Alvi and PPP's Ahsan, the [[Pakistan Muslim League (N)|PML-N]]-led Opposition came up with [[Fazal-ur-Rehman (politician)|Fazal-ur-Rehman]], the leader of [[Far-right]] [[Islamist]] [[Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal|MMA]], as their joint candidate.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://dunyanews.tv/en/Pakistan/455291-Party-Wise-Electoral-College-of-Presidential-Elections-2018---Who-will-b|title = Party-Wise Electoral College of Presidential Elections 2018| date=14 February 2008 }}</ref> |
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The Elections witnessed a decisive victory for [[Arif Alvi]] who managed to get 352 votes from the Electoral College. Opposition's [[Fazal-ur-Rehman (politician)|Fazal-ur-Rehman]] followed with 184 votes, while [[Aitzaz Ahsan]] got only 124 votes. Alvi managed to emerge victorious in [[Provincial Assembly of Punjab|Punjab]], [[Provincial Assembly of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa|KPK]], and [[Provincial Assembly of Balochistan|Balochistan]], as well as the [[Parliament of Pakistan|Parliament]]. Meanwhile, Aitzaz Ahsan was triumphant in [[Provincial Assembly of Sindh|Sindh]]. Although having a higher vote count than Ahsan, [[Fazal-ur-Rehman (politician)|Fazal-ur-Rehman]] wasn't able to win in the Parliament or any Provincial Assembly.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://dunyanews.tv/en/Pakistan/455311-Pakistan-13th-President-PTI-PPP-PML-N-Polls-National-Provincial-Assembly|title = Presidential Election 2018: PTI's Arif Alvi elected 13th President of Pakistan}}</ref> |
The Elections witnessed a decisive victory for [[Arif Alvi]] who managed to get 352 votes from the Electoral College. Opposition's [[Fazal-ur-Rehman (politician)|Fazal-ur-Rehman]] followed with 184 votes, while [[Aitzaz Ahsan]] got only 124 votes. Alvi managed to emerge victorious in [[Provincial Assembly of Punjab|Punjab]], [[Provincial Assembly of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa|KPK]], and [[Provincial Assembly of Balochistan|Balochistan]], as well as the [[Parliament of Pakistan|Parliament]]. Meanwhile, Aitzaz Ahsan was triumphant in [[Provincial Assembly of Sindh|Sindh]]. Although having a higher vote count than Ahsan, [[Fazal-ur-Rehman (politician)|Fazal-ur-Rehman]] wasn't able to win in the Parliament or any Provincial Assembly.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://dunyanews.tv/en/Pakistan/455311-Pakistan-13th-President-PTI-PPP-PML-N-Polls-National-Provincial-Assembly|title = Presidential Election 2018: PTI's Arif Alvi elected 13th President of Pakistan| date=14 February 2008 }}</ref> |
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President-elect [[Arif Alvi]] was sworn in as the [[List of presidents of Pakistan|13th]] [[president of Pakistan]] on 9 September 2018.<ref>{{cite news |title=Arif Alvi elected 13th president of Pakistan {{!}} The Express Tribune |url=https://tribune.com.pk/story/1794750/1-presidential-election-voting-commences/ |access-date=4 September 2018 |work=The Express Tribune |date=4 September 2018}}</ref> |
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==Schedule== |
==Schedule== |
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==Electoral system== |
==Electoral system== |
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The [[ |
The [[president of Pakistan]] is indirectly elected by the [[Electoral College (Pakistan)|Electoral College of Pakistan]] – a joint sitting of the Senate, National Assembly and [[:Category:Provincial Assemblies of Pakistan|Provincial Assemblies]]. |
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The votes of the members of the Senate and National Assembly are counted as single votes. Meanwhile, the votes given by the provincial assembly legislators are adjusted so as to give each province an equal share in the election. This is so because, each provincial assembly has a varying number of members, depending upon population size. The largest province by population size, Punjab, has a total of 371 members in its assembly, whereas the smallest province of Balochistan has a mere 65 members in its legislature. Therefore, the provincial votes are weighted against the Balochistan assembly in the following manner:<ref name='dawn'>{{Cite news|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1430489/|title=Analysis: PTI poised to take President House|last=Mehdi|first=Tahir|date=2018-09-02|work=Dawn|access-date=2018-09-03|language=en-US}}</ref> |
The votes of the members of the Senate and National Assembly are counted as single votes. Meanwhile, the votes given by the provincial assembly legislators are adjusted so as to give each province an equal share in the election. This is so because, each provincial assembly has a varying number of members, depending upon population size. The largest province by population size, Punjab, has a total of 371 members in its assembly, whereas the smallest province of Balochistan has a mere 65 members in its legislature. Therefore, the provincial votes are weighted against the Balochistan assembly in the following manner:<ref name='dawn'>{{Cite news|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1430489/|title=Analysis: PTI poised to take President House|last=Mehdi|first=Tahir|date=2018-09-02|work=Dawn|access-date=2018-09-03|language=en-US}}</ref> |
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|align=left| Total (weighted) || 251 || 144 || 116 || 33 || 40 || 6 || 28 || 9 || 22 || 14 || 10 || 3 || 1 || 1 || 6 || 1 || 2 || 5 |
|align=left| Total (weighted) || 251 || 144 || 116 || 33 || 40 || 6 || 28 || 9 || 22 || 14 || 10 || 3 || 1 || 1 || 6 || 1 || 2 || 5 |
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==Candidates== |
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===Confirmed=== |
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*[[Arif Alvi]]: [[Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf]] member of the National Assembly from [[NA-247 (Karachi South-II)]]. Nominated by Prime Minister Imran Khan on 18 August 2018.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.geo.tv/amp/207913 |title=PM Imran has nominated Arif Alvi for President of Pakistan: Chaudhry |publisher=Geo.tv |date=2018-08-18 |access-date=2018-08-22}}</ref> |
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*[[Aitzaz Ahsan]]: [[Pakistan Peoples Party]] former member of the Senate from Punjab. Nominated by [[Asif Ali Zardari]] on 19 August 2018.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.geo.tv/latest/208003-ppp-nominates-aitzaz-ahsan-as-its-presidential-candidate-sources |title=PPP nominates Aitzaz Ahsan as its presidential candidate: sources | Pakistan |publisher=Geo.tv |date=2018-08-18 |access-date=2018-08-22}}</ref> |
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*[[Fazal-ur-Rehman (politician)|Fazal-ur-Rehman]]: Joint Candidate of [[Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal]], [[Pakistan Muslim League (N)]] and various other opposition parties. Nominated by [[Shahbaz Sharif]] on 27 August 2018.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.geo.tv/latest/208744-opposition-except-ppp-decide-to-field-maulana-fazl-for-president-sources |title=Opposition except PPP decide to field Maulana Fazl for president: sources: AtifChaudhry |publisher=Geo.tv |date=2018-08-18 |access-date=2018-08-22}}</ref> |
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===Withdrawn=== |
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*[[Amir Muqam]]: President of [[Pakistan Muslim League (N)]] in [[Khyber Pakhtunkhwa]] and former MNA. Withdrew his nomination papers following the joint nomination of Fazal-ur-Rehman.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/amp/1429896|title=PML-N's Muqam opts out of presidential race as deadline to withdraw nomination papers ends|first=Fahad|last=Chaudhry|date=30 August 2018}}</ref> |
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==Voting== |
==Voting== |
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The voting started at around 10:00 |
The voting started at around 10:00 am [[Pakistan Standard Time|PST]]. [[Prime Minister of Pakistan|Prime Minister]] [[Imran Khan]] came to the Parliament House and cast his vote with an hour left in the voting deadline. The voting ended at 04:00 pm PST.<ref name="Dawn"/><ref name="Dawn2">{{cite news |last1=Chaudhry |first1=Fahad |title=PTI's Arif Alvi officially declared winner of 13th presidential election |url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1431104/ptis-arif-alvi-officially-declared-winner-of-13th-presidential-election |work=Dawn |date=September 5, 2018}}</ref> |
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==Results== |
==Results== |
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{| class="wikitable centre" style=text-align:right |
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{{election table|title=Summary of the 4 September 2018 [[Pakistan]]i [[President of Pakistan|presidential]] election results}}<ref name="Dawn">{{cite news |title=PTI's Dr Arif Alvi elected 13th President of Pakistan |url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1430542/ptis-dr-arif-alvi-elected-13th-president-of-pakistan |work=Dawn |date=4 September 2018}}</ref><ref name="Dawn2"/> |
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|+Results of the 2018 Pakistani presidential election<ref name="Dawn">{{cite news |title=PTI's Dr Arif Alvi elected 13th President of Pakistan |url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1430542/ptis-dr-arif-alvi-elected-13th-president-of-pakistan |work=Dawn |date=4 September 2018}}</ref><ref name="Dawn2"/> |
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! colspan=2 rowspan=2|Candidate |
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! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:left;vertical-align:top;" |Candidate |
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! rowspan=2|Party |
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! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:left;vertical-align:top;" |Main supporting party |
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! colspan=5|Electoral college |
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! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:center;" |[[Parliament of Pakistan|Parliament]] |
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! rowspan=2|Total<br>votes |
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! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:center;" |[[Provincial Assembly of the Punjab|Punjab]] |
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! rowspan=2|% |
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! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:center;" |[[Provincial Assembly of Sindh|Sindh]] |
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! rowspan=2|Total<br>weighted |
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! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:center;" |[[Provincial Assembly of Balochistan|Balochistan]] |
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! rowspan=2|% |
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! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:center;" |[[Provincial Assembly of the North-West Frontier Province|KP]] |
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! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:center;" |Total |
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! [[Parliament of Pakistan|Parl]] |
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! [[Provincial Assembly of the Punjab|P]] |
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! [[Provincial Assembly of Sindh|S]] |
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! [[Provincial Assembly of Balochistan|B]] |
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! [[Provincial Assembly of the North-West Frontier Province|KP]] |
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| style="text-align:left;" | [[Arif Alvi]] |
| style="text-align:left;" | [[Arif Alvi]] |
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| style="text-align:left;" | [[Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf]] |
| style="text-align:left;" | [[Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf|PTI]] |
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| 212 |
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| style="text-align:right;" | 212 |
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| 186 |
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| style="text-align:right;" | 33 |
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| 56 |
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| style="text-align:right;" | 22 |
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| 45 |
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| style="text-align:right;" | 45 |
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| 78 |
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| style="text-align:right;" | 40 |
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| 577 |
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| style="text-align:right;" | 352 |
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| 53.28 |
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| style="text-align:center;" | '''352''' |
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| 53.33 |
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| style="text-align:left;" | [[Fazal-ur-Rehman (politician)|Fazal-ur-Rehman]] |
| style="text-align:left;" | [[Fazal-ur-Rehman (politician)|Fazal-ur-Rehman]] |
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| style="text-align:left;" | [[Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal|MMA]] |
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| 131 |
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| style="text-align:right;" | 131 |
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| 141 |
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| style="text-align:right;" | 25 |
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| 1 |
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| style="text-align:right;" | 0 |
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| 15 |
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| style="text-align:right;" | 15 |
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| 26 |
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| style="text-align:right;" | 13 |
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| 314 |
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| style="text-align:right;" | 184 |
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| 28.99 |
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| style="text-align:center;" | '''184''' |
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| 27.88 |
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| style="text-align:left;" | [[Aitzaz Ahsan]] |
| style="text-align:left;" | [[Aitzaz Ahsan]] |
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| style="text-align:left;" | [[Pakistan Peoples Party]] |
| style="text-align:left;" | [[Pakistan Peoples Party|PPP]] |
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| 81 |
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| style="text-align:right;" | 81 |
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| 6 |
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| style="text-align:right;" | 1 |
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| 100 |
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| style="text-align:right;" | 39 |
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| 0 |
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| style="text-align:right;" | 0 |
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| 5 |
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| style="text-align:right;" | 3 |
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| 192 |
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| style="text-align:right;" | 124 |
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| 17.83 |
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| style="text-align:center;" | '''124''' |
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| 18.79 |
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| colspan=3 style="text-align:left;" | Valid votes |
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| 424 |
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|333 |
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| 157 |
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| 60 |
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| 109 |
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| 1083 |
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| 97.65 |
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| style="text-align:center;" | 660 |
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| style="text-align:center;" | 100 |
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| colspan=3 style="text-align:left;" | Invalid/blank votes |
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| 6 |
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|18 |
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| 1 |
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| 1 |
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| 0 |
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| 26 |
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| 2.35 |
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| style="text-align:center;" | - |
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| style="text-align:center;" | - |
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|- style=font-weight:bold |
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| colspan=3 style="text-align:left;" | Total |
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| 430 |
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|351 |
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| 158 |
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| 61 |
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| 109 |
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| 1109 |
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| 100 |
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| style="text-align:center;" | - |
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| style="text-align:center;" | - |
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| colspan=3 style="text-align:left;" | Abstention |
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| 16 |
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|20 |
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| 10 |
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| 4 |
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| 15 |
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| 65 |
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| 5.54 |
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| style="text-align:center;" | - |
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| style="text-align:center;" | - |
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| colspan=3 style="text-align:left;" | Registered voters/turnout |
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| 446 |
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|371 |
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| 168 |
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| 65 |
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| 124 |
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| 1174 |
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| 94.46 |
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| style="text-align:center;" | - |
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| style="text-align:center;" | - |
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==Candidates== |
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===Confirmed=== |
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*[[Arif Alvi]]: [[Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf]] member of the National Assembly from [[NA-247 (Karachi South-II)]]. Nominated by Prime Minister Imran Khan on 18 August 2018.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.geo.tv/amp/207913 |title=PM Imran has nominated Arif Alvi for President of Pakistan: Chaudhry |publisher=Geo.tv |date=2018-08-18 |access-date=2018-08-22}}</ref> |
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*[[Aitzaz Ahsan]]: [[Pakistan Peoples Party]] former member of the Senate from Punjab. Nominated by [[Asif Ali Zardari]] on 19 August 2018.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.geo.tv/latest/208003-ppp-nominates-aitzaz-ahsan-as-its-presidential-candidate-sources |title=PPP nominates Aitzaz Ahsan as its presidential candidate: sources | Pakistan |publisher=Geo.tv |date=2018-08-18 |access-date=2018-08-22}}</ref> |
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*[[Fazal-ur-Rehman (politician)|Fazal-ur-Rehman]]: Joint Candidate of [[Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal]], [[Pakistan Muslim League (N)]] and various other opposition parties. Nominated by [[Shahbaz Sharif]] on 27 August 2018.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.geo.tv/latest/208744-opposition-except-ppp-decide-to-field-maulana-fazl-for-president-sources |title=Opposition except PPP decide to field Maulana Fazl for president: sources: AtifChaudhry |publisher=Geo.tv |date=2018-08-18 |access-date=2018-08-22}}</ref> |
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===Withdrawn=== |
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*[[Amir Muqam]]: President of [[Pakistan Muslim League (N)]] in [[Khyber Pakhtunkhwa]] and former MNA. Withdrew his nomination papers following the joint nomination of Fazal-ur-Rehman.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/amp/1429896|title=PML-N's Muqam opts out of presidential race as deadline to withdraw nomination papers ends|first=Fahad|last=Chaudhry|date=30 August 2018}}</ref> |
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Presidential elections were held in Pakistan on 4 September 2018.[2] The elections saw Arif AlviofPTI being elected as the 13th president of Pakistan after defeating Fazal-ur-RehmanofMMA and Aitzaz AhsanofPPP. Although incumbent president Mamnoon Hussain, whose term was to expire on 9 September 2018, was eligible for re-election, he declined to take part.[3][4]
The PTI-led government coalition nominated a founding member of the party Arif Alvi, right after a week of the announcement of the official victory of PTI in the general elections. The PPP on the other hand took a solo flight in announcing the candidature of PPP stalwart, a law expert and a veteran politician Aitzaz Ashan without having done the consensus with the remaining opposition. Against PTI's Alvi and PPP's Ahsan, the PML-N-led Opposition came up with Fazal-ur-Rehman, the leader of Far-right Islamist MMA, as their joint candidate.[5]
The Elections witnessed a decisive victory for Arif Alvi who managed to get 352 votes from the Electoral College. Opposition's Fazal-ur-Rehman followed with 184 votes, while Aitzaz Ahsan got only 124 votes. Alvi managed to emerge victorious in Punjab, KPK, and Balochistan, as well as the Parliament. Meanwhile, Aitzaz Ahsan was triumphant in Sindh. Although having a higher vote count than Ahsan, Fazal-ur-Rehman wasn't able to win in the Parliament or any Provincial Assembly.[6]
President-elect Arif Alvi was sworn in as the 13th president of Pakistan on 9 September 2018.[7]
The Election Commission of Pakistan announced the initial election schedule on 16 August 2018. Polling was conducted on following five places on 4 September 2018:
Members of Senate and National Assembly cast their vote at Parliament House whereas members of Provincial Assemblies cast their vote at respective assemblies.
The president of Pakistan is indirectly elected by the Electoral College of Pakistan – a joint sitting of the Senate, National Assembly and Provincial Assemblies.
The votes of the members of the Senate and National Assembly are counted as single votes. Meanwhile, the votes given by the provincial assembly legislators are adjusted so as to give each province an equal share in the election. This is so because, each provincial assembly has a varying number of members, depending upon population size. The largest province by population size, Punjab, has a total of 371 members in its assembly, whereas the smallest province of Balochistan has a mere 65 members in its legislature. Therefore, the provincial votes are weighted against the Balochistan assembly in the following manner:[1]
| Provincial Assembly | Members | Weightage of each vote | Total votes |
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| Balochistan | 65 | 1 | 65 |
| Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa | 124 | 0.524 | 65 |
| Punjab | 371 | 0.175 | 65 |
| Sindh | 168 | 0.387 | 65 |
Regarding timing, the constitution states that election to the office of President must be held no earlier than sixty days and no later than thirty days before the expiration of the term of the incumbent president. If assemblies are not present, the constitution allows the election of president to be delayed thirty days after the general election.[8]
The electoral process itself is done via a secret ballot due to the post of the president being constitutionally non-partisan. Therefore, unlike during the election of the Prime Minister, cross-party voting is not liable to be considered defection.[1]
The Electoral College of Pakistan is formed by a joint sitting of the six leading political bodies in Pakistan:
The maximum strength of the electoral college is 706. However, considering the vacant seats, the electoral college for this presidential election stood at 679. A simple majority is required in a two-candidate contest to claim victory. But in a three-candidate race, the victory requirement goes down considerably depending on how the votes are split.[1]
The weighted votes of each political party in the six bodies constituting the electoral college are as follows:[1]
| Body | PTI | PML-N | PPP | MQM | MMA | PML | BAP | GDA | IND | BNP(M) | ANP | BNP(A) | AML | HDP | PKMAP | TLP | JWP | NP |
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| National Assembly[9] | 151 | 81 | 54 | 7 | 15 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Senate[10] | 12 | 31 | 20 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Punjab Assembly | 30 | 28 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sindh Assembly | 12 | 0 | 38 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Balochistan Assembly | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| KPK Assembly | 40 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total (weighted) | 251 | 144 | 116 | 33 | 40 | 6 | 28 | 9 | 22 | 14 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
The voting started at around 10:00 amPST. Prime Minister Imran Khan came to the Parliament House and cast his vote with an hour left in the voting deadline. The voting ended at 04:00 pm PST.[15][16]
| Candidate | Party | Electoral college | Total votes |
% | Total weighted |
% | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Parl | P | S | B | KP | ||||||||||
| Arif Alvi | PTI | 212 | 186 | 56 | 45 | 78 | 577 | 53.28 | 352 | 53.33 | ||||
| Fazal-ur-Rehman | MMA | 131 | 141 | 1 | 15 | 26 | 314 | 28.99 | 184 | 27.88 | ||||
| Aitzaz Ahsan | PPP | 81 | 6 | 100 | 0 | 5 | 192 | 17.83 | 124 | 18.79 | ||||
| Valid votes | 424 | 333 | 157 | 60 | 109 | 1083 | 97.65 | 660 | 100 | |||||
| Invalid/blank votes | 6 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 26 | 2.35 | - | - | |||||
| Total | 430 | 351 | 158 | 61 | 109 | 1109 | 100 | - | - | |||||
| Abstention | 16 | 20 | 10 | 4 | 15 | 65 | 5.54 | - | - | |||||
| Registered voters/turnout | 446 | 371 | 168 | 65 | 124 | 1174 | 94.46 | - | - | |||||
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See also: Pakistani elections |
