This report is based on direct interviews of political party office-bearers conducted by District Long-Term Observers (DLTOs) deployed across the country by the Free and Fair Election Network (FAFEN). It has been compiled from data gathered between March 18 and 22, 2013, from 79 districts – 26 in Punjab, 22 in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP), 18…
Introduction The Free and Fair Election Network (FAFEN) has deployed 130 District Long-Term Observers (DLTOs) in districts across the country to observe all aspects of the election process. The observers send data to the FAFEN Election Observation Secretariat in Islamabad, which uses it to publish pre-election updates distributed to the public, media and other stakeholders.…
ISLAMABAD, March 26 2013: The District Long-Term Observers (DLTOs) of Free and Fair Election Network (Network) observed District Election Commissioner (DEC) offices in four districts and other government offices in seven districts between March 11 and 17, 2013 and found out use of state resources by political parties for election campaigning, says a press release…
This update is based on interviews with 71 District Election Commissioners’ (DECs) between February 8 and March 15, 2013, about DECs’ coordination meetings with a wide range of district election stakeholders. DEC meetings with election stakeholders are essential to ensure transparency, efficiency and accountability in local election administration. District Long-Term Observers (DLTOs) of the Free…
ISLAMABAD, March 20, 2013: The Free and Fair Election Network (FAFEN)’s District Long-Term Observers (DLTOs) recorded postings and transfers in 32 districts across the country. A total of 62 postings and transfers were recorded among police, judiciary, district administration, and other government offices. The highest number of postings and transfers was observed in the police…
ISLAMABAD, March 19, 2013: District Election Commissioners (DECs) in 23 observed districts have reported receiving a total of 96,581 voter applications (includes data from NADRA) for registration from July 10, 2012 to March 7, 2013, says a press release of Free and Fair Election Network (FAFEN). According to the report released on Tuesday, these findings…
ISLAMABAD, March 18, 2013: The Free and Fair Election Network (FAFEN)’s District Long-Term Observers (DLTOs) observed security and public accessibility to District Election Commissioner (DEC) offices in 61 districts between February 27 and March 10, 2013. FAFEN observers identified potential public accessibility issues in 15 of the 61 observed DEC offices and a need for…
ISLAMABAD, March 14, 2013: The District Long-Term Observers (DLTOs) of the Free and Fair Election Network (FAFEN) have identified at least 38 districts in February 2013 with political developments related to General Election 2013, including districts where election campaigns started before the announcement of the election schedule, says a press release issued by FAFEN on…
DPOs were willing to be interviewed in 69 out of 70 districts, but the DPO in Swabi in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) declined to be interviewed. Among the interviews with DPOs, 26 were conducted in Punjab, followed by Sindh (19 interviews), KP (14), Balochistan (7), Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) (2) and Islamabad Capital Territory (ICT) (1).…
ISLAMABAD, March 11, 2013: The District Long-Term Observers (DLTOs) of the Free and Fair Election Network (FAFEN) have observed political campaigning at Government buildings. Campaign material such as –party flags, banners, posters, stickers or wall chalking was seen at public buildings in ten observed districts, says a press release issued by FAFEN on Monday. The…
Disclaimer:
The election results from 1970 to 1997 are taken from Pakistan Election Compendium published by the Church World Services in collaboration with Punjab Lok Sujag; a Pakistani civil society organization. Whereas, the results of elections held from 2002 onwards have been acquired from the Election Commission of Pakistan. Every effort has been made to ensure the accuracy of data; however, any possible errors and omissions are excepted.