ISLAMABAD, November 4, 2011: Suspicious voting pattern at 14 polling stations and heavy police presence underlined the one-sided contest in NA-203 Shikarpur-cum-Sukkur-cum-Larkana (Old Shikarpur-II) as people of the constituency went to the polls at 47 polling stations necessitated by the judgment of an election tribunal in Sindh, reports the Free and Fair Election Network (FAFEN)…
Partisan polling station officials, Violence and Police presence in PP-220 By-Election, Preliminary Report of PP-220 By-Election Observation PS officials stamping ballot papers at 14 polling stations Women barred from voting at one polling station ISLAMABAD, October 13, 2011: Partisan polling station officials, violence and heavy presence of police and security officials inside polling stations marked…
Around the globe, the extent to which a country‘s elections are conducted properly are measured against three primary ―benchmarks.‖ Initially, electoral processes are considered for whether they have been implemented in manner consistent with a state‘s election law. In turn, that law is evaluated against its consistency with best practices in election administration and for whether it meets…
ISLAMABAD, April 28, 2011: A high turnout, suspicious voting patterns at 16 polling stations, inadequate and disparate arrangements for voters, procedural irregularities and the flawed method of identifying genuine voters marked the GBLA-19 Ghizer-I by-election, held on April 28, 2011, reports the Free and Fair Election Network (FAFEN) in its Preliminary Report of the Ghizer-I…
ISLAMABAD, March 29, 2011: A relatively low turnout, suspicious voting pattern at 11 polling stations, relatively higher participation of women voters and procedural irregularities marked the by-election on NA-172 Dera Ghazi Khan-II held on March 29, 2011 that followed a competitive but expensive election campaign by candidates of major political parties, reports Free and Fair…
ISLAMABAD, March 22, 2011: Police presence was observed inside all the 63 monitored polling stations in PK-69 Tank by-election held on March 21, 2011. FAFEN observers also witnessed suspicious voting patterns as more than 45 votes per hour were cast 11 booths, according to FAFEN’s preliminary report on by-election observation. Of 125,006 registered voters in the…
More than 59,000 women voters were not allowed to vote in PK-87 Shangla-l by-election held on January 29, 2011. Women voters were disenfranchised as per accord among all the contesting political parties and candidates at 14 female polling stations and 69 combined polling stations, according to FAFEN’s report on by-election observation. Of 145,854 registered voters…
ISLAMABAD, October 17, 2010: Free and Fair Election Network (FAFEN) has withdrawn from its observation of the by-election in PS-94 due to the deteriorated security situation in Karachi over the past 24 hours, raising concerns for the safety of its observers – as well as voters — on Election Day on October 17, 2010. FAFEN’s…
ISLAMABAD, August 25, 2010: Low turnout, incidents of fraudulent voting, heavy presence of police inside polling stations and police restrictions on observation marked the by-election for the 13th constituency of the Punjab Assembly [Rawalpindi-XIII], reports the Free and Fair Election Network (FAFEN) in its Preliminary Report of PP-13 By-Election Observation. The seat was vacated after…
ISLAMABAD, August 5, 2010: Extremely high security, police barricades, Rangers patrolling and suspicious voting patterns at 18 polling booths marked the by-election for the NA-100 constituency of the National Assembly [Gujranwala-VI], reports the Free and Fair Election Network (FAFEN) in its Preliminary Report of NA-100 By-Election Observation. The by-election was necessitated after the disqualification of Muddassir…
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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.