The members elected to the several Houses will cast ballots in the presidential election today from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. in the Parliament House and the four provincial assemblies, per the timetable released by the Election Commission.
A sophisticated numerical analysis is required to comprehend the election formula and process for choosing the president. This is explained below:
Houses’ seats
There are now 95 eligible voters in the Senate. The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf and independent MPs each control 24 seats among them. The Pakistan People’s Party has twenty-one members, the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz has five, Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam Pakistan has six, the Muttahida Qaumi Movement has three, the Balochistan Awami Party has four, and the National Party and Awami National Party have two. These are some of the other significant parties.
The Pakistan Muslim League Functional, Pakistan Muslim League, and Balochistan National Party each have one senator.
The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has issued data showing that 302 members of the National Assembly are eligible to vote in the presidential election. There are 108 members of the Pakistan Muslim League-N, 81 members of the Sunni Ittehad Council, 68 members of the Pakistan People’s Party, 22 members of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement, 8 members of Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam, 5 members of PML-Q, 4 members of Istehkam-e-Pakistan Party, 1 member each of the Majlis-e-Wahdatul Muslimeen, PML-Zia, Balochistan Awami Party, Balochistan National Party, National Party, and Pakhtunkhwa Mili Awam Party.
There are 116 eligible voters in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly, comprising 87 from the Sunni Ittehad Council, 9 from Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam, 8 from the Pakistan Muslim League-N, 5 from the PPP, and one each from the Awami National Party and PTI-P. There are five independent lawmakers in the assembly as well.
There are 339 eligible voters in the Punjab Assembly. The Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (201 seats), Sunni Ittehad Council (105 seats), Pakistan Peoples Party (14 seats), PML-Q (10 seats), Istehkam-e-Pakistan Party (5), and Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan, PML-Zia, and MWM (one each) have the most representation.
There are 163 eligible voters in the Sindh Assembly, representing the Pakistan People’s Party (114), the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (36), nine members of the Sunni Ittehad Council, three members of the GDA, and one member of Jamaat-e-Islami.
In conclusion, there are 62 eligible voters in the Balochistan Assembly. The Pakistan People’s Party (17) and Pakistan Muslim League-N (16) have a substantial presence, as do JUI-F 12, BAP 5, NP 4, and ANP 3. The Jamaat-e-Islami, BNP, Haq Do Tehreek, and BNP-Awami each have one member.
The Presidential Election Voting Formula
There are five open Senate seats out of a total of 100. There are 336 seats in the National Assembly, and 302 of those seats are up for election to the presidency. Votes cast by each of the 397 members in the presidential race are tallied as one.
The votes of the four provincial legislatures are equivalent to the number of members of the Balochistan parliament, which is the smallest provincial parliament in the nation in terms of membership, in contrast to the National Assembly and the Senate. Therefore, in these provincial assemblies, the votes of each member are regarded as one.
The Punjab Assembly has 371 seats in total, which, when divided by 65, equals one vote from 5.70 assembly members. In the same vein, 2.58 members’ votes will count as one in the Sindh Assembly if the 168 seats overall are split by 65.
The votes of 2.24 members would be considered one if the 145 seats in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly were split by 65. Every one of the 65 members of the Balochistan parliament will be regarded as having one vote because it is a smaller parliament than other provinces.
Overall, there will be 700 votes cast in the presidential election.
The process of choosing the president
The chief justices of the high courts in each of the four provincial assemblies and the chief judge of the Islamabad High Court in the National Assembly are the presiding officers in the presidential election, with the chief election commissioner serving as the returning officer.
While members of provincial legislatures cast their ballots at designated polling places within their respective assemblies, senators and members of the National Assembly cast their ballots in Parliament House.
