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Introduction
This booklet is about electoral history of Pakistan which covers all general elections from 1970 to 2013. Pakistan came into being on august 14, 1947, and under the indepedence Act of 1947, a separate constituent Assembly for pakistan was formed which comprised 69 [44 from Bengal, 17 from Punjab, 4 from Sindh, three from Khyber Pakhtunkhua (then NWFP) and one from Balochistan]members indirectly elected by the provincial assemblies of newely constituted country. The independence Act of 1947 made the existing Constituent Assemblies the dominion Legislatures. These Assemblies were to exercise all the powers that were formerly exercised by the Central Legislature in addition to the powers regarding the framing of a new Constitution, prior to which all the territories were to be governed in accordance with the Government of India Act, 1935. In the first session of first constituent Assembly, on August 11, 1947 Muhammad Ali Jinnah was elected unanimously as the President of the Constituent Assembly of Pakistan, and the National Flag was formally approved by the Assembly.
The members of constituent assembly were raised to 79 to include six members (five in Punjab and one in Sindh)reserved for refugees, four seats were reserved for states of Bahawalpur, Khairpur, the Balochistan States Union ( Kalat, Makran, Lasbela and Kharan) and for the states of KPK ( Dir, Chitral, Swat, and Amb). Muslim League retained overwhelming majority approaching 60 members out of total 79 members of first constituent Assembly. Governor General of India, Lord Louis Mountbatten addressed the Constituent Assembly of Pakistan on August 14, 1947, when the transfer of power took place. On August 15, 1947, Muhammad Ali Jinnah was sworn in as the first Governor General of Pakistan. On October 24, 1954, the then Governor General Ghulam Muhammad dissolved first constituent assembly. The second Constituent Assembly of Pakistan was created on May 28 under Governor General's Order No. 12 of 1955. The electoral college of this Assembly was the provincial Assemblies of respective Provinces. The strength of this Assembly was 80 members, half each from East & West Pakistan.
On March 5, 1956, Major General Iskander Mirza became the first elected President of Pakistan. According to the Constitution of 1956, the President w