ISLAMABAD: With the final announcement of most of the results of the February 8 general elections, the process of forming the government and allocating specific seats in the provincial assemblies began.
The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has also outlined the procedure for distribution of reserved seats among the successful political parties and also for forming the government.
Successful political parties in regional councils will receive reserved seats for women and minorities according to the outlined procedure.
The total number of seats in the Punjab Assembly is 371, consisting of 297 general seats, 66 seats reserved for women and 8 seats reserved for minorities. 186 seats are required to form the government in Punjab.
In the Punjab Assembly, the party will be allotted one seat for women at the rate of 4.5%, which is equivalent to one reserved seat for every 9 general seats. One seat will be allocated to a minority party member of 37.12%.
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According to the current party positions in Punjab, out of 66 seats reserved for women, 30 seats are allotted to PML-N, two each to PPP and PML-Q, while the remaining 32 seats will be allotted to the party. that independent candidates join.
The total number of seats in the Sindh Assembly is 168, with 130 general seats. A political party that secures 85 seats will be able to form its government.
In the Sindh Assembly, out of 130 general seats, 29 seats will be reserved for women and 9 seats for minorities. As per the prescribed ratio for allotment of reserved seats, one seat at the rate of 4.48% and one seat for minorities at the rate of 14.44% will be allotted.
Based on this specified share for the distribution of reserved seats, the PPP is positioned to win 19 of the 29 seats reserved for women in the Sindh Assembly, while six seats are earmarked for the MQM and three seats are dependent on independent candidates.
In the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (K-P) assembly, there are 115 general seats out of the total 145 seats and a political party that secures 73 seats can form its government.
In the K-P Assembly, one reserved seat will be allotted to women on the basis of 4.42% ratio and one minority seat will be allotted for every 29 general seats.
In the K-P council, 21 of the 26 reserved seats are conditional on the inclusion of independent candidates in political parties. JUI-F will receive two seats while PML-N and PPP will receive one seat each. Jamaat-e-Islami and PTI-Parliamentarians have one seat together.
The total number of seats in Balochistan Assembly is 65 and any political party can easily form the government by securing 33 seats. Based on the 51 general seats in the Balochistan Assembly, 11 seats will be allocated to women and three seats to minority members.
In the Balochistan Assembly, each political party will be allotted one seat for women at the rate of 4.63% and one minority seat for every 17 general seats.
According to the current party positions, JUI-F will get three seats, PPP and PML-N two seats each for women and the remaining three seats will be divided among other parties and one seat for an independent candidate who joins any political party.
