A. Section 19
B. Section 11
C. Section 56
D. Section 9
A. Section 212
B. Section 209
C. Section 276
D. Section 206
A. Section 232
B. Section 212
C. Section 208
D. Section 203
Section 203. Membership of political parties.—(1) Every citizen, not being in the service of Pakistan, shall have the right to form or be a member of a political party or be otherwise associated with a political party or take part in political activities or be elected as an office-bearer of a political party. (2) Where a person joins a political party, his name shall be entered in the record of the political party as a member and shall be issued a membership card, or any other document showing his membership of the political party. (3) A person shall not be a member of more than one political party at a time. (4) A political party shall encourage women to become its members. (5) A member of a political party shall have the right of access to the records of the political party, other than the record of another member.
A. Section 59
B. Section 223
C. Section 65
D. Section 173
Section 59 (2) The Commission shall, as far as practicable, retain the polling stations established for the preceding election but it may add to or alter the list as may be required to reduce the distance preferably to one kilometer between a polling station and the voters assigned to it.
A. Section 56
B. Section 35
C. Section 98
D. Section 67
Section 56. Oath by election officials.—An election official shall, before the commencement of his election duty, make an oath, in such form and manner as may be prescribed, that he shall act strictly in accordance with the provisions of this Act, Rules and directions of the Commission.
A. Section 87
B. Section 134
C. Section 37
D. Section 79
Section 79. Supply of final electoral rolls.—(1) The Commission shall provide the Returning Officer for each constituency with copies of final electoral rolls for all the electoral areas within that constituency. (2) The Returning Officer shall provide the Presiding Officer of each polling station with copies of the final electoral rolls containing the names of the voters entitled to vote at that polling station. (3) On the application of a candidate or his election agent, the District Election Commissioner or any officer authorized in this behalf by the Commission shall provide to a candidate or an election agent a hard and searchable soft copy on universal serial bus (USB) in portable document format (PDF) or any other tamper-proof format of the final electoral roll with photographs of the voters and shall ensure that the copy is the same as provided to the Returning Officer and Presiding Officers.
A. Section 25
B. Section 35
C. Section 65
D. Section 53
Section 25. National Database and Registration Authority to transmit data.—(1) In such manner as may be prescribed, the National Database and Registration Authority shall transmit relevant data of every fresh National Identity Card issued by it to the Commission for registration of the card-holder as a voter in the electoral roll of the electoral area in which his permanent or temporary address is located, in accordance with the option indicated by him in the application for issuance of the National Identity Card. (2) The Authority shall also transmit to the Commission relevant data of every cancelled or modified National Identity Card, information regarding deceased voters and such other details as may be required by the Commission for the purposes of this Act.
A. Section 89
B. Section 26
C. Section 73
D. Section 20
Section 20. Principles of delimitation.—(1) All constituencies for general seats shall, as far as practicable, be delimited having regard to the distribution of population in geographically compact areas, physical features, existing boundaries of administrative units, facilities of communication and public convenience and other cognate factors to ensure homogeneity in the creation of constituencies. (2) For the purpose of delimiting constituencies for the general seats of the National Assembly for the Tribal Areas two or more separate areas may be grouped into one constituency. (3) As far as possible, variation in population of constituencies of an Assembly or a local government shall not ordinarily exceed ten percent. (4) If the limit of ten percent under sub-section (3) is exceeded in an exceptional case, the Commission shall record reasons thereof in the delimitation order.
A. Section 35
B. Section 89
C. Section 73
D. Section 17
Section 17. Commission to delimit constituencies.—(1) The Commission shall delimit territorial constituencies for elections to the National Assembly, each Provincial Assembly and to the local governments in accordance with the provisions of the Constitution, this Act, the Rules and the applicable local government law. (2) The Commission shall delimit constituencies after every census officially published.
A. Section 24
B. Section 14
C. Section 27
D. Section 31
14. Action Plan.—(1) The Commission shall, at least four months before the general election is due to be held on expiry of the term of an Assembly, prepare a comprehensive Action Plan specifying all legal and administrative measures that have been taken or required to be taken in respect of the election, including the following—
(a) delimitation of constituencies;
(b) revision of electoral rolls;
(c) enlistment of political parties;
(d) allocation of symbols;
(e) appointment and training of District Returning Officers, Returning Officers, Assistant Returning Officers, Presiding Officers, Assistant Presiding Officers, Polling Officers and other election officials;
(f) preparation of constituency-wise list of polling stations and list of polling personnel;
(g) determination and printing of requisite number of ballot papers and designation of printing presses;
(h) establishment of a transparent result management system for election results;
(i) introduction of any new technology;
(j) arrangements for election observers;
(k) appointment of the Appellate and Election Tribunals;
(l) security measures; and
(m) monitoring mechanism to report progress regarding implementation of the Action Plan.
(2) The Commission shall carry out a post-election review of implementation of the Action Plan to ascertain shortcomings, if any, with suggestions to further improve the electoral system. (3) The Commission shall include the post-election review in its next annual report under section 16 and publish it on its website.