Explanation

Asad Qaiser served: Speaker of the National Assembly (August 2018 to April 2022)

Explanation

RMS - Result Management System and RO - Returning officers

The RMS is offline software installed in a computer at RO office that also has a trained data entry operator. The RO receives results from presiding officers on Form 45, mostly hard copies and the operator enters results in RMS

RTS - Result Transmission System

The RTS is an entirely different system meant to transmit Form 45 from polling stations to RO offices and the ECP Secretariat using a smartphone

Explanation

Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) won the by-election of Karachi’s NA-245 on 21 August 2022.

Explanation

The first-ever general elections were held on 7th December 1970.

Yahya Khan issued a Legal Framework Order for the first general elections.

Explanation

• Zafarullah Khan Jamali became Prime Minister on November 21, 2002, after the general elections.
• He remained in office until June 26, 2004, when he resigned.
• Pervez Musharraf (served as President from 2001 to 2008).

Explanation

General Elections Pakistan 2018

Election date: 25 July 2018

Edition: 15th National Assembly

Most seats winner: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI)

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Explanation

According to the Free and Fair Election Network (FAFEN), the voter turnout in the February 8, 2024 general elections was 47.6%, a decrease from 52.1% in 2018.

Despite the percentage drop, the absolute number of voters increased, with approximately 60.6 million people casting their votes, compared to 54.8 million in 2018.

The decline in turnout percentage is attributed to a significant increase in the number of registered voters, which rose from 106 million in 2018 to 128.6 million in 2024.

Explanation

• Sultana Bibi is the first tribal woman to contest general elections 2024 from Bajaur district of KPK.
• KPK: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
• Note: General Elections for 16th National Assembly will be held on 8 February 2024.

Explanation

• The Pakistan Peoples Party won a total of 86 seats in the 1970 elections.
• 81 of these seats were general seats, and five were women's seats.
• All of the Pakistan Peoples Party's seats were won in West Pakistan.
• The party did not win any seats in East Pakistan.

Explanation

Total number of seats in the National Assembly of Pakistan: 336

votes needed the Prime Minister of Pakistan to win the confidence vote: 168

Under which article: Article 58
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