2009 Pakistani Senate election

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50 of the 100 seats in the Senate
51 seats needed for a majority
|   | Majority party  | Minority party

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Leader  | Farooq Naek | Wasim Sajjad
Party  | PPP | PML(Q)
Last election  | 9  | 39
Seats won  | 27  | 21
Seat change  | 18  | 18

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| Chairman before election

Muhammad Mian Soomro
PML(Q)

| Elected Chairman

Farooq Naek
PPP

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Senate elections were held in Pakistan on 3 March 2009. 50 of the 100 seats in the Senate were up for election with the winning candidates serving six-year terms.

## Results

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Party| Seats

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Won| Not up| Total
| Pakistan Peoples Party Parliamentarians| 22| 5| 27
| Pakistan Muslim League (Q)| 1| 20| 21
| Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal| 0| 9| 9
| Pakistan Muslim League (N)| 6| 1| 7
| Awami National Party| 5| 1| 6
| Mutahidda Qaumi Movement| 3| 3| 6
| Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (F)| 3| 1| 4
| Balochistan National Party (Awami)| 1| 1| 2
| Jamhoori Wattan Party| 0| 1| 1
| National Party| 1| 0| 1
| Pashtunkhwa Milli Awami Party| 0| 1| 1
| Pakistan Muslim League (F)| 0| 1| 1
| Pakistan People's Party| 0| 1| 1
| Independents| 8| 5| 13
Total| 50| 50| 100
Source: IPU

### Results by administrative division

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The following are the results of the elections, by administrative division.[1]

Punjab

Seat Type  | Winners
General  | Pervaiz Rashid

(PML-N)

| Raja Zafar-ul-Haq

(PML-N)

| Syed Zafar Ali Shah

(PML-N)

| Mushahid Ullah Khan

(PML-N)

| Jehangir Bader

(PPP)

| Malik Salah-ud-Din Dogar

(PPP)

| Shujaat Hussain

(PML-Q)

Technocrat  | Sajid Mir (PML-N)  | Muhammad Kazim Khan (PPP)
Women  | Najma Hameed (PML-N)  | Sughra Imam (PPP)
Sindh

Seat Type  | Winners
General  | Maula Bakhsh Chandio

(PPP)

| Islamuddin Shaikh

(PPP)

| Gul Muhammad Lot

(PPP)

| Faisal Raza Abidi

(PPP)

| Asim Hussain

(PPP)

| Babar Khan Ghauri

(MQM)

| Abdul Haseeb Khan

(MQM)

Technocrat  | Farooq Naek (PPP)  | Rehman Malik (PPP)
Women  | Almas Parveen (PPP)  | Shirala Mallick (MQM)
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

Seat Type  | Winners
General  | Zahid Khan

(ANP)

| Abdul Nabi Bangash

(ANP)

| Haji Muhammad Adeel

(ANP)

| Gulzar Ahmed Khan

(PPP)

| Waqar Ahmed Khan

(PPP)

| Sardar Ali Khan

(PPP)

| Haji Ghulam Ali

(JUI-F)

Technocrat  | Afrasiab Khattak (ANP)  | Adnan Khan (PPP)
Women  | Farah Aqil (ANP)  | Farhat Abbas (PPP)
Balochistan

Seat Type  | Winners
General  | Nawabzada Muhammad Akbar Magsi

(IND)

| Mir Wali Muhammad Badini

(IND)

| Sabir Ali Baloch

(PPP)

| Lashkari Raisani

(PPP)

| Muhammad Khan Sherani

(JUI-F)

| Mir Muhammad Ali Rind

(BNP-A)

| Hasil Bizenjo

(NP)

Technocrat  | Humayun Khan Mandokhel (IND)  | Abdul Ghafoor Haideri (JUI-F)
Women  | Kalsoom Perveen (IND)  | Suriya Amiruddin (PPP)
FATA

Seat Type  | Winners
General  | Abbas Khan Afridi (Independent)  | Haji Khan Afridi (Independent)  | Muhammad Idrees Khan Safi (Independent)  | Malik Rashid Ahmed Khan (Independent)
ICT

Seat Type  | Winners
General  | Nayyar Hussain Bukhari (PPP)
Women  | Saeeda Iqbal (PPP)

## Aftermath

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After the election, on 13 March 2006, Farooq Naek of the ruling Pakistan People's Party (PPP) was elected to the position of Chairman unopposed. He replaced Muhammad Mian Soomro of the Pakistan Muslim League (Q) (PML(Q)). On the same day, Jan Mohammad Jamali of the PML(Q) was re-elected to the position of Deputy Chairman unopposed.[2]

On 9 March 2006, Raza Rabbani of the PPP, the incumbent Leader of the House, resigned from his position in protest of Naek's nomination to the chairmanship by the PPP.[2] On 17 April 2006, he was replaced by Nayyar Hussain Bukhari, also of the PPP. On the same day, Wasim Sajjad of the PML-Q was appointed as the Leader of the Opposition.[3]

## References

[edit]

1. ^ "Members of Senate of Pakistan". Election Commission of Pakistan. Retrieved 2024-10-25.
2. ^ a b "Naek elected unopposed to Senate top spot". DAWN.COM. 2009-03-13. Retrieved 2024-11-02.
3. ^ "Wasim Sajjad, Nayyar Bukhari felicitated". Brecorder. 2009-04-17. Retrieved 2024-11-02.

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Senate of Pakistan

Chairmen|

* Habibullah Khan Marwat
* Ghulam Ishaq Khan
* Wasim Sajjad
* Muhammad Mian Soomro
* Farooq Naek
* Nayyar Hussain Bukhari
* Raza Rabbani
* Sadiq Sanjrani
* Yusuf Raza Gillani

Deputy Chairmen|

* Abdull Malik Baloch
* Sajjad Hussain Qureshi
* Malik Muhammad Ali Khan
* Sayed Muhammad Fazal Agha
* Noor Jehan Panezai
* Mir Abdul Jabbar Khan
* Mir Humayun Khan Marri
* Khalilur Rehman
* Jan Mohammad Jamali
* Sabir Ali Baloch
* Abdul Ghafoor Haideri
* Saleem Mandviwalla
* Mirza Muhammad Afridi
* Syedaal Khan Nasar

Leader of the House|

* Rao Abdus Sattar
* Aitzaz Ahsan
* Wasim Sajjad
* Aitzaz Ahsan
* Raja Zafar-ul-Haq
* Shibli Faraz
* Shahzad Waseem
* Ishaq Dar

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