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Post by Devonian on May 7, 2013 19:54:21 GMT
This Saturday 11th May Pakistan will be holding elections for the National Assembley as well as its four Provincial Assemblies. The Pakistan Muslim Leugue (N) is apparently expected to win but the story the media seem to be concentrating on is the rise of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (Pakistan Movement for Justice)party led by Imran Khan.
The PTI seems to be basing its campaigning on opposing corruption and opposing western intervention in Pakistan and it is said to be popular amongst younger voters, although commentators seem to be unsure how many seats that might get them in Pakistan's FPTP electoral system.
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The Bishop
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Post by The Bishop on May 7, 2013 20:03:53 GMT
Imran K has flattered to decieve several times before.....
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Post by Devonian on May 7, 2013 20:17:07 GMT
Imran K has flattered to decieve several times before..... What deceptions are you referring to? |
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Post by Sibboleth on May 7, 2013 22:19:30 GMT
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Post by Devonian on May 9, 2013 10:05:50 GMT
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Post by Devonian on May 10, 2013 21:57:04 GMT
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Post by Deleted on May 11, 2013 11:11:24 GMT
I work in the Bradford, West constituency. This election seems to be creating considerable excitement among my Asian colleagues. One of them, who was born and went to university in Pakistan, has been posting "Get well soon Imran Khan" messages all over Facebook. Politics and elections do seem to be a "big thing" in Pakistan, as one of them put it.
Certainly when I've been through Asian communities in Great Horton and Manningham at election time, there seem to be more posters (usually Labour or Respect, sometimes Conservative) than anywhere else in the city. When Pakistan win in the cricket, they honk all their car horns at each other on the streets. Would it be fair to say they are less apathetic than other ethnic groups, including White British?
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Post by No Offence Alan on May 11, 2013 15:58:34 GMT
This is the first time in its history that Pakistan will see one democratically-elected government replaced by another, so plenty not to be "apathetic" about.
If there is change in the governing administration, that will be one-up on South Africa where a democratic change of government has yet to be achieved.
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Post by Devonian on May 11, 2013 16:22:57 GMT
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Post by Devonian on May 11, 2013 19:26:20 GMT
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Post by Richard Allen on May 11, 2013 20:12:09 GMT
Sharif being back in charge is not particularly good news for Pakistan. The country once again provides a sound case against the concept of democracy.
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Post by Devonian on May 11, 2013 21:20:27 GMT
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Post by johnloony on May 12, 2013 2:09:27 GMT
Apparently Imran Khan is set to win a second seat for himself in the National Assembly Apparently Pakistan allows MPs to sit for more than one constituency which seems extraordinary. He is standing for four seats this year and he stood for 3 seats in the 2002 elections it seems he is far from the only one to be standing for more than one seat MPs can't "sit for more than one constituency". The law on multiple candidacies in parliamentary elections is the same in Pakistan as it was until very recently in the UK, which is that candidates are allowed to stand in several constituencies and then, if elected in more than one, have to choose which one they want to keep. Any others which have been won by the same candidate then become vacant and have by-elections. It is, and has been for a long time, very common and routine for prominent politicians and party leaders in Pakistan (and India and Bangladesh, for that matter) to stand in more than one constituency, as an insurance against losing some. The last time that there was a by-election in the UK caused by an MP having been elected to more than one constituency at the same time was Cork North East, 2nd March 1910. There were several examples in Ireland in the 19th century, and William Gladstone was elected in two places in 1880. |
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Post by johnloony on May 12, 2013 2:14:04 GMT
Numbers starting to come in. It seems they announce numbers as they're counting them rather than announcing the constituency figure all at once. Not sure how that works I presume that it "works" in the same way that election results are counted and announced in very many western democracies, which is by individual polling stations as and when they are counted, until the total is reached at the end. |
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Post by Devonian on May 12, 2013 5:24:36 GMT
Numbers starting to come in. It seems they announce numbers as they're counting them rather than announcing the constituency figure all at once. Not sure how that works I presume that it "works" in the same way that election results are counted and announced in very many western democracies, which is by individual polling stations as and when they are counted, until the total is reached at the end. That makes sense |
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Post by Devonian on May 12, 2013 7:00:27 GMT
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Post by Devonian on May 12, 2013 8:56:17 GMT
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Post by Devonian on May 13, 2013 8:48:30 GMT
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Post by Devonian on May 14, 2013 13:40:28 GMT
It seems there have been quite a few protests about vote rigging in the election
This was the protest in London yesterday
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Post by dizz on May 15, 2013 22:08:03 GMT
This election petition in Woking is really getting out of hand.  |
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