2004 Pakistani confidence vote

June 2024 2004 Pakistani presidential election Pakistan presidential no 1997 Pakistani presidential election 1997 2007 Pakistani presidential election 2007 January 1, 2004 200x200px Pervez Musharraf Pakistan Muslim League (Q) 374 President Pervez Musharraf Pervez Musharraf Pakistan Muslim League (Q) 702 votes in the Electoral College 352 electoral File:2004 Pakistani presidential confidence votes results.svg A map of the results, by each chamber 53.28% Sindh 2 + ICTstatescarried Only includes the provinces where votes in favour of Musharraf were higher than votes against him, abstentions, or absent votes. Politics A confidence vote was held by the Electoral College of Pakistan on 1 January 2004, in which Pervez Musharraf won 374 out of 702 votes. As a result, according to Article 41(8) of the Constitution of Pakistan, he was "deemed to be elected" to the office of President until October, 2007.Pakistan Gives Musharraf Confidence Vote as President New York Times, 1 January 20042004-01-02 Musharraf wins vote of confidence https://www.dawn.com/news/390619/musharraf-wins-vote-of-confidence 2025-01-21 DAWN News en Composition of the Electoral College The Electoral College of Pakistan is formed by a joint sitting of the six leading political bodies in Pakistan: the Senate of Pakistan, the National Assembly of Pakistan, the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab, the Provincial Assembly of Sindh, the Provincial Assembly of Balochistan and the Provincial Assembly of the North-West Frontier Province So that each province has an equal vote, all provincial assemblies are given exactly 65 votes in the electoral college. This mean that the each member of the Punjab Assembly has 65/371 = 0.175 votes, each member of the Sindh Assembly has 65/168 = 0.387 votes, each member of the NWFP Assembly has 65/124 = 0.524 votes and each member of the Balochistan Assembly has 65/65 = 1 vote.This system is detailed in the Constitution of Pakistan here. https://web.archive.org/web/20130708080134/http://www.pakistani.org/pakistan/constitution/schedules/schedule2.html 8 July 2013 Results The below table shows the results of the confidence vote by each chamber. For the four provinces, the results show the weighted votes (i.e. pro-rated to a total of 65 votes).2004-01-02 Musharraf wins vote of confidence https://www.brecorder.com/news/3000371 2025-01-21 Business Recorder en Legislature VotesAbsentAbstainedAgainstForSenate100430156National Assembly34293580191Punjab Province6519.271.23 044.50Sindh Province6510.4516.25038.30North-West Frontier Province6514.1535.12015.73Balochistan Province65 361 028Total (rounded)7022151121374 Notes References 2004 Category:2004 elections in Pakistan Category:Government of Shaukat Aziz Confidence