1956 Pakistani presidential election

none 1956 Pakistani presidential election Pakistan presidential no 1960 Pakistani presidential confidence referendum 1960 1956 03 05 y 80 members of Constituent Assembly 41 Iskander Mirza.jpg Iskander Mirza Muslim League (Pakistan) 50 62.5% Governor-General Interim President after election Iskander Mirza Muslim League (Pakistan) Iskander Mirza Muslim League (Pakistan) 50 (62.5%) Pakistan's election for its interim president was held on 5 March 1956. The election was conducted indirectly through the votes of members of the Constituent Assembly of Pakistan. In the election, Iskander Mirza, a member of the Pakistan Muslim League (PML), was elected. Background After the independence in 1947, the British monarch became the head of state of the newly formed Dominion of Pakistan, which emerged from the dissolved British colony of British India. Their appointed Governor-General acted as the executive authority and representative of the Crown in Pakistan.Kumarasingham Harshan THE 'TROPICAL DOMINIONS': THE APPEAL OF DOMINION STATUS IN THE DECOLONISATION OF INDIA, PAKISTAN AND CEYLON, vol. 23 https://www.jstor.org/stable/23726109 223 2013 Transactions of the Royal Historical Society 23726109Political development in Pakistan 9781400876389 1965 Karl Von Vorys Princeton University Press https://books.google.com/books?id=1h_WCgAAQBAJ 272 The Constituent Assembly of Pakistan was formed based on the results of the first Constituent Assembly election.Second Constituent Assembly of Pakistan: Politics for Dissolution of Former Assembly and Electoral Regulations for New Assembly en 49–57 2020 3 3 27066525 10.36902/sjesr-vol3-iss3-2020(49-57) Rizwan Ullah Kokab Ali Shan Shah Tariq Aziz Sir Syed Journal of Education & Social Research free On 9 January 1956, a draft of the constitution was presented in the Constituent Assembly, and it was adopted on 29 February 1956.https://www.na.gov.pk/en/content.php?id=75 PARLIAMENTARY HISTORY en na.gov.pk National Assembly of Pakistan On 1 March 1956, a notice was sent to the secretariat of the Constituent Assembly by law minister I. I. Chundrigar, proposing the date of 5 March 1956 for the presidential election.৫ই মার্চ্চ পাকিস্তানের প্রথম প্রেসিডেণ্ট নির্ব্বাচন Presidential Election of Pakistan on 5 March bn 1 2 March 1956 Daily Azad On 2 March 1956, the Assembly decided that 23 March—the day the constitution would come into effect—would henceforth be celebrated annually as Republic Day, and that the interim president would take the oath of office on the same day.Sovereign Pakistan Within Commonwealth 1 3 March 1956 The Pakistan Observer Nomination and results On 4 March 1956, the PML–UF coalition party submitted nomination papers for Iskander Mirza, the governor-general of the country, for the presidential election. Major-General Mirza, former interior minister, joined the Pakistan Muslim League (PML) on 4 June 1955 and was elected from West Punjab in the Second Constituent Assembly election.Mirza Turns Politician : Joins Muslim League 1 5 June 1955 The Pakistan Observerগণপরিষদে বিভিন্ন দলের শক্তি নির্বাচিত সদস্যদের নামের তালিকা Party Strength in the Constituent Assembly and List of Elected Members bn 6 24 June 1955 The Azad On the other hand, the opposition did not nominate any candidate. As the deadline for nomination passed, Abdul Wahab Khan, the speaker of the Constituent Assembly, announced that the election would be held the next day.পাকিস্তান এছলামী প্রজাতন্ত্রের প্রথম প্রেসিডেণ্ট পদে জনাব মীর্জ্জার নির্ব্বাচন Election of Mr. Mirza as the first President of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan bn 1 5 March 1956 Daily Azad On 5 March 1956, the nominee was declared interim president of Pakistan with the support of 50 out of 80 members of the Constituent Assembly. Members of the All-Pakistan Awami League (AL) and the Pakistan National Congress (PNC) were not present during the election.Iskander Mirza Elected First President Of Pakistan Republic 1 6 March 1956 The Pakistan Observer Aftermath On 23 March 1956, Pakistan's first constitution came into effect and Mirza assumed office as interim president.পাকিস্থান ঐশ্লামিক সাধারণতন্ত্র আনুষ্ঠানিকভাবে প্রতিষ্ঠিত Islamic Republic of Pakistan officially established bn 1 24 March 1956 Jugantar Patrika After the constitution was implemented, the federal government refrained from holding general elections and ruled Pakistan with the help of the administration under a façade of democracy for two years.https://pjss.bzu.edu.pk/index.php/pjss/article/view/254 Elections, Political Parties and Political Development in the Punjab: 1947–1988 en Sajid M. Awan 453 34 2 2014 Pakistan Journal of Social Sciences Bahauddin Zakariya University The new PML—AL—RP coalition party had been negotiating their own president to replace Mirza in 1958.Mazari Sherbaz Khan A Journey to Disillusionment 1999 Oxford University Press 9780195790764 https://books.google.com/books?id=NuVtAAAAMAAJ&q=+re+elected 25 January 2018 Then, on 7 October 1958, Mirza imposed martial law, dissolved the central cabinet and parliament. Twenty days after the imposition of military rule, Mirza resigned and handed over power to Ayub Khan, chief martial law administrator of the country.Bangladesh: past and present Salahuddin Ahmed APH Publishing 151–153 2004 978-81-7648-469-5 Thereafter, a military government was established in Pakistan under Khan's leadership. In a referendum held in 1960, Khan was elected president for a term of five years.Field Marshal Ayub Dead; Ex-President of Pakistan https://www.nytimes.com/1974/04/21/archives/field-marshalayub-deadexpresident-of-pakistan-stability-in.html The New York Times 21 April 1974 12 January 2025 https://web.archive.org/web/20240708103628/https://www.nytimes.com/1974/04/21/archives/field-marshalayub-deadexpresident-of-pakistan-stability-in.html dead 8 July 2024 References Category:1956 elections in Pakistan Category:Uncontested elections Category:Presidential elections in Pakistan