1973 Pakistani presidential election

none June 2025 June 2025 10 August 1973 Pakistan presidential 1965 Pakistani presidential election 1965 1988 Pakistani presidential election 1988 96 Pakistan People's Party Fazal E Ch (cropped).jpg Fazal Elahi Chaudhry 139 75.54% 3x4.svg Khan Amirzadah Khan National Awami Party (Wali) 24.46% 45 Zulfikar Ali Bhutto Fazal Elahi Chaudhry Pakistan People's Party Pakistan People's Party President 191 members of the Electoral College An indirect presidential election was held in Pakistan from 10 August 1973 to select the fifth president of Pakistan and the first president under the new 1973 constitution.11 August 1973 New President of Pakistan Named in Government Shift https://www.nytimes.com/1973/08/11/archives/new-president-of-pakistan-named-in-government-shift.html 12 June 2025 The New York Times en-US 0362-4331 Fazal Elahi Chaudhry, candidate for the Pakistan People's Party (PPP), won 139 votes in parliament, defeating Khan Amirzadah Khan, candidate for the National Awami Party (NAP), who won only 45 votes.Tarar elected president, Polls all time high votes; still faces contempt charge; Mirani ends up with 58 votes http://karachipage.com/news/jan98/010198.txt https://web.archive.org/web/20061113135032/http://karachipage.com/news/jan98/010198.txt 2006-11-13 12 June 2025 karachipage.com "In 1973, PPP's Fazal Elahi Chaudhry polled 139 votes against 45 of NAP's Amirzada Khan." 2023-08-11 From The Past Pages Of Dawn: 1973: Fifty Years Ago: Elahi elected President https://www.dawn.com/news/1769577 2025-06-27 DAWN.COM en Background After the fall of the Ayub Khan regime in Pakistan through a popular uprising, President Yahya Khan declared martial law and subsequently held a general election which resulted in Sheikh Mujibur Rahman's All-Pakistan Awami League winning 167 seats, all from East Pakistan, to surpass the needed parliamentary majority of 151 seats to form a government. However, Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, chairman of the PPP, refused to recognize the electoral results because his party won the most seats in West Pakistan.InpaperMagazine From 8 January 2012 1970 polls: When election results created a storm https://www.dawn.com/news/686541/1970-polls-when-election-results-created-a-storm 12 June 2025 Dawn.com en As a result of this political crisis, Rahman declared the independence of a sovereign Bangladesh and won East Pakistan's independence by December 1971 with Indian support.Shamshad Rizwana https://books.google.com/books?id=9789DwAAQBAJ&pg=PT119 Bangladeshi Migrants in India: Foreigners, Refugees, or Infiltrators? 3 October 2017 Oxford University Press 978-0-19-909159-1 en With the loss of East Pakistan, Khan handed over control of the presidency to Bhutto, who immediately began political reforms to draft a new constitution for Pakistan.2 October 2011 PPP sticks to revolutionary culture https://nation.com.pk/02-Oct-2011/PPP-sticks-to-revolutionary-culture 12 June 2025 The Nation en-US Bhutto held a constitutional convention which resulted in the creation of a new constitution in October 1972, which was ratified by Pakistan's parliament on 10 April 1973.10 April 2023 Golden Jubilee celebrations of 1973 Constitution start today https://www.thenews.com.pk/print/1059153-golden-jubilee-celebrations-of-1973-constitution-start-today 12 June 2025 The News International en This new constitution transitioned Pakistan's system of government from a presidential system to a parliamentary system, and the president of Pakistan became a largely ceremonial role.Part I: "Introductory" https://www.pakistani.org/pakistan/constitution/part1.html 12 June 2025 www.pakistani.org14 February 2008 The Democratically Elected and the Military Presidents of Pakistan https://dunyanews.tv/en/Pakistan/455404-Presidential-Election-Democratically-Elected-Military-President-Pakistan 12 June 2025 Dunya News en Campaign In preparation to place the new 1973 constitution into effect on 14 August 1973, Pakistan's bicameral parliament voted for a new president on 10 August. According to the constitution, the president is elected through an electoral college by both houses of parliament: the Senate and National Assembly; the president is also elected by votes in the country's provincial assemblies with a total of 696 votes needed to win.Sarfraz Amir Wasim Mahira 9 March 2024 How is the president elected in Pakistan? https://www.dawn.com/news/1820252 12 June 2025 Dawn.com The PPP nominated Fazal Elahi Chaudhry, a Punjabi politician from Kharian. Chaudhry was a Pakistan Movement activist, represented Pakistan at the United Nations, and served as the first speaker of the West Pakistan Legislative Assembly.Fazal Ilahi Chaudhry The Asian Age Online, Bangladesh https://dailyasianage.com/news/65092/?regenerate 12 June 2025 The Asian Age en Chaudhry also served as the Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly from 1965 to 1969 after joining Ayub Khan's Convention Muslim League during the 1965 presidential election.Toothless lions? Special Report thenews.com.pk https://www.thenews.com.pk/tns/detail/928881-toothless-lions 12 June 2025 www.thenews.com.pk en In 1970, Chaudhry joined the PPP and was elected as Speaker of the National Assembly in 1972. The NAP, the largest opposition party during the Zulfikar Ali Bhutto era, nominated Khan Amirzadah Khan as its presidential candidate. Khan was a member of the Khudai Khidmatgar, a Pashtun non-violent movement that opposed the British Raj. Khan joined NAP after Pakistan's independence in 1947 and campaigned for the party from Mardan district. Khan staunchly opposed the Ayub Khan regime as one of the most influential NAP members and later fought a legal battle against Bhutto's government after the latter instigated a crackdown against the NAP, resulting in his release from prison. Results After a six-hour joint session of the National Assembly and Senate, Chaudhry won a secure victory of 139 votes compared to Khan's 45 votes. Six members did not cast their vote, while one vote in favour of Chaudhry was declared invalid. Chaudhry was sworn in as president on 14 August 1973, Pakistan's independence day, following Zulfikar Ali Bhutto's swearing-in ceremony as prime minister.Raza Syed Rasul Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto; The Architect of New Pakistan. Printwise publication 2008 978-969-8500-00-9 Chaudhry served as president until 1978, when he resigned due to his discontent with General Zia-ul-Haq, who seized power from the Bhutto government in 1977 through Operation Fairplay, a bloodless coup d'etat.Pakistan - Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto https://countrystudies.us/pakistan/20.htm 12 June 2025 countrystudies.us References Category:Presidential elections in Pakistan President