1960 Pakistani presidential confidence referendum

none Pakistan Do you have confidence in President Field Marshal Ayub Khan and the policies and programs adopted by him? 75084 2829 78521 80000 1965 1965 Pakistani presidential election 1956 1956 Pakistani presidential election An indirect referendum on confidence in President Muhammad Ayub Khan was held in Pakistan on 14 February 1960,https://www.nytimes.com/1960/02/15/archives/pakistan-gives-ayub-fiveyear-mandate.html Pakistan gives Ayub five-year mandate The New York Times 15 February 1960 with voters asked whether he should remain president for another five years, having held the position since 1958 after overthrowing the previous government in a military coup. The vote was held under the basic democracy system introduced after the coup, under which indirect votes were carried out by a 80,000-member electoral college. Its members were elected from single-member constituencies (40,000 in each wing), one for every 600 voters.https://tribune.com.pk/story/534508/elec-tion-ary-election-in-1960 elec-tion-ary [Election-in-1960] The Express Tribune 12 April 2013 The elections to the electoral college took place between December 1959 and January 1960 on a non-partisan basis (as political parties were banned). Around 96% of members of the electoral college voted in favour of Khan. He was sworn in three days after the vote.https://books.google.com/books?id=jzUGEAAAQBAJ&pg=PA58 Pakistan Since Independence: A History, 1947 to Today Stanley B. Sprague 58 2020 McFarland 978-1-4766-8151-1 Results 75084 2829 608 80000 FeldmanRevolution in Pakistan: A Study of the Martial Law Administration Herbert Feldman 1967 109 References Category:Ayub Khan President Category:Referendums in Pakistan Category:Presidential elections in Pakistan Pakistan