Senate elections were held in Pakistan on 2 March 2012. Fifty-four of the 100 seats in the Senate were up for election with the winning candidates serving six-year terms.
Results
By administrative division Parties FATA Balochistan Federal Capital Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Punjab Sindh TotalPakistan Peoples Party04143719Pakistan Muslim League (N)0001708Awami National Party0106007Pakistan Muslim League (Q)0210104Mutahidda Qaumi Movement0000044Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam0301003Balochistan National Party (Awami)0200002Pakistan Muslim League (F)0000011Independents4000105Total 4 12 2 12 12 12 54
The following the results of the election, by administrative division. +PunjabSeat TypeWinnersGeneralZulfiqar Ali Khosa (PML-N)Muhammad Hamza (PML-N)Muhammad Zafar Ullah Khan Dhandla (PML-N)Rafique Rajwana (PML-N)Babar Awan (PPP)Kamil Ali Agha (PML-Q)Muhammad Mohsin Khan Leghari (IND)TechnocratIshaq Dar (PML-N)Aitzaz Ahsan (PPP)WomenNuzhat Sadiq (PML-N)Khalida Parveen (PPP)MinorityKamran Michael (PML-N) +SindhSeat TypeWinnersGeneralRaza Rabbani (PPP)Saeed Ghani (PPP)Mukhtiar Ahmed Dhamrah (PPP)Karim Ahmed Khawaja (PPP)Syed Mustafa Kamal (MQM)Tahir Hussain Mashhadi (MQM)Muzaffar Hussain Shah (PML-F)TechnocratAbdul Hafeez Shaikh (PPP)Farogh Naseem (MQM)WomenSehar Kamran (PPP)Nasreen Jalil (MQM)MinorityHari Ram (PPP) +Khyber PakhtunkhwaSeat TypeWinnersGeneralBaz Muhammad Khan (ANP)Shahi Sayed (ANP)Azam Khan Hoti (ANP)Haji Saifullah Khan Bangash (PPP)Ahmed Hassan (PPP)Muhammad Talha Mahmood (JUI-F)Nisar Muhammad (PML-N)TechnocratIlyas Ahmed Bilour (ANP)Farhatullah Babar (PPP)WomenZahida Khan (ANP)Rubina Khalid (PPP)MinorityAmar Jeet (ANP) +BalochistanSeat TypeWinnersGeneralNawabzada Saifullah Magsi (PPP)Sardar Fateh Muhammad Muhammad Hassani (PPP)Mohammad Yousaf (PPP)Hafiz Hamdullah (JUI-F)Israr Ullah Zehri (BNP-A)Saeed Ul Hassan Mandokhail (PML-Q)Daud Khan Achakzai (ANP)TechnocratAbdul Sattar (JUI-F)Rozi Khan Kakar (PPP)WomenNaseema Ehsan (BNP-A)Rubina Irfan (PML-Q)MinorityHeman Dass (JUI-F)
+FATA Seat TypeWinnersGeneralMuhammad Saleh Shah (Independent)Malik Najmul Hassan (Independent)Hidayat Ullah (Independent)Hilal-ur-Rehman (Independent) +ICTSeat TypeWinnersGeneralOsman Saifullah (PPP)TechnocratMushahid Hussain (PML-Q)
Aftermath After the election, on 12 March 2012, Nayyar Hussain Bukhari of the ruling Pakistan People's Party (PPP) was elected to the position of Chairman unopposed. On the same day, Sabir Ali Baloch, also of the PPP, elected to the position of Deputy Chairman unopposed. They replaced Farooq Naek of the PPP and Jan Mohammad Jamali of the Pakistan Muslim League (Q) (PML(Q)), respectively. Moreover, on 27 April 2012, Jehangir Bader of the PPP succeeded Bukhari as the Leader of the House, and on 15 March 2012, Ishaq Dar of the Pakistan Muslim League (N) (PML-N) became the Leader of the Opposition, succeeding Abdul Ghafoor Haideri of the Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (F) (JUI-F).
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