Elections Act, 2017

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The Elections Act, 2017 is a comprehensive Pakistani law that consolidates and regulates the country’s electoral processes, including the conduct of elections, political party registration, and campaign finance.

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Elections Act, 2017 canonical 2

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Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Pakistani federal statute ⓘ
election law ⓘ
administeredBy Election Commission of Pakistan ⓘ
appliesTo National Assembly elections ⓘ
local government elections in Pakistan ⓘ
provincial assembly elections ⓘ
assentedBy President of Pakistan ⓘ
containsProvisionOn code of conduct for political parties and candidates ⓘ
election offences and penalties ⓘ
transparency and disclosure of campaign finance ⓘ
use of state resources in elections ⓘ
women’s representation measures ⓘ
country Pakistan ⓘ
enactedBy National Assembly of Pakistan ⓘ
Senate of Pakistan ⓘ
grantsPowerTo Election Commission of Pakistan ⓘ
jurisdiction Islamic Republic of Pakistan ⓘ
linked to: Pakistan
language English ⓘ
Urdu ⓘ
linked to: Urdu language
legalStatus in force ⓘ
legislature Parliament of Pakistan ⓘ
purpose to consolidate laws relating to the conduct of elections in Pakistan ⓘ
to provide mechanisms for settlement of election disputes ⓘ
to provide procedures for delimitation of constituencies ⓘ
to provide procedures for preparation and revision of electoral rolls ⓘ
to regulate election campaign finance and expenses ⓘ
to regulate the conduct of elections to the National Assembly, provincial assemblies, and local governments ⓘ
to regulate the registration and functioning of political parties ⓘ
regulates counting of votes ⓘ
declaration of election results ⓘ
election expenses of candidates ⓘ
election symbols ⓘ
nomination of candidates ⓘ
party funding and accounts ⓘ
polling procedures ⓘ
registration of voters ⓘ
scrutiny of nomination papers ⓘ
repeals Allocation of Symbols Order, 2002 ⓘ
Conduct of General Elections Order, 2002 ⓘ
Delimitation of Constituencies Act, 1974 ⓘ
Electoral Rolls Act, 1974 ⓘ
Political Parties Order, 2002 ⓘ
Representation of the People Act, 1976 ⓘ
shortTitle Elections Act, 2017 ⓘ
subjectMatter conduct of elections ⓘ
delimitation of constituencies ⓘ
election campaign finance ⓘ
election disputes and offences ⓘ
electoral rolls ⓘ
political party registration ⓘ

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Election Commission of Pakistan → legalFramework → Elections Act, 2017 ⓘ
Elections Act, 2017 → shortTitle → Elections Act, 2017 ⓘ