2013 Pakistani presidential election

2013 Pakistani presidential election

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509 votes in the Electoral College 255 votes needed to win
Candidate Mamnoon Hussain Wajihuddin Ahmed Party PML(N) PTI Home state Sindh Sindh Electoral vote 432 77 Percentage 84.87% 15.13%
President before election Asif Ali Zardari PPP President-elected Mamnoon Hussain PML(N)

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Parliament legislature Senate (Upper House) Chairman: Yousaf Raza Gillani Deputy Chairman: Mirza Muhammad Afridi (PTI) Leader of the House: Ishaq Dar (PML(N)) Opposition leader: Shahzad Waseem (PTI) National Assembly (Lower House) Leader of the House: Shehbaz Sharif (PML(N)) Speaker: Ayaz Sadiq (PML(N)) Deputy speaker: Syed Ghulam Mustafa Shah (PPP) Leader of the Opposition: Omar Ayub Khan
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Presidential elections were held on 30 July 2013 in Pakistan to elect the 12th President of Pakistan.^[1] Incumbent President Asif Ali Zardari’s term was scheduled to expire on 8 September 2013; and as such, Article 41 of the Constitution of Pakistan required the elections to be held no later than 8 August 2013.^[2] The Electoral College of Pakistan – a joint sitting of the Senate, National Assembly and Provincial Assemblies – were tasked with electing a new president to succeed President Zardari, who declined to seek a second term in office.^[3] After the Pakistan Peoples Party and its allies boycotted the presidential election, the two candidates were Mamnoon Hussain backed by the Pakistan Muslim League (N), and Wajihuddin Ahmed backed by Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf. Agra-born Hussain was elected president by a majority securing 432 votes.^[4] The elections were the first time in Pakistani history where a civilian president was elected while an incumbent civilian President was still in office, completing a historic and democratic transition of power that began with the 2013 General Elections.^[5]