Composition of the National Assembly, The Senate and Provincial Assemblies of Pakistan

National Assembly

The National Assembly has a total of 342 members, including 60 seats reserved for women and 10 for non-Muslims, as per Article 51. The seats in the National Assembly are allocated to each Province, the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) and the Federal Capital on the basis of population, as officially published in the last preceding census. The present allocation of seats is as under:

	Punjab	Sindh	Khyber Pakhtunkhwa	Balochistan	FATA	Federal Capital	Total
General	148	61	35	14	12	2	272
Women	35	14	8	3	0	0	60
Non-Muslims	--	--	--	--	--	--	10
Total	183	75	43	17	12	2	342

The seats in the National Assembly shall be allocated to each Province, the Federally Administered Tribal Areas and the Federal Capital on the basis of population in accordance with the last preceding census officially published. (Clause 5 of Section 51 

of The Constitution of Pakistan 1973

)




The Senate 

(1)	The Senate shall consist of one-hundred and four members, of whom- (a) fourteen shall be elected by the members of each Provincial Assembly; (b) eight shall be elected from the Federally Administered Tribal Areas, in such manner as the President may, by Order, prescribe; (c) two on general seats, and one woman and one technocrat including aalim shall be elected from the Federal Capital in such manner as the President may, by Order, prescribe; (d) four women shall be elected by the members of each Provincial Assembly; (e) four technocrats including ulema shall be elected by the members of each Provincial Assembly; and (f) four non-Muslims, one from each Province, shall be elected by the members of each Provincial Assembly: Provided that paragraph (f) shall be effective from the next Senate election after the commencement of the Constitution (Eighteenth Amendment) Act, 2010.
(2)	Election to fill seats in the Senate allocated to each Province shall be held in accordance with the system of proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote.

(Clauses 1 and 2 of Section 59 of The Constitution of Pakistan 1973)




Constitution of Provincial Assemblies: 

(1)	Each Provincial Assembly shall consist of general seats and seats reserved for women and non-Muslims as specified herein below:- General seats Women Non-Muslims Total Balochistan 51 11 3 65 Khyber Pakhtunkhwa 99 22 3 124 Punjab 297 66 8 371 Sindh 130 29 9 168

(Clauses 1 of Section 106 of The Constitution of Pakistan 1973)