Election Name: | 2002 Balochistan provincial election |
Country: | Balochistan |
Type: | parliamentary |
Ongoing: | no |
Previous Election: | 1997 Balochistan Provincial Assembly election |
Previous Year: | 1997 |
Next Election: | 2008 Balochistan provincial election |
Next Year: | 2008 |
Seats For Election: | All 65 seats in the Provincial Assembly |
Majority Seats: | 38 |
Election Date: | 10 October 2002 |
Party1: | Pakistan Muslim League (Q) |
Last Election1: | Did not exist |
Seats1: | 16 |
Seat Change1: | New |
Party2: | Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal |
Last Election2: | 7 seats |
Seats2: | 17 |
Seat Change2: | 10 |
Party3: | National Alliance |
Last Election3: | Did not exist |
Seats3: | 7 |
Seat Change3: | New |
Chief Minister | |
Posttitle: | Elected Chief Minister |
Before Election: | Jam Mohammad Yousaf |
Before Party: | Pakistan Muslim League (Q) |
After Election: | Jam Mohammad Yousaf |
After Party: | Pakistan Muslim League (Q) |
Provincial elections were held in the Pakistani province of Balochistan on 10 October 2002, alongside nationwide general elections and three other provincial elections in Sindh, North-West Frontier Province and Punjab.
The seats for the Provincial Assembly were increased from 43 to 65 seats in this election.[1]
The Pakistan Muslim League (Q) (PML-Q) came first. Jam Mohammad Yousaf from the PML-Q continued as Chief Minister.[2]
After the election, the MMA and PML(Q) agreed to form a coalition government in the province. Jamal Shah Kakar of the MMA and Mohammad Aslam Bhutani of the PML(Q) were elected as Speaker and Deputy Speaker, respectively. Kakar and Bhutani received 37 and 46 votes, respectively, defeating Abdul Rahim Ziaratwal of the PMAP and Shama Ishaq Baloch of the BNM, who received 10 and 13 votes, respectively. Moreover, Jam Mohammad Yousaf of the PML(Q) was elected as the province's Chief Minister. He received 47 votes, defeating Mir Akbar Mengal of the BNP, who received 12 votes.[3] [4]