| Country: | Pakistan |
| Type: | parliamentary |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 2021 Pakistani Senate election |
| Previous Year: | 2021 |
| Election Date: | 2 April 2024 |
| Next Election: | April 2027 |
| Next Year: | 2027 |
| Seats For Election: | 48 out of 96 seats in the Senate of Pakistan |
| Majority Seats: | 49 |
| Leader1: | Yusuf Raza Gilani |
| Leader Since1: | 2021 |
| Party1: | Pakistan Peoples Party |
| Leaders Seat1: | General Islamabad |
| Seats1: | 24 |
| Seat Change1: | 3 |
| Last Election1: | 21 |
| Seats Needed1: | 28 |
| Leader2: | Ishaq Dar |
| Party2: | Pakistan Muslim League (N) |
| Leader Since2: | 2022 |
| Leaders Seat2: | Technocrat Islamabad |
| Seats2: | 19 |
| Seat Change2: | 2 |
| Last Election2: | 17 |
| Seats Needed2: | 32 |
| Leader3: | Syed Ali Zafar |
| Leader Since3: | 2021 |
| Party3: | Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf |
| Leaders Seat3: | Technocrat Punjab |
| Seats3: | 17 |
| Seat Change3: | 10 |
| Last Election3: | 27 |
| Seats Needed3: | 22 |
| Chairman | |
| Before Election: | Sadiq Sanjrani |
| Before Party: | Balochistan Awami Party |
| After Election: | Yusuf Raza Gilani |
| After Party: | Pakistan Peoples Party |
| Posttitle: | Elected Chairman |
Elections for the Senate of Pakistan were held on 2 April 2024.[1] [2] Senate elections in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa were postponed by the ECP.
52 out of 100 incumbent Senators including 4 FATA senators retired after completing their 6 year terms. After the merger of FATA with Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, the remaining 4 out of 8 seats were also abolished.[3] 48 seats from four Provinces and the Federal Capital were up for election, including the seats for which the election was postponed.
The previous Senate elections on these seats were held on 3 March 2018. As a result of these elections, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) became the largest party in the Senate as it won the most seats, securing 18 of the 48 senate seats up for election; of which 10 came from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, 5 from Punjab, 2 from Sindh, and one from Islamabad. The Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) came in second by winning 8 seats, of which 7 were won in Sindh and one in Islamabad. The Balochistan Awami Party (BAP) was declared victorious on 6 seats - all from Balochistan. Finally, the Pakistan Muslim League (N) lost its majority in the Senate as it could only manage 5 seats from Punjab against 16 retiring senators.[4]
After the results were declared, much of the focus was on the Islamabad General seat won by PPP's Yousaf Raza Gillani where he beat PTI's incumbent finance minister, Abdul Hafeez Shaikh, by a margin of 5 votes.[5] Although, Gillani was the opposition's joint candidate, he still did not have the required majority unless those on the treasury benches voted for him or intentionally voided their votes in the secret ballot. This fact, coupled with the leaked video of his son, led to PTI petitioning the Election Commission of Pakistan against his victory.[6]
Meanwhile, Gurdeep Singh of the PTI became the first Sikh to be elected to the Senate of Pakistan as he won the minority seat from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.[7]
Abdul Qadir, who had won as an Independent from Balochistan, later joined the PTI, increasing the tally of the party to 26 in the Senate.[8]
Below are the results by administrative unit. Elections in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa were postponed due to the refusal of the Speaker of its Provincial Assembly to administer oaths to opposition members elected on reserved seats, which he claimed to belong to the Sunni Ittehad Council.[9]
| Seat Type | Winners | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| General | Ahad Cheema(PMLN) | Nasir Butt(PMLN) | Pervaiz Rasheed(PMLN) | Talal Chaudhry(PMLN) | Hamid Khan(SIC) | Raja Nasir Abbas Jafri(MWM) | Mohsin Naqvi(IND) | |
| Technocrat | Muhammad Aurangzeb (PMLN) | Musadik Malik (PMLN) | ||||||
| Women | Anusha Rahman (PMLN) | Bushra Anjum Butt (PMLN) | ||||||
| Minority | Khalil Tahir Sandhu (PMLN) | |||||||
| Seat Type | Winners | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| General | Ashraf Ali Jatoi(PPP) | Dost Ali Jessar(PPP) | Nadeem Ahmed Bhutto(PPP) | Syed Kazim Ali Shah(PPP) | Syed Masroor Ahsan(PPP) | Aamir Chishti(MQM–P) | Faisal Vawda(IND) | |
| Technocrat | Sarmad Ali (PPP) | Zamir Hussain Ghumro (PPP) | ||||||
| Women | Quratulain Marri (PPP) | Rubina Qaimkhani (PPP) | ||||||
| Minority | Poonjo Mal Bheel (PPP) | |||||||
| Seat Type | Winners | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| General | Agha Shahzaib Durrani (PMLN) | Syedaal Khan Nasar(PMLN) | Sardar Umar Gorgaij(PPP) | Ahmed Khan Andarh Khilji(JUI-F) | Jan Muhammad Buledi(NP) | Aimal Wali Khan(ANP) | Anwaar ul Haq Kakar(IND) | |
| Technocrat | Bilal Khan Mandokhail (PPP) | Abdul Wasey (JUI (F)) | ||||||
| Women | Rahat Jamali (PMLN) | Hasna Bano (PPP) | ||||||
| Seat Type | Winners | |
|---|---|---|
| General | Rana Mahmood-ul-Hassan(PPP) | |
| Technocrat | Ishaq Dar(PMLN) |
On 9 April 2024, Yusuf Raza Gilani of the Pakistan People's Party (PPP) and Syedaal Khan Nasar of the Pakistan Muslim League (N) (PML(N)), both being candidates of the treasury benches, were elected unopposed to the Chairman and Deputy Chairman positions respectively. They replaced Sadiq Sanjrani of the Balochistan Awami Party (BAP) and Mirza Muhammad Afridi of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI). The opposition PTI boycotted the election, arguing for its postponement until after Senate elections were held in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.[10]
On the same day, Ishaq Dar of the PML(N) was appointed as Leader of the House in the Senate, a position he has held since 30 September 2022. On 22 April, Shibli Faraz of the PTI was appointed as the Leader of the Opposition in the Senate, replacing Shahzad Waseem, also of the PTI.[11] [12]