Constitution 1973 § Article 106 — Constitution of Provincial Assemblies

Statutory text (English)

(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
1[Khyber Pakhtunkhwa 115 26 4 145]
Punjab 297 66 8 371
Sindh 130 29 9 168
2[* * * * * * *]

(2) A person shall be entitled to vote if—
(a) he is a citizen of Pakistan;
(b) he is not less than eighteen years of age;
(c) his name appears on the electoral roll for any area in the Province; and
(d) he is not declared by a competent court to be of unsound mind.

(3) For the purpose of election to a Provincial Assembly,—
(a) the constituencies for the general seats shall be single member territorial
constituencies and the members to fill such seats shall be elected by direct and free
vote;
(b) each Province shall be a single constituency for all seats reserved for women and
non-Muslims allocated to the respective Provinces under clause

(1);
(c) the members to fill seats reserved for women and non - Muslims allocated to a
Province under clause

(1) shall be elected in accordance with law through
proportional representation system of political parties’ lists of candidates on the
basis of the total number of general seats secured by each political party in the
Provincial Assembly:

Provided that for the purpose of this sub-clause, the total number of general seats won by a political
party shall include the independent returned candidate or candidates who may duly join such political party
within three days of the publication in the official Gazette of the names of the returned candidates.]

Source and verification

Source citation: Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, 1973, Art. 106: Pakistan Code portal consolidated official PDF 'THE CONSTITUTION OF THE ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF PAKISTAN' (incl. 26th Amdt Act 2024 & 27th Amdt Act 2025), p. 56, 57, ingested 2026-09-15. Automated transcription from official source (pypdf extraction, audited artifact repair); human admin re-check required before production.

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