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The Pakistani General Election of 2013 will be the next election to the 14th parliament of Pakistan. The government of Pakistan has announced elections to be held by May. In the general election, voting will take place in all parliamentary constituencies of Pakistan, to elect Members (MNAs) to seats in the National Assembly, the lower house of parliament. The current National Assembly will complete its constitutional term on or before March 16, 2013, five years after the first session of the National Assembly elected during the 2008 general election. Elections must be subsequently held within 60 days of parliament having been dissolved.[2] This will be the 11th general election for Pakistan since 1962, and potentially marks the first successful democratic transition between two elected governments.
As of March, the Election Commission of Pakistan has put final touches to its preparations for the upcoming general elections. And one of those tasks was to procure over 500,000 ballot boxes and all relevant materials.The commission has also decided to employ the services of retired judges of the high court as permanent election tribunals in order to expedite the disposal of election-related cases. The commission will be appointing five tribunals in Punjab and three each in other provinces. Buildings are being hired for offices of these tribunals. This election will mark an end to the third PPP lead government and the only democratic government to finish its term. For the general elections, the liberal Pakistan Peoples Party has allied with Pakistan Muslim League (Q), while on the conservative side Nawaz Sharif lead PML-N has allied with Pakistan Muslim League (F) and Sunni Tehreek. Cricketer turned politician Imran Khan will lead the centrist Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf without any political ally.