<Li> After the announcement of unofficial result, the Returning Officer serves a notice to all the contesting candidates and their election agents regarding the day, time and place fixed for consolidation of the result . In the presence of the contesting candidates and election agents, the Returning Officer consolidates the results of the count furnished by the Presiding Officers in the prescribed manner including postal ballot received by him before the polling day . </Li> <Li> Immediately after preparing the consolidated statement the Returning Officer submits a copy to the Election Commission in the prescribed form which publishes the names of the returned candidates in the official Gazette </Li> <P> 1st elections: 1954 (indirect elections) = PML 2nd elections: 1962 (non-party based indirect elections) 3rd elections: 1970 = AL 4th elections: 1977 = PPP 5th elections: 1985 = PML (non-party based elections) 6th elections: 1988 = PPP 7th elections: 1990 = IJI 8th elections: 1993 = PPP 9th elections: 1997 = PMLN 10th elections: 2002 = PMLQ 11th elections: 2008 = PPP 12th elections: 2013 = PMLN 13th elections: 2018 = PTI Between 1947 and 1958, there were no direct elections held in Pakistan at the national level . Provincial elections were held occasionally . The West Pakistan provincial elections were described as "a farce, a mockery and a fraud upon the electorate" </P> <P> The first direct elections held in the country after independence were for the provincial Assembly of the Punjab between 10--20 March 1951 . The elections were held for 197 seats . As many as 939 candidates contested the election for 189 seats, while the remaining seats were filled unopposed . Seven political parties were in the race . The election was held on an adult franchise basis with approximately one - million voters . The turnout remained low . In Lahore, the turnout was 30 per cent of the listed voters and in rural areas of Punjab it was much lower . </P>

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