Re: need help on senate elections procedure…
In Pakistan, Senate election happens every 3 years when 50 senators (half the senate) get elected. Elected senators join 50 existing senators who got elected 3 years earlier. Those who get elected they stay senator for 6 years.
Example (true for Pakistan):
2009: Total senators 100 (before Senate election).
50 Senators lost their seats in 2009 (these senators were elected in 2003).
50 new senators got elected in 2009.
New elected senators (2009 batch) joined 50 senators who got elected in 2006, thus making total number of senators in senate =100.
2012: Total senators 100 (before senate election).
50 senators would lose their seats in 2012 (these senators were elected in 2006).
50 new senators would get elected in 2012
New elected senators (2012 batch) would join 50 senators who got elected in 2009 … making total =100 Senators.
hmmmm but here one question arises in my mind and that is That since when is this system going?and When 50 senators get elected in elections so it means that in the beginning there were only 50 senators in senate as other 50 must have joined after 3 years.