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| Member of National Assembly Member of Parliament | |
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| Status | Active |
| Abbreviation | MNA |
| Member of | National Assembly of Pakistan |
| Reports to | Speaker |
| Seat | Parliament of Pakistan |
| Term length | 5 years; renewable |
| Formation | 1973; 52 years ago (1973) |
| Website | na |
AMember of Parliament orMember of the National Assembly of Pakistan (abbreviated:MNA orMP) is a legislative constituency's representative in theNational Assembly of Pakistan (Urdu: ایوانِ زیریں پاکستان), the Pakistan Parliament's lower house.[1] On the basis of adult suffrage, National Assembly members are chosen through direct elections. The National Assembly of Pakistan is only allowed to have 336[2] total members of parliament or MNA. This includes 70 seats set aside for women and religious minorities from across Pakistan, and 266 members are directly elected through the election.
The following requirements must be met in order for someone to be eligible to join the National Assembly of Pakistan;[3]
A person wouldn't be qualified to serve as a member of Pakistan's National Assembly if he/she;[5]
A member of the National Assembly of Pakistan has a five-year tenure[7] beginning on the day of their appointment.
The responsibilities of the members of the National Assembly of Pakistan are;
Pakistan pays a lump sum including other allowances of Rs.188000 to the member of the National Assembly of Pakistan per month according to the 1974 Act.[8] If the MNA has some extra designations, then the National Assembly pays extra allowances.[9]
Here is a list of how many National Assembly seats there were in each election year starting in 1954.[10]
| No. | Name | Term start | Term end | Constituencies |
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| 1 | 1st National Assembly of Pakistan | 1947 | 1954 | 69 |
| 2 | 2nd National Assembly of Pakistan | 1955 | 1958 | 72 |
| 3 | 3rd National Assembly of Pakistan | 1962 | 1965 | 156 |
| 4 | 4th National Assembly of Pakistan | 1965 | 1969 | 156 |
| 5 | 5th National Assembly of Pakistan | 1972 | 1977 | 313 |
| 6 | 6th National Assembly of Pakistan | 1977 | 1977 | 216 |
| 7 | 7th National Assembly of Pakistan | 1985 | 1988 | 237 |
| 8 | 8th National Assembly of Pakistan | 1988 | 1990 | 237 |
| 9 | 9th National Assembly of Pakistan | 1990 | 1993 | 237 |
| 10 | 10th National Assembly of Pakistan | 1993 | 1996 | 237 |
| 11 | 11th National Assembly of Pakistan | 1997 | 1999 | 237 |
| 12 | 12th National Assembly of Pakistan | 2002 | 2007 | 342 |
| 13 | 13th National Assembly of Pakistan | 2008 | 2013 | 342 |
| 14 | 14th National Assembly of Pakistan | 2013 | 2018 | 342 |
| 15 | 15th National Assembly of Pakistan | August 2018 | 2023 | 342 |
| 16 | 16th National Assembly of Pakistan | February 2024 | Current | 336 |
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