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1. (1A) On dissolution of the Assembly on completion of its term, or in case it is dissolved under Article 58 or Article 112, the President, or the Governor, as the case may be, shall appoint a care-taker Cabinet:
   Provided that the care-taker Prime Minister shall be by the President in consultation with the Prime Minister and the Leader of the Opposition in the outgoing National Assembly, and a care-taker Chief Minister shall be appointed by the Governor in consultation with the Chief Minister and the Leader of the Opposition in the outgoing Provincial Assembly: by the Constitution (Twenty-second Amendmen^[4] t) Act, 2016 (Act No. XXV of 2016), s.11. ^[2]
2. (2) When the National Assembly or a Provincial Assembly is dissolved, a general election to the Assembly shall be held within a period of ninety days after the dissolution, and the results of the election shall be declared not later than fourteen days after the conclusion of the polls.
3. (3) An election to fill the seats in the Senate which are to become vacant on the expiration of the term of the members of the Senate shall be held not earlier than thirty days immediately preceding the day on which the vacancies are due to occur.
4. (4) When, except by dissolution of the National Assembly or a Provincial Assembly, a ^[2]
5. (5) When a seat in the Senate has become vacant, an election to fill the seat shall be held within thirty days from the occurrence of the vacancy.
6. 3 [(6) When a seat reserved for women or non-Muslims in the Natio^[1] nal Assembly or a Provincial Assembly falls vacant, on account of death, resignation or disqualification of a member, it shall be filled by the next person in order of precedence from the party list of the candidates to be submitted to the Election Commission by the political party whose member has vacated such seat1[:]]
   Provided that if at any time the party list is exhausted, the concerned political party may submit a name for any vacancy which may occur thereafter.

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