[rayiner]

No, I meant in Pakistan. Wasn’t it still technically ruled by Britain at that point? Until the 1956 constitution?

[graemep]

No, it was an independent country which shared the same monarch - rather like Canada and Australia still are.

[selimthegrim]

It was a Dominion, but again who was denying your relatives the franchise?

[rayiner]

My understanding is that Pakistan got what we would understand to be real elections in 1970: https://mygoldenbengal.wordpress.com/2014/11/26/pakistan-vot.... In 1950, the National Assembly was elected not by the people, but instead by provincial representatives elected during British rule.

[selimthegrim]

Your link mentions provincial elections in 1954 (excluding the ones during the 60s dictatorship)