1988 Pakistani general election

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The 1988 Pakistani general election was a landmark national vote that returned Benazir Bhutto’s Pakistan Peoples Party to power and marked the country’s transition back to civilian democratic rule after years of military dictatorship.

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instanceOf Pakistani general election ⓘ
general election ⓘ
alliance Islami Jamhoori Ittehad ⓘ
campaignIssues Islamization policies ⓘ
economic management ⓘ
provincial autonomy ⓘ
restoration of democracy ⓘ
constitutionalFramework Constitution of Pakistan 1973 (revived) ⓘ
continent Asia ⓘ
country Pakistan ⓘ
date 1988-11-16 ⓘ
electionType parliamentary election ⓘ
electoralIrregularitiesAllegedBy Islami Jamhoori Ittehad ⓘ
eligibleVoters approximately 46 million ⓘ
followedBy 1990 Pakistani general election ⓘ
foreignInfluenceConcerns Soviet Union ⓘ
United States ⓘ
foreignPolicyContext Soviet–Afghan War endgame ⓘ
forOffice National Assembly of Pakistan ⓘ
governmentFormed coalition government ⓘ
headOfStateDuringElection Ghulam Ishaq Khan ⓘ
heldAfter death of Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq ⓘ
leaderOfWinningParty Benazir Bhutto ⓘ
leadingParty Pakistan Peoples Party ⓘ
location Pakistan ⓘ
mainWinner Pakistan Peoples Party ⓘ
majorOppositionAllianceLeader Nawaz Sharif ⓘ
mediaEnvironment partially liberalized press ⓘ
month November ⓘ
oppositionLeaderAfterElection Nawaz Sharif ⓘ
organizedBy Election Commission of Pakistan ⓘ
parliamentaryTermEnded 1990 ⓘ
parliamentaryTermStarted 1988 ⓘ
partOf political history of Pakistan ⓘ
politicalContext end of Zia-ul-Haq military regime ⓘ
precededBy 1985 Pakistani general election ⓘ
primeMinisterAfterElection Benazir Bhutto ⓘ
resultedIn Benazir Bhutto becoming first female Prime Minister of Pakistan ⓘ
Benazir Bhutto becoming first woman to head a democratic government in a Muslim-majority country ⓘ
formation of PPP-led federal government ⓘ
seatsForElection 207 ⓘ
secondLargestParty Islami Jamhoori Ittehad ⓘ
securityContext post-Afghan jihad environment ⓘ
significance restoration of democratic process ⓘ
return to civilian rule ⓘ
supervisedBy Election Commission of Pakistan ⓘ
tookPlaceUnder interim government ⓘ
totalSeatsInAssembly 237 ⓘ
voterTurnout 43.07% ⓘ
votingSystem first-past-the-post ⓘ
year 1988 ⓘ

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Pakistan Peoples Party → participatedIn → 1988 Pakistani general election ⓘ