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