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1988 General Election

Held on 16 November 1988

Pakistan Peoples Party won the most National Assembly seats: 95 of 207.

About the 1988 election

Pakistan's 1988 general election was held on 16 November 1988. Pakistan Peoples Party won the most National Assembly seats, 95 of the 207 covered here, followed by IJI (56) and independents (37). 1,210 candidates contested the National Assembly seats. In the provincial assemblies, IJI won the most seats in Punjab (108 of 240), PPP won the most seats in Sindh (65 of 99), IJI won the most seats in NWFP (28 of 80) and JUI won the most seats in Balochistan (10 of 40). The closest National Assembly result was NA-27 Tribal Area, decided by 6 votes; the largest margin was 112,755 votes in NA-188 Karachi Central.

National Assembly

All 207 seats
PartySeats
Pakistan Peoples Party 9538.3% of votes Islami Jamhoori Ittehad 5631.1% of votes Independents 3718.1% of votes Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (F) 72.0% of votes PAI 34.1% of votes Awami National Party 22.1% of votes
Show 6 more parties Balochistan National Alliance 20.3% of votes JUI-D 10.2% of votes Pakistan Democratic Party 10.4% of votes NPP-K 10.5% of votes Indpendent 10.3% of votes Indepdnent 10.4% of votes

Punjab Assembly

All 240 seats
PartySeats
Islami Jamhoori Ittehad 10835.0% of votes Pakistan Peoples Party 9334.2% of votes Independents 3322.8% of votes PAI 25.0% of votes Pakistan Democratic Party 20.6% of votes Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam 10.5% of votes
Show 1 more party NPP-K 11.1% of votes

Sindh Assembly

All 99 seats
PartySeats
Pakistan Peoples Party 6544.8% of votes Independents 3242.9% of votes Islami Jamhoori Ittehad 16.8% of votes PPIS 12.4% of votes

NWFP Assembly

All 80 seats
PartySeats
Islami Jamhoori Ittehad 2825.7% of votes Pakistan Peoples Party 2120.2% of votes Independents 1629.0% of votes Awami National Party 1315.3% of votes Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam 28.0% of votes

Balochistan Assembly

All 40 seats
PartySeats
Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam 1013.3% of votes Islami Jamhoori Ittehad 922.8% of votes Independents 725.6% of votes Balochistan National Alliance 610.7% of votes Pakistan Peoples Party 310.0% of votes PMAI 24.4% of votes
Show 2 more parties PNP 27.4% of votes WP 10.8% of votes

Government formed after the 1988 election

Prime ministerBenazir BhuttoPakistan Peoples Party · from 2 December 1988Chief minister of PunjabNawaz SharifIJI /IND · from 9 April 1985Chief minister of SindhQaim Ali ShahPakistan Peoples Party · from 2 December 1988Chief minister of Khyber PakhtunkhwaAftab Ahmad SherpaoPakistan Peoples Party · from 2 December 1988Chief minister of BalochistanNawab Akbar Khan BugtiJamhoori Wattan Party · from 5 February 1989

Who held each office three months after the election, or the first elected (not caretaker) holder after it.

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Common questions

When was the 1988 general election held in Pakistan?

On 16 November 1988.

Which party won the 1988 general election?

Pakistan Peoples Party won the most National Assembly seats: 95 of 207.

What was the closest National Assembly result in 1988?

NA-27 Tribal Area, won by 6 votes.