Pakistani general election, 2002

Pakistani general elections, 2002

10 October 2002

All 342 seats to the National Assembly 169 seats were needed for a majority Turnout 41.80%   First party Second party Third party   Leader Zafarullah Khan Jamali Ameen Faheem Lyaqat Baloch Party Pakistan Muslim League (Q) Pakistan Peoples Party Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal Leader since 20 July 2002 8 June 2002 9 October 1989 Leader's seat Dera Murad Jamali Karachi Muzaffargarh Last election 18, 21.8% 2, 3.3% Seats before 18 2 Seats won 118 80 59 Seats after 80 57 Seat change 118 62 57 Popular vote 7,845,141 8,477,533 6,305,474 Percentage 26.3% 28.42% 12.28% Swing New 6.62% 8.98   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Leader Javed Hashmi Babar Khan Ghauri Imran Khan Party Pakistan Muslim League (N) Muttahida Qaumi Movement Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf Leader since 12 October 1999 12 October 1999 25 April 1996 Leader's seat Multan Karachi Lahore Last election 155, 45.9% 12, 4.0% 0, 1.7% Seats before 137 12 0 Seats won 18 13 1 Seat change 119 1 1 Popular vote 3,791,321 924,712 238,635 Percentage 12.71% 3.1% 0.8% Swing 33.19 0.9 0.9

Results of elections showing political parties.

Prime Minister before election Nawaz Sharif PML Prime Minister -designate Zafarullah Khan Jamali PML-Q

The Pakistan General elections of 2002 were held in Pakistan on 10 October 2002 to elect the National Assembly of Pakistan and the provincial assemblies. The elections were held under the watchful scrutiny of the military government of General Pervez Musharraf.^[1] This elections features the multiparty democracy and, Pakistan again returned to democracy.

Around 70 parties took participation in the elections for the office of Prime minister Secretariat, only six party managed significant popular support for the prime minister candidacy. The elections were broadcast live by the private and government-controlled media, and were general free and fair elections. With the conclusion of these elections, Pakistan returned to democracy and the two-party system was evolved into multi-party system.

Parties and candidates

More than 70 parties, contested the election, the main parties were the Peoples Party Parliamentarians, Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz Group, Muttahida Quami Movement (MQM), Pakistan Muslim League-Quaid-i-Azam also called the "King's Party" for its unconditional support to the government, and the Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal (MMA), alliance of six religious political parties. Other known parties contesting at the national level included the six-party National Alliance led by former Former President Farooq Ahmad Lagari, Imran Khan's Pakistan Tehrik-i-Insaaf and Tahir-ul-Qadri's Pakistan Awami Tehrik.^[1]

Results

Summary of the October 2002 National Assembly elections

References

Elections and referendums in Pakistan
General elections	1920¹ 1923¹ 1926¹ 1930¹ 1934¹ 1945¹ 1970 1977 1985 1988 1990 1993 1997 2002 2008 2013 2018
Senate elections	2006 2009 2012 2015 2018
Regional elections	1937 1946 1951 1953 1954
Referendums	1960 1984 2002
¹ As part of British India