Pakistani general election, 1990

Pakistan General Elections, 1990

← 1988 24 October 1990 1993 →
207 of 237 seats in National Assembly 104 seats seats needed for a majority
Turnout	45.5% ( 2.0%
First party Second party   Leader Nawaz Sharif Benazir Bhutto Party IJI PPP Leader since 16 September 1988 10 January 1984 Leader's seat Lahore Larkana Seats before 55 94 Seats after 111 44 Seat change 56 50 Popular vote 7,908,513 7,795,218 Percentage 37.4% 36.8% Swing 7.2% 1.7%
Prime minister before election Benazir Bhutto PPP Elected Prime minister Nawaz Sharif IJI

Benazir Bhutto
PPP

Nawaz Sharif
IJI

The Pakistan General elections, 1990 took place on 24 October 1990 to elect 217 MPs to the Pakistan Parliament, and resulted in surprise victory of Islamic Democratic Alliance (IJI), a massive conservative front led under the leadership of Nawaz Sharif. The IJI competed on campaigned for privatisation and social conservative polices, meanwhile the MQM, a liberal front, led under Altaf Hussain tightened its support in Sindh Province. The result was a victory for IJI, which won 106 of the 207 seats. Voter turnout was 45.5%. On 19 October 2012 the Supreme Court of Pakistan ruled on the 'Asghar Khan Petition' – a petition by Retd. Air Marshal Asghar Khan, heading up the Tehreek-i-Insaaf Party, requesting the court to probe into allegations that the 1990 elections were rigged. The court officially ruled that two Army Generals – Mirza Aslam Baig and Asad Durrani (Head of the ISI) – along with President Ghulam Ishaq Khan provided financial assistance to favoured parties. The motive, as was decreed by the SC, was to deliberately weaken the mandate of the Pakistan Peoples Party. It was believed that the PPP, led by Benazir Bhutto, was a liability to the nation.

The Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) led by Benazir Bhutto won a plurality of seats in the 1988 election and Bhutto became Prime Minister. However by 1990 there was discontent over rising lawlessness, allegations of corruption and the failure of the government to fulfill the promises it had made during the 1988 campaign.

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