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and the party's leader, Nawaz Sharif, became Prime Minister. In early 1993 he attempted to strip the President of the power to dismiss the Prime Minister, National Assembly and regional assemblies. However, in April 1993 President Khan dismissed Sharif for corruption and called elections for 14 July
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became caretaker prime minister. The interim government cut spending, introduced a tax on rich landowners and cracked down on corruption and drug traffickers. They were praised for stabilising the country while the campaign took place but their policies were criticised by the two main political
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The PPP won the most seats in the election at 86 but failed to gain a majority with the PML-N second with 73 seats. This was also the first election in Pakistan in which the party that won the popular vote, the PML-N, failed to win the most seats. The PPP performed strongly in Bhutto's native
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receiving 121 votes to 72 for Nawaz Sharif. Her position was strengthened by a strong performance by the PPP in the regional elections on 9 October, in which the PPP, with the help of its Alliance partners, managed to retake Punjab for the first time since 1971.
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to resolve the power struggle, Sharif and Khan resigned as Prime Minister and President respectively. Elections for the National Assembly were called for 6 October with elections for the regional assemblies set to follow shortly afterwards.
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showed a very close election between the two main parties but there was a lot of cynicism among voters. The army was credited with making sure that the election was fair and deployed 150,000 troops in
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The election for Prime Minister took place on 19 October 1993. Both main parties lobbied the smaller parties and independents for their support in the National Assembly; the PPP was successful and
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In total 1,485 candidates stood in the election but the main fight was between the PML-N of Nawaz Sharif and the PPP of Benazir Bhutto. Their policies were very similar but saw a
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for agriculture, pledged a partnership between government and business and campaigned strongly for the female vote. Over 50 people (including former chief minister of Punjab
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Khan and Sharif then began to battle for control of Pakistan for the next two months. They both attempted to secure control over the regional assemblies and in particular,
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with both parties making many promises but not explaining how they were going to pay for them. Sharif stood on his record of
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and rural Punjab, while the PML-N was strongest in industrial Punjab and the largest cities such as
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alliance was dissolved due to clashes between its member parties. The alliance's place in the
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after dissolving the National Assembly. Sharif immediately appealed to the
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Chief Election Commissioner of Gilgit-Baltistan: Raja Shah Baz Khan
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candidates did poorly in an election that was marked by a low
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Chief Election Commissioner of AJK: Abdul Rashid Sulehria
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and development projects and pledged to restore his
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Turnout in Pakistan's largest city, 1566:resigned to resolve a power struggle. 2728:Elections and referendums in Pakistan 2693: 2664: 2614: 2559: 2526: 2242: 2196: 2183: 2170: 2157: 2028:Balochistan National Movement (Hayee) 1754: 2624:Gargan, Edward A. (7 October 1993). 2538:Gargan, Edward A. (6 October 1993). 2505:Gargan, Edward A. (8 October 1993). 1664:became interim president and former 979:Gilgit-Baltistan Election Commission 1569:Prior to the elections, the ruling 779:List of prime ministers of Pakistan 13: 2385:Gargan, Edward A. (19 July 1993). 1688:giveaway program. Bhutto promised 1640:unless new elections were called. 1588:The elections were held under the 608: 538: 14: 3164: 2580:. 18 October 1993. Archived from 700:(written 1949, incorporated 1985) 411:Provincial assemblies of Pakistan 2721: 2665:Moore, Molly (20 October 1993). 2414:"Pakistan Seeks 2-Party Cabinet" 1501: 268: 199: 114: 107: 25: 3153:October 1993 events in Pakistan 3133:1993 Pakistani general election 2645: 2596: 1544:General elections were held in 965:Territorial election commission 944:Election Commission of Pakistan 603:National Assembly (Lower House) 76:109 seats needed for a majority 19:1993 Pakistani general election 2350: 890:Gilgit-Baltistan supreme court 755:List of presidents of Pakistan 480:Government of Gilgit-Baltistan 1: 3138:General elections in Pakistan 2309: 1922:Pashtunkhwa Milli Awami Party 1611: 2219: 1943:National Democratic Alliance 1745:People's Democratic Alliance 1673:leaders, Sharif and Bhutto. 7: 2225:Election for Prime Minister 1651: 1606:second non-consecutive term 1581:) was taken up by Sharif's 1428:Minister of Foreign Affairs 1423:Ministry of Foreign Affairs 949:Chief Election Commissioner 894:Gilgit-Baltistan High Court 10: 3169: 3143:1993 elections in Pakistan 2285:Pakistan Muslim League (N) 1817:Pakistan Muslim League (J) 1775:Pakistan Muslim League (N) 1709: 1618:Pakistan Muslim League (N) 1583:Pakistan Muslim League (N) 1317:Pakistan Muslim League (N) 764:Prime Minister of Pakistan 3080: 3049: 3023: 2860: 2734: 2337:Inter-Parliamentary Union 2296: 2251: 2248: 2245: 2209: 2205: 2197:Registered voters/turnout 2192: 2179: 2166: 2153: 2136: 2126: 2123: 1766: 1763: 1760: 1757: 1608:. Voter turnout was 40%. 834:Judges appointment body: 815:Supreme Court of Pakistan 210: 197: 88: 80: 69: 47:October 6, 1993 35: 23: 2333:"ELECTIONS HELD IN 1993" 1985:Pakhtun-khwa Qaumi Party 1670:Moeenuddin Ahmad Qureshi 1594:Moeenuddin Ahmad Qureshi 1322:Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf 836:Supreme Judicial Council 669:Constitution of Pakistan 657:Leader of the Opposition 647:Syed Ghulam Mustafa Shah 3090:See also: Elections in 1571:Islami Jamhoori Ittehad 971:AJK Election Commission 678:Previous constitutions: 458:Sultan Mehmood Chaudhry 447:Azad Kashmir government 205:Results by constituency 3148:1993 elections in Asia 2265:Pakistan Peoples Party 2088:Independents (Muslims) 2006:National Peoples Party 1859:Islamic Jamhoori Mahaz 1838:Pakistan Islamic Front 1796:Pakistan Peoples Party 1733:Islamic fundamentalist 1678:clash of personalities 1579:Pakistan Peoples Party 1435:Diplomatic missions of 1327:Pakistan Peoples Party 613: 543: 525:Parliament legislature 305:Provincial governments 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Index

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National Assembly


Benazir Bhutto
Nawaz Sharif
PPP
PML(N)

Prime Minister
Nawaz Sharif
IJI
Benazir Bhutto
PPP
Politics of Pakistan

Federalism
Federal government
Provincial governments
Punjab
Sindh
KPK
Balochistan
Governors
Sardar Saleem Haider
Kamran Tessori
Faisal Karim Kundi
Sheikh Jaffar Khan
Syed Mehdi Shah

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