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Pakistani general election, 2002

← 1997 10 October 2002 2008 →
All 342 seats to the National Assembly 172 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	41.8% (5.8pp)
First party Second party Third party   Leader Zafarullah Khan Jamali Ameen Faheem Fazal-ur-Rehman Party PML (Q) PPP MMA Leader since 20 July 2002 8 June 2002 2002 Leader's seat Nasirabad Hyderabad-I Dera Ismail Khan Last election new party 18 seats, 21.78% new party Seats won 126 / 342 81 / 342 63 / 342 Seat change 126 63 63 popular vote 7,500,797 7,616,033 3,335,643 Percentage 25.66% 26.05% 11.41% Swing - 4.27pp 9.41pp†
Results of elections showing political parties. †Change from JUI factions total vote share at the 1997 election which JI had boycotted.
Prime Minister before election None (Military Coup) Elected Prime Minister Zafarullah Khan Jamali PML (Q)

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General elections 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 featured the multiparty democracy as it brought an end to the two-party system between the Pakistan Peoples Party and Pakistan Muslim League (N). A right of center Pakistan Muslim League (Q) emerged in the mainstream political spectrum of Pakistan, that supported liberal President Musharraf.

Around 70 parties took participation in the elections,^{[citation needed]} however, only six parties managed to bag sufficient popular vote namely PML-Q, PPP, MMA, PML-N, MQM and National Alliance.

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 President Farooq Ahmad Lagari, Imran Khan's Pakistan Tehrik-i-Insaaf and Tahir-ul-Qadri's Pakistan Awami Tehrik.^[1]

Results

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