Agha Muhammad Yahya Khan7 December 1970
Pakistan holds its first nationwide direct general election.
Pakistan · Government / Government of Pakistan. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.
Pakistan holds its first nationwide direct general election.
Bhutto's Pakistan Peoples Party wins the disputed 1977 general election.
Benazir Bhutto's Pakistan Peoples Party wins the largest bloc in the National Assembly.
Nawaz Sharif's alliance wins the general election.
The Pakistan Peoples Party emerges as the largest party in the 1993 election.
Nawaz Sharif's party wins a commanding parliamentary majority.
General elections produce a plurality for the pro-Musharraf Pakistan Muslim League-Quaid.
Pakistan holds general elections under the caretaker federal government.
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