Mohammed Ali Jinnah1935
The British for the first time propose handing over substantial power to elected Indian provincial legislatures, with elections to be held in 1937, Jinnah returns to India and resumed leadership of the League
Pakistan · Politics / Muslim League. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.
The British for the first time propose handing over substantial power to elected Indian provincial legislatures, with elections to be held in 1937, Jinnah returns to India and resumed leadership of the League
During elections for the Constituent Assembly of India, the Congress wins most of the elected seats and Hindu electorate seats, while the League wins control of a large majority of Muslim electorate seats
The League wins 425 out of 496 seats reserved for Muslims (and about 89.2% of Muslim votes) on a policy of creating an independent state of Pakistan, and with an implied threat of secession if this was not granted.
The League wins most Muslim seats in the elections, and Jinnah launches the Direct Action campaign of strikes and protests to achieve "Pakistan", which degenerates into communal violence across India.
Sharif returns to power in February 1997 with such a huge majority that the result is immediately questioned by Bhuttos Pakistan Peoples Party, Sharif won by obtaining 90 percent of the national votes cast. Nawaz Sharif holds the record in Pakistani politics for securing the heaviest mandate in a general election in Pakistan
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