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Election

Pakistan · Politics / Pakistan Muslim League. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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Chronological records

1996

Nawaz Sharif1996

Politics / Pakistan Muslim League

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

Names involved

Nawaz Sharif

Provenance

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