Pakistani general election, 1977
- Pakistani general election, 1977
General elections were held in Pakistan on 10 March 1977. They had been called as a snap election on 7 January by Prime Minister Bhutto. Elections to the provincial assembleys were also held on 7 March that year.
Background
To many, the quick election date was arranged so as not to give sufficient time to the opposition in order for it to make decisions and arrangements in regard to the forthcoming elections. The total number of registered voters in the country was put at 30,899,052.
On 11 January 1977, all major and some minor opposition parties had cobbled together an electoral alliance, the Pakistan National Alliance (PNA), to contest elections against Bhutto's PPP.
Results
¹ Includes 19 seats won in incontested constituencies (the PNA boycotted the Balochistan elections because of an ongoing military operation).
The official turnout figure was 63%, though if 19 uncontested seats were discounted, it was 80%.
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