1997 Punjab provincial election

1997 Punjab provincial election
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All 240 seats in the Provincial Assembly
120 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party
 
Leader Pervaiz Elahi Did not declare
Party PML(N) PPP
Leader's seat Gujrat-IV
Last election 105 93
Seats won 211 3
Seat change Increase106 Decrease90
Popular vote 6,608,784 2,557,786
Percentage 53.29 20.63%
Chief Minister before election

Manzoor Wattoo
PML(J)

Elected Chief Minister

Shehbaz Sharif
PML(N)

Provincial Assembly elections were held in Punjab, Pakistan on 3 February 1997 to elect all 240 members of the Provincial Assembly of Punjab, Pakistan along with nationwide general elections and three other provincial elections in Sindh, Balochistan, and North-West Frontier Province. The elections were held as a result of dismissal of Benazir Bhutto's second government by President Farooq Leghari in November 1996.[1] After which, a caretaker government was inducted in Punjab under Mian muhammad Afzal Hayat, a former member of Punjab Assembly, as the Caretaker Chief Minister.[2]

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