Pakistani general election, 1985

1985

237 seats contested

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General elections were held in Pakistan on 28 February 1985.^[1] Around 1,300 candidates contested the election, which was held on a non-party basis.^[2] Voter turnout was 52.93%.^[1]

Results

Party	Votes	%	Seats
Independents			207
Seats reserved for women	–	–	21
Seats reserved for non-Muslim minorities	–	–	9
Invalid/blank votes		–	–
Total	17,468,194	100	237
Source: Nohlen et al.

References

1 2 Pakistan Inter-Parliamentary Union
↑ Dieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume I, p678 ISBN 0-19-924958-X

Elections and referendums in Pakistan

General elections	1920¹ 1923¹ 1926¹ 1930¹ 1934¹ 1945¹ 1970 1977 1985 1988 1990 1993 1997 2002 2008 2013 2018

Senate elections	2006 2009 2012 2015 2018

Regional elections	1937 1946 1951 1953 1954

Referendums	1960 1984 2002

¹ As part of British India

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