2002 Punjab provincial election

2002 Punjab provincial election

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All 371 seats in the Provincial Assembly 186 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Leader Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi Qasim Zia Chaudhary Nisar Ali Khan Party PML(Q) PPP PML(N) Leader's seat Rahim Yar Khan-VIII Lahore-XIX Not contest Seats won 210 79 47 Seat change 210 76 164 Popular vote 6,144,813 4,145,106 3,028,856 Percentage 33.33 22.48% 16.43%
Chief Minister before election Governor's rule Elected Chief Minister Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi PML(Q)

Provincial elections were held in the Pakistani province of Punjab to elect the 14th Provincial Assembly of the Punjab on 10 October 2002, alongside nationwide general elections and three other provincial elections in Sindh, Balochistan and North-West Frontier Province. The remaining two territories of Pakistan, AJK and Gilgit-Baltistan, were ineligible to vote due to their disputed status. The elections were held under the military government of General Pervez Musharraf.^[1] The elections saw an end to the two-party system between the Pakistan Peoples Party and the Pakistan Muslim League (N), with the centre-right Pakistan Muslim League (Q) emerging as a third main party supporting Musharraf.

There were allegations that both the provincial and general elections were engineered and rigged to bring Musharraf and his aligned party, the PML-Q in power.^[2]