Afghan parliamentary election, 1988

Afghan parliamentary election, 1988

6-15 April 1988

All 234 seats to the House of the People   First party Second party   Leader Mohammad Najibullah Party PDPA National Front Seats won 46 45

Prime Minister before election Sultan Ali Keshtmand PDPA Elected Prime Minister Mohammad Hasan Sharq Independent

Elections were held in Afghanistan in April, 1988 for a two-chamber National Assembly to replace the Revolutionary Council. Although the elections were boycotted by the mujaheddin, the government leaves 50 of the 234 seats vacant in the House of the People and a small number of seats in the House of Elders, with hope that the guerrillas will abandon their armed struggle and present their own representatives to participate in the new administration. The People's Democratic Party got only 46 seats, but was guaranteed to get support from the National Front, which gained 45, and from the various newly recognized left-wing parties, which got a total of 24 seats.

 Summary of the April 1988 Regional House of the People election results

Party	Seats	Votes
People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan	46
National Front	45
New left-wing parties	24
Others	69
Empty	50
Total	234	~1,547,000
Source: Inter-Parliamentary Union