Parliamentary elections were held in
Afghanistan
Afghanistan, officially the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan,; prs, امارت اسلامی افغانستان is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central Asia and South Asia. Referred to as the Heart of Asia, it is bordere ...
between 6 and 15 April 1988 to elect members of the bicameral
National Assembly
In politics, a national assembly is either a unicameral legislature, the lower house of a bicameral legislature, or both houses of a bicameral legislature together. In the English language it generally means "an assembly composed of the rep ...
, which replaced the
Revolutionary Council
A workers' council or labor council is a form of political and economic organization in which a workplace or municipality is governed by a council made up of workers or their elected delegates. The workers within each council decide on what thei ...
. Although the elections were marked by violence and boycotted by the
mujahideen, the government left 50 of the 234 seats vacant in the
House of the People and a small number of seats in the
House of Elders House of Elders could refer to:
* House of Elders (Afghanistan)
* House of Elders (Somaliland)
See also
* Elder (disambiguation)
An elder is someone with a degree of seniority or authority.
Elder or elders may refer to:
Positions Administra ...
, with hope that the
guerrillas would abandon their armed struggle and present their own representatives to participate in the new administration. The
National Front won every one of the seats contested, with the
People's Democratic Party People's Democratic Party or ''variant thereof'', could refer to:
* People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan
*People's Democratic Party (Belize)
*People's Democratic Party (Bhutan)
*People's Democratic Party (Chile)
* People's Democratic Party (Dom ...
serving as the predominant party of the coalition.
Results
Elections in Afghanistan
Afghanistan
Afghanistan, officially the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan,; prs, امارت اسلامی افغانستان is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central Asia and South Asia. Referred to as the Heart of Asia, it is bordere ...
Parliamentary election
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National Assembly (Afghanistan)
Afghanistan
Afghanistan, officially the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan,; prs, امارت اسلامی افغانستان is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central Asia and South Asia. Referred to as the Heart of Asia, it is bordere ...
Election and referendum articles with incomplete results
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