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| 1946 | Jinnah, Mohammed Ali |  |
| During elections for the Constituent Assembly of India, the Congress wins most of the elected seats and Hindu electorate seats, while the League wins control of a large majority of Muslim electorate seats |
| the League wins 425 out of 496 seats reserved for Muslims (and about 89.2% of Muslim votes) on a policy of creating an independent state of Pakistan, and with an implied threat of secession if this was not granted |
| The League wins most Muslim seats in the elections, and Jinnah launches the Direct Action campaign of strikes and protests to achieve "Pakistan", which degenerated into communal violence across India |
| 1969 | Rahman, Mujibur | |
| Karachi First general elections, Sheikh Mujibur Rahman's Awami League secures an absolute majority in new National Assembly |
| 1970 | Bhutto, Zulfikar Ali | |
| Dec Bhutto's Pakistan Peoples Party emerges as the single largest party from Punjab and Sindh and manages to win 81 National Assembly seats, all from the Western Wing |
| 1970 | Khan, Agha Mohammad Yahya | |
| First general elections, Sheikh Mujibur Rahman's Awami League secures an absolute majority in new National Assembly |
| Dec The first general elections in the history of Pakistan are held |
| 1970 | Rahman, Mujibur | |
| First general elections, Sheikh Mujibur Rahman's Awami League secures absolute majority in new National Assembly |
| The Awami League demands complete internal autonomy for East Pakistan |
| Dec In Eastern Pakistan, the Awami League, led by Mujibur Rahman, wins 160 out of 162 seats in the Parliament |
| 1971 | Bhutto, Zulfikar Ali | |
| Pakistan's first genuine free elections are held, both factions of the League are swept out of power, in West Pakistan by the Pakistan People's Party of Zulfikar Ali Bhutto and in East Pakistan by the Awami League of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman |
| 1971 | Rahman, Mujibur | |
| Pakistan's first genuine free elections are held, both factions of the League are swept out of power, in West Pakistan by the Pakistan People's Party of Zulfikar Ali Bhutto and in East Pakistan by the Awami League of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman |
| 1977 | Bhutto, Zulfikar Ali | |
| The Chief Election Commissioner admitted that the failure of the electoral process was by and large due to the candidates of the ruling party, who exploited their position and party machinery and thus destroyed the sanctity of the ballot box |
| 7th Mar Martial Law is imposed by Zia-ul-Haq who appoints a committee to inquire into the alleged rigging of the National Assembly polls |
| 7th Mar The Pakistan Peoples Party win 155 out of 200 seats in the National Assembly |
| 7th Mar The second general elections in the history of Pakistan, and the first after the dismemberment of the country |
| 1985 | Zia-Ul-Haq, Mohammad | |
| General elections are held |
| 1988 | Bhutto, Benazir | |
| 16th Nov In the first open election in more than a decade, Bhutto's PPP win the largest bloc of seats in the National Assembly |
| 1988 | Zia-Ul-Haq, Mohammad | |
| Zia dismisses Prime Minister Mohammmad Khan Junejo's government & orders new elections |
| 1990 | Bhutto, Benazir | |
| The National elections see Benazir Bhutto's PPP losing to coalition of rightist parties, Nawaz Sharif is elected Prime Minister |
| 1990 | Sharif, Nawaz | |
| The National elections see Benazir Bhutto's PPP losing to coalition of rightist parties, Nawaz Sharif is elected Prime Minister |
| 1993 | Bhutto, Benazir | |
| Elections are held; Benazir Bhutto's government wins a slim margin & Benazir becomes Prime Minister |
| 1996 | Bhutto, Benazir | |
| Oct After being dismissed by the then-president of Pakistan on charges of corruption, Bhutto's party loses the October elections |
| Oct Serves as leader of the opposition while Nawaz Sharif becomes Prime Minister for the next three years |
| Oct Sharif returns to power in February 1997 with such a huge majority that the result is immediately questioned by Bhutto's Pakistan People's Party, Sharif won by obtaining 90 percent of the national votes cast |
| 1996 | Sharif, Nawaz | |
| Nawaz Sharif holds the record in Pakistani politics for securing the heaviest mandate in a general election in Pakistan |
| Sharif returns to power in February 1997 with such a huge majority that the result is immediately questioned by Bhutto's Pakistan People's Party, Sharif won by obtaining 90 percent of the national votes cast |
| 1997 | Sharif, Nawaz | |
| National elections are held; Sharif comes to power again |
| 2000 | Musharraf, Pervez | |
| 12th May The Supreme Court of Pakistan orders Musharraf to hold general elections by October 12, 2002 |
| 2002 | Bhutto, Benazir | |
| Oct Candidates of PPP form a faction of their own, calling it PPP-Patriots, led by Makhdoom Faisal Saleh Hayat, former leader of Bhutto-led PPP who later form a coalition government with Musharraf's party, PML-Q |
| Oct The Bhutto-led PPP secures the highest number of votes (28.42%) and eighty seats (23.16%) in the national assembly in the October 2002 general elections |
| 2002 | Hayet, Makhdoom Faisal Saleh | |
| Candidates of PPP form a faction of their own, calling it PPP-Patriots, led by Makhdoom Faisal Saleh Hayat, former leader of Bhutto-led PPP who later form a coalition government with Musharraf's party, PML-Q |
| 2002 | Musharraf, Pervez | |
| Oct Candidates of PPP form a faction of their own, calling it PPP-Patriots, led by Makhdoom Faisal Saleh Hayat, former leader of Bhutto-led PPP who later form a coalition government with Musharraf's party, PML-Q |
| Oct General elections were held and a plurality of the seats in the Parliament is won by the PML-Q, a pro-Musharraf party consisting of feudal landlords |
| 2004 | Musharraf, Pervez | |
| 1st Jan In a vote of confidence Musharraf wins 658 out of 1,170 votes in the Electoral College of Pakistan, and according to Article 41(8) of the Constitution of Pakistan, is "deemed to be elected" President |
| 2007 | Bhutto, Benazir | |
| 8th Dec Bhutto meets Nawaz Sharif to publicize their demand that Musharraf fulfill his promise to lift the state of emergency before January's parliamentary elections, threatening to boycott the vote if he failed to comply |
| 2007 | Kayani, Ashfaq | |
| 2nd Oct Musharraf names Lt. Gen. Ashfaq Kayani, as vice chief of the army starting October 8 with the intent that if Musharraf wins the presidency and resigns his military post, Kayani would become chief of the army |
| 2007 | Musharraf, Pervez | |
| 2nd Oct Musharraf names Lt. Gen. Ashfaq Kayani, as vice chief of the army starting October 8 with the intent that if Musharraf wins the presidency and resigns his military post, Kayani would become chief of the army |
| 6th Oct Musharraf wins a parliamentary election for President, however, the Supreme Court rules that no winner can be officially proclaimed until it finishes deciding on whether it was legal for Musharraf to run for President while remaining Army General |
| 27th Dec Liaquat National Bagh Bhutto is killed leaving a campaign rally for the PPP at Liaquat National Bagh, where she had given a spirited address to party supporters in the run-up to the January 2008 parliamentary elections |
| 2008 | Musharraf, Pervez | |
| 1st Jan In the wake of the assassination of former prime minister Benazir Bhutto, parliamentary elections, which were scheduled for Jan. 8, are postponed until February 18 |