Top Political Parties

Parties in Parliament

  • Pakistan Peoples Party Parliamentarians, PPPP – 120
  • Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz), PML (N) – 90
  • Pakistan Muslim League (Quaid-i-Azam), PML (Q) – 51 (the original Muslim League)
  • Muttahida Qaumi Movement, MQM – 25 (previously known as Mohajir Qaumi Movement)
  • Awami National Party, ANP – 13
  • Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal, MMA – 6
  • Pakistan Muslim League (Functional) – 5
  • Pakistan Peoples Party (Sherpao) – 1
  • Balochistan National Party (Awami) – 1
  • Independent candidates – 19

Minor political parties

    * All Pakistan Muslim League
    * Awami National Party
    * Awami Qiadat Party
    * Awami Tehreek
    * Balawaristan National Front (Gilgit Baltistan)
    * Baloch Republican Party
    * Balochistan National Congress
    * Balochistan National Democratic Party
    * Balochistan National Party
    * Balochistan National Movement
    * Combined Opposition Party (Pakistan) (COPP)
    * Communist Party of Pakistan
    * Communist Mazdoor Kissan Party
    * Federal National Movement
    * Green Party of Pakistan
    * Hazara Qumi Mahaz (HQM)
    * Hazara Democratic Party (HDP)
    * Islami Tahreek-e-Pakistan
    * Istiqlal Party
    * Jamiat Ulema-e-Pakistan (Nifaz-e-Shariat)
    * Jamhoori Wattan Party
    * Jamote Qaumi Movement
    * Jeay Sindh Qaumi Mehaz
    * Justice and Development Party Pakistan [1]
    * Kakar Jamhoori Party
    * Khaksar Tehrik
    * Labour Party of Pakistan
    * Markazi Jamiat Ahle Hadieth [2]
    * Millat Party
    * Mohajir Ittehad Tehrik
    * Mohajir Qaumi Movement Pakistan
    * Mohib-e-Wattan Nowjawan Inqilabion Ki Anjuman
    * Mustaqbal Pakistan [3]
    * Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal (MMA)
    * National People's Party (NPP)
    * National Workers Party
    * Nizam-e-Mustafa Party
    * Pak Wattan Party
    * Pak Muslim Alliance
    * Pakhtunkhwa Milli Awami Party
    * Pakistan Aman Tehreek (HND South Punjab)
    * Pakistan Awami Tehrik
    * Pakistan Awami Tehrik-e-Inqilab
    * Pakistan Christian Congress (PCC)
    * Pakistan Democratic Party
    * Pakistan Freedom Party
    * Pakistan Gharib Party
    * Pakistan Ittehad Tehreek
    * Pakistan Kisan Party [4]
    * Pakistan Mazdoor Kissan Party
    * Pakistan Meo Ittehad Meo(PMI)
    * Pakistan Muslim League (F) - also known as Functional Muslim League or PML Pagaro Group
    * Pakistan Muslim League (Jinnah)
    * Pakistan Muslim League (Junejo) (PML Junejo)
    * Pakistan Muslim League (Shere Bangal)
    * Pakistan Muslim League (Z)
    * pakistan national league
    * Pakistan Progressive Party [5]
    * Pakistan Qaumi League
    * Pakistan Seriaki Party
    * Pakistan Social Democratic Party
    * Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf
    * Pakistan Workers Party
    * Pakistan Youth Revolution [6]
    * Pasban Voice Against Injustice [7]
    * Pukhtoonkhwa Qaumi Party
    * Qaumi Inqilab Party
    * Qaumi Jamhoori Party
    * Qaumi Tahaffaz Party
    * Republican Party
    * Saraiki Sooba Movement Pakistan
    * Saraiki Quomi Movement Pakistan
    * Shan-e-Pakistan Party
    * Sindh Democratic Alliance
    * Sindh National Front
    * Sindh National Party
    * Sindh Taraqi Pasand Party
    * Sindh Urban-Rural Alliance
    * Sunni Tehreek
    * Tameer-e-Pakistan Party
    * Tehreek Hussainia Pakistan
    * Tehreek Jamhoriat Pakistan
    * Tehrik-e-Istiqlal
    * Tameer-e-Millat Party Pakistan
    * Tehrik-e-Masawaat
    * Tehreek Nifaz-e-Fiqh Jafariya Pakistan (TNFJ)
    * Workers Party Pakistan


Composition of Parliament



Senate after February 2008 elections
Party Seats
PML 21
MMA 9
PPPP 27
MQM 6
PML/N 7
NAP  
PPP/S  
PkMAP  
ANP 6
PML/F  
JWP  
BNP-Awami  
BNP-Mengal  
BNM/H  
Independents 13
   

 
 


National Assembly elections, October 2008
Party Seats
PPPP 120 Ruling party by simple majority
PML(N) 90 (Previously part of coalition government)
PML(Q) 51
MQM 25 (Part of coalition government)
ANP 13 (Part of coalition government)
MMA 6 (Part of coalition government)
PML/F 5
PPP/S 1
BNP 1