1988 Afghan parliamentary election

Elections were held in Afghanistan in April, 1988 for a two-chamber National Assembly to replace the Revolutionary Council. Although the elections were marked by violence and boycotted by the mujaheddin, 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, 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 serving as the predominant party of the coalition.

Party	Votes	%	Seats
National Front			184
Vacant	–	–	50
Total			234
Source: Inter-Parliamentary Union

1988 Afghan parliamentary election

6–15 April 1988
All 234 seats to the House of the People
First party   Leader Mohammad Najibullah Party National Front Seats won 184
Prime Minister before election Sultan Ali Keshtmand PDPA Elected Prime Minister Mohammad Hasan Sharq Independent