Recent History
In the 2008 parliamentary elections, the Awami National Party dominated the far-right wing coalition, the MMA, a party formed by coalition of Islamic movements in 2002. The ANP has also won provincial seats in Balochistan and in Sindh for the first time. It formed a coalition government with the Pakistan People's Party and MQM in all three provinces. In the Government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, the ANP has its first Chief minister since 1948. In 2012, the ANP improved its power politics and gained momentum in the Pakistan Senate, and . first time in the history of the country, ANP has twelve members in the Senate.
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