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General elections were held in Pakistan on 18 February 2008 to elect members of the 13th National Assembly and the four Provincial Assemblies. [1] [2] On 3 November 2007 President Pervez Musharraf enacted a state of emergency; elections were initially postponed indefinitely. [3] However, it was later stated they would be held as planned. [4]
Pakistan Muslim League (N) 2 2 106,962 44.29 Pakistan Peoples Party: 2 0 71,211 29.48 Pakistan Muslim League (Q) 2 0 45,029 18.64 Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal: 2 0 1,257 0.52 Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf: Boycotted: 0 0 0 Others & Independents 26 0 15,541 6.43 Rejected 0 1,531 0.63 Total 34 2 241,531 100.0
The Election Commission of Pakistan, a constitutionally-established institution chaired by an appointed and designated Chief Election Commissioner, supervises the general elections. The Pakistan Constitution defines (to a basic extent) how general elections are held in Part VIII, Chapter 2 and various amendments .
21 February – Pakistan's two main opposition parties agree to form a coalition following the elections. [ 10 ] 29 February – At least 45 people died and 82 were wounded in a suicide attack on the funeral February 29, 2008 of a district superintendent of police – killed earlier in the day in a separate attack – in Swat province.
Independent candidates affiliated with jailed Pakistani political leader Imran Khan’s Tehreek E Insaaf (PTI) party won the most National Assembly seats in Pakistan’s general election ...
Pages in category "2008 elections in Pakistan" The following 8 pages are in this category, out of 8 total. ... 2008 Pakistani general election in Islamabad;
The 74-year-old chief of the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz(PML-N) party and three-time former prime minister returned from a four-year self-imposed exile in the United Kingdom late last year ...
Pakistan's caretaker prime minister on Monday defended the widely criticized delay in announcing the results of last week's parliamentary election, saying authorities took only 36 hours to count ...