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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 .
Following the decision given by the Supreme Court of Pakistan to disqualify Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif from public office, a bye-election was triggered in his NA-120 constituency. The by-election took place on 17 September 2017. Kulsoom Nawaz won this seat with 61,745 votes. [3] Detailed results can be found here.
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 ...
In the 2002 general elections, he contested from four constituencies, and was only victorious in NA-71 Mianwali-I, being elected to the National Assembly of Pakistan for the first time. He did not contest the 2008 general elections due to him and his party deciding to boycott them.
Pakistan Peoples Party activists in Pakistan held rallies and distributed sweets when the results were announced. [33] The main opposition party, PML-N, said it was the "success of the democratic process in the country" but said he should resign as PPP co-chairman, as the President has traditionally been apolitical, and to transfer Presidential ...
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