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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
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.
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 .
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 ...
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 ...
General election 2008: NA-107 Gujrat-IV Party Candidate Votes % ±% PML(N) Muhammad Jamil Malik : 75,205 : 45.98 : PML(Q) Rehman Naseer Ch. 69,101 42.25 PPP: Raja Masood Ahmad 14,948 9.14 Others Others (four candidates) 4,298 2.63 Turnout: 169,727 52.82 Total valid votes 163,552 96.36 Rejected ballots 6,175 3.64 Majority 6,104 3.73 Registered ...
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 ...