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Provincial elections were held in the Pakistani province of Punjab to elect the 15th Provincial Assembly of the Punjab on 18 February 2008, alongside nationwide general elections and three other provincial elections in Sindh, Balochistan and North-West Frontier Province. The remaining two territories of Pakistan, AJK and Gilgit-Baltistan, were ineligible to vote due to their disputed status.[1]
Results
| Party | Votes | % | Seats | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| General | Women | Minority | Total | |||||
| Pakistan Muslim League (N) | 5,597,569 | 27.05 | 114 | 30 | 4 | 148 | ||
| Pakistan Peoples Party | 5,565,743 | 26.89 | 82 | 19 | 2 | 103 | ||
| Pakistan Muslim League (Q) | 5,837,922 | 28.21 | 61 | 16 | 2 | 79 | ||
| Pakistan Muslim League (F) | 182,753 | 0.88 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal | 160,715 | 0.78 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Other parties | 86,679 | 0.42 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Independents | 3,264,061 | 15.77 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 34 | ||
| Total | 20,695,442 | 100.00 | 297 | 66 | 8 | 371 | ||
| Registered voters/turnout | 43,780,458 | – | ||||||
Aftermath
In the 2008 elections, the PML (N) and the PPP formed a coalition government, with PML (N) as the senior party and Shehbaz Sharif as Chief Minister of Punjab. However, in 2011, the PPP was expelled from this coalition due to corruption in the Federal Government, (which was led by the PPP at the time).[3]
Notes
References
- ^ "Punjab Assembly General Election 2008 - Results & Party Position". UrduPoint. Retrieved 2019-08-01.
- ^ Election Commission of Pakistan. "GENERAL ELECTIONS - 2013 PROVINCIAL ASSEMBLIES TURNOUT". Election Commission of Pakistan.
- ^ "Pakistan's PPP and PML-N to form coalition government -- china.org.cn". www.china.org.cn. Retrieved 2023-04-19.
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