2008 Punjab provincial election

Provincial elections were held in The Punjab on 18 February 2008 alongside with Nationwide General elections, after being postponed from 8 January 2008. The original date was intended to elect Provincial Assembly.[1]

2008 Punjab provincial election
18 February 2008
All 371 seats in the Provincial Assembly
186 seats needed for a majority
Turnout47.73[2]
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Shehbaz Sharif Not Declared Ch. Pervaiz Elahi
Party PML(N) PPP PML(Q)
Leader's seat Bhakkar-II by-election None PP-118 (Mandi Bahuddin) PP-282 (Bahawalnagar-VI)(Lost)
Last election 47 seats, 16.43% 79 seats, 22.48% 209 seats, 33.33%
Seats won 148 103 79
Seat change 101 24 130
Popular vote 5,597,569 5,565,743 5,837,922
Percentage 27.05% 26.89% 28.21%
Swing 10.62% 4.41% 5.12%
Chief Minister before election

CH. Pervaiz Elahi
PML(Q)

 Elected Chief Minister

Dost Muhammad Khan Khosa
PML(N)

Results And Government Formation
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148

103

120

PMLN PPP other

Seats, of total, by party

  PML (N) (39.89%)
  PPP (27.76%)
  PML (Q) (21.29%)
  Independent (9.16%)
  PML (F) (0.80%)
  JI (0.53%)
  PML (Z) (0.31%)

Votes, of total, by party

  PML (Q) (28.21%)
  PML (N) (27.05%)
  PPP (26.89%)
  Independent (15.77%)
  PML (F) (0.88%)
  MMA (0.78%)
  Others (0.42%)
Party Vote % Seats
General Women Minorities Total %
Pakistan Muslim League (N)5,597,56927.0511430414838.89
Pakistan Peoples Party5,565,74326.898219210327.76
Pakistan Muslim League (Q)5,837,92228.21611627921.29
Independent3,264,06115.773400349.16
Pakistan Muslim League (F)182,7530.8821030.80
Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal160,7150.7820020.53
Others86,6790.4210010.31
Total20,695,442100297668371100
Registered voters/turnout43,780,45847.73––––—

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).

References
  1. "Punjab Assembly General Election 2008 - Results & Party Position". UrduPoint. Retrieved 2019-08-01.
  2. Election Commission of Pakistan. "GENERAL ELECTIONS - 2013 PROVINCIAL ASSEMBLIES TURNOUT". Election Commission of Pakistan.
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