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
Turnout	47.73[2]
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)	5,597,569	27.05	114	30	4	148	38.89
Pakistan Peoples Party	5,565,743	26.89	82	19	2	103	27.76
Pakistan Muslim League (Q)	5,837,922	28.21	61	16	2	79	21.29
Independent	3,264,061	15.77	34	0	0	34	9.16
Pakistan Muslim League (F)	182,753	0.88	2	1	0	3	0.80
Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal	160,715	0.78	2	0	0	2	0.53
Others	86,679	0.42	1	0	0	1	0.31
Total	20,695,442	100	297	66	8	371	100
Registered voters/turnout	43,780,458	47.73	–	–	–	–	—

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.