Editing Elections in Pakistan (section)

====2008 General Elections====
{{main|2008 Pakistani general election}}
This election led to strong showings for the PPP and the Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz) (PML-N), who signed the [[Bhurban Accord]] in response to the election results. The election was held in Pakistan on 18 February 2008, after being postponed from 8 January, the original date was intended to elect members of the National Assembly of Pakistan, the lower house of the Majlis-e-Shoora (the nation's parliament). Pakistan's two main opposition parties, the PPP and the PML (N) won the majority of seats in the election. The PPP and PML (N) formed the new coalition government with [[Yousaf Raza Gillani]] as Prime Minister of Pakistan. Following the election, [[Pervez Musharraf]] acknowledged that the process had been free and fair. He conceded the defeat of the PML (Q) and pledged to work with the new Parliament. The voter turnout for the election was 35,170,435 people (44%). By-elections for 28 seats (23 provincial and 5 national) have been delayed numerous times, with most of them now held on being 26 June 2008.

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:right"
|-
!Parties
!Votes
!%
!Elected seats
!Reserved seats (women)
!Reserved seats (minorities)
!Total
!Percentile
|-
| style="text-align:left;"|[[Pakistan Peoples Party]]
|10,606,486
|30.6%
|97
|23
|4
|124
|{{Composition bar|124|340|hex=red}}
|-
| style="text-align:left;"|[[Pakistan Muslim League (N)]]
|6,781,445
|19.6%
|71
|17
|3
|91
|{{Composition bar|91|340|hex=#008000}}
|-
| style="text-align:left;"|[[Pakistan Muslim League (Q)]]
|7,989,817
|23.0%
|42
|10
|2
|54
|{{Composition bar|54|340|hex=#00FF00}}
|-
| style="text-align:left;"|[[Muttahida Qaumi Movement – Pakistan|Muttahida Qaumi Movement]]
|2,507,813
|7.4%
|19
|5
|1
|25
|{{Composition bar|25|340|hex=orange}}
|-
| style="text-align:left;"|[[Awami National Party]]
|700,479
|2.0%
|10
|3
|0
|13
||{{Composition bar|13|340|hex=red}}
|-
| style="text-align:left;"|[[Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal|Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal Pakistan]]
*[[Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam|Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (F)]]
|772,798
|2.2%
|6
|1
|0
|7
|{{Composition bar|7|340|hex=#009000}}
|-
| style="text-align:left;"|[[Pakistan Muslim League (F)]]
|
|
|4
|1
|0
|5
|{{Composition bar|5|340|hex=#00A550}}
|-
| style="text-align:left;"|[[Pakistan Peoples Party (Sherpao)]]
|140,707
|0.4%
|1
|0
|0
|1
|{{Composition bar|1|340|hex=#BA160C}}
|-
| style="text-align:left;"|[[National Peoples Party (Pakistan)|National Peoples Party]]
|
|
|1
|0
|0
|1
|{{Composition bar|1|340|hex=#0000CD}}
|-
| style="text-align:left;"|[[Balochistan National Party (Awami)]]
|
|
|1
|0
|0
|1
|{{Composition bar|1|340|hex=blue}}
|-
| style="text-align:left;"|Independents
|
|
|18
|0
|0
|18
|{{Composition bar|18|340|hex=#536872}}
|-
| style="text-align:left;"|'''Total''' (turnout 44%)
<small>'''Note: [[Tehreek-e-Insaf]], [[Jamaat-e-Islami Pakistan|Jamaat-e-Islami]], [[Jamiat Ulema-e-Pakistan]], [[Tehrik-e-Jafaria Pakistan]] and [[Jamiat Ahle Hadith]] [[Pashtunkhwa Milli Awami Party]] did not participate.'''</small>
|'''34,665,978'''
|'''100%'''
|'''270'''
|'''60'''
|'''10'''
|'''340'''
|-
| colspan="7" style="text-align:left;"|Source: [http://www.ecp.gov.pk/NAPosition.pdf Election Commission of Pakistan], [https://electionpakistan.com/parties-wise-election-results/?assembly=5&election=2 Election Pakistan: 2008 General Elections] [http://psephos.adam-carr.net/countries/p/pakistan/pakistan2008.txt Adam Carr's Electoral Archive]
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