Pakistani general elections, 2008

Pakistani general election, 2008

2002 ← 18 February 2008 → 2013

All 342 seats to the National Assembly 169 seats were needed for a majority Turnout 44.01 %   First party Second party   Leader Yousaf Gillani Nisar Ali Khan Party PPP PML (N) Leader's seat NA-151 Multan NA-52 Rawalpindi Seats won 119 89 Seat change 39 70 Popular vote 10,666,548 6,805,324 Percentage 30.8% 19.7% Swing 7% 3%

Political parties representation in National Assembly.

Prime Minister before election Muhammad Mian Soomro Caretaker Government Elected Yousaf Raza Gillani PPP

Muhammad Mian Soomro
Caretaker Government

Yousaf Raza Gillani
PPP

General elections were held in Pakistan on 18 February 2008, after being postponed from 8 January 2008. The original date was intended to elect members of the National Assembly, the lower house of the Parliament of Pakistan.

On 3 November 2007, President and Chief of army staff General Pervez Musharraf enacted a state of emergency; elections were initially postponed indefinitely. However, it was later stated they would be held as planned. On 8 November 2007, Musharraf announced that the election would be held by 15 February 2008, but the election date was changed to occur on or before 9 January 2008. Musharraf also suggested 8 January 2008 as the election date. Following the assassination on Benazir Bhutto of PPP, the Election Commission conducted a meeting and announced that "elections on 8 January were no longer possible and instead, the elections would take place on 18 February 2008."

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