2008 Pakistani general election in Islamabad

2008 Pakistani general election in Islamabad
← 2002 18 February 2008 2013 →
2 seats from Islamabad in the National Assembly
Registered482,801
Turnout50.03 Decrease 1.25
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Nisar Ali Khan Asif Ali Zardari Shujaat Hussain
Party PML(N) PPP PML(Q)
Leader since 2005 2007 2003
Last election 0 0 0
Seats won 2 0 0
Seat change Increase2 Decrease1 Steady
Popular vote 106,962 71,211 45,029
Percentage 44.29% 29.48% 18.64%
Swing Increase33.75% Decrease9.49% Increase16.55%
  Fourth party
 
Leader Fazal-ur-Rehman
Party MMA
Leader since 2002
Last election 1
Seats won 0
Seat change Decrease1
Popular vote 1,257
Percentage 0.52%
Swing Decrease20%

General elections were held in Islamabad Capital Territory on Monday 18 February 2008 to elect 2 member of National Assembly of Pakistan from Islamabad.

Pakistan Muslim League (N) won both seats from Islamabad with comfortable margin.

Candidates

Total no of 34 Candidates including 19 Independents contested for 2 National Assembly Seats from Islamabad.[1]

No. Constituency Candidates
PPP PML-N PML-Q
1 NA-48 Israr Hussain Anjum Aqeel Khan Rizwan Sadiq Khan
2 NA-49 Nayyar Hussain Bukhari Tariq Fazal Chaudhry Mustafa Nawaz Khokhar

Result

Vote Share of different parties in the election.

  PML-N (44.29%)
  PPP (29.48%)
  PML-Q (18.64%)
  MMA (0.52%)
  Others and Independents (6.43%)

Seat Share of different parties in the election.

  PML-N (100%)

Party Wise

Party Seats Votes
Contested Won # %
Pakistan Muslim League (N) 2 2 106,962 44.29
Pakistan Peoples Party 2 0 71,211 29.48
Pakistan Muslim League (Q) 2 0 45,029 18.64
Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal 2 0 1,257 0.52
Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf Boycotted 0 0 0
Others & Independents 26 0 15,541 6.43
Rejected 0 1,531 0.63
Total 34 2 241,531 100.0

Constituency wise

No. Constituency Turnout Elected Member Party Runner-up Party Win Margin

(by votes)

Win Margin

(by % votes)

1 NA-48 43.75 Anjum Aqeel Khan Pakistan Muslim League (N) Israr Hussain Pakistan Peoples Party 34,995 33.34
2 NA-49 56.23 Tariq Fazal Chaudhry Pakistan Muslim League (N) Nayyar Hussain Bukhari Pakistan Peoples Party 765 0.55

References

  1. ^ "Constituency Profile". Election Pakistan. Retrieved 2022-07-15.