2008 Punjab provincial election

2008 Punjab provincial election
297 out of 371 seats in the Punjab Assembly; 186 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	47.73
	Elections map by constituency (expand to original file to see constituency labels)
Chief Minister before election; Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi; PML(Q)	Elected Chief Minister ; Dost Muhammad Khosa; PML(N)

Provincial elections were held in the

AJK and Gilgit-Baltistan, were ineligible to vote due to their disputed status.^[1]

Results


Party		Votes	%	Seats
Party		Votes	%	General	Women	Minority	Total
	Pakistan Peoples Party	5,565,743	26.89	82	19	2	103
	Pakistan Muslim League (Q)	5,837,922	28.21	61	16	2	79
	Pakistan Muslim League (F)	182,753	0.88	2	1	0	3
	Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal	160,715	0.78	2	0	0	2
	Other parties	86,679	0.42	1	0	0	1
	Independents	3,264,061	15.77	34	0	0	34
Total		20,695,442	100.00	297	66	8	371

Registered voters/turnout		43,780,458	–

In the

Federal Government, (which was led by the PPP at the time).^[3]

^ 66 seats are reserved for women and 8 are reserved for non-Muslims filled through PR

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