2008 North-West Frontier Province provincial election

Provincial elections were held in the North-West Frontier Province to elect the members of the 9th Provincial Assembly of North-West Frontier Province on 18 February 2008, alongside nationwide general elections and three other provincial elections in Sindh, Balochistan, and Punjab. The remaining two territories of Pakistan, AJK and Gilgit-Baltistan, were ineligible to vote due to their disputed status. These were the last elections held under the provincial name "North-West Frontier Province", later changed to Khyber Pakhtunkhwa following the Eighteenth Amendment to the Constitution of Pakistan.

2008 North-West Frontier Province provincial election
18 February 2008
All 124 seats in the Provincial Assembly
63 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Ameer Haider Khan Hoti Rahim Dad Khan Akram Khan Durrani
Party ANP PPP MMA
Leader's seat Mardan-I Mardan-V Bannu-IV
Last election 8 seats 8 seats 48 seats
Seats won 32 17 10
Seat change 24 9 38
Popular vote 578,405 563,057 500,479
Percentage 16.94% 16.49% 14.66%
Swing 5.39% 7.15% 12.73%
Results of the Election by constituency
Chief Minister before election

Akram Khan Durrani
MMA

 Elected Chief Minister

Ameer Haider Khan Hoti
ANP

The elections resulted in a hung parliament with the Awami National Party (ANP) being the largest party. The ANP was able to form a coalition government with the Pakistan People's Party (PPP) after winning reserved seats for women and non-Muslims, and their candidate for the Chief Minister position, Haider Khan Hoti, was elected unopposed.

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