2008 Punjab provincial election

Provincial elections were held in the Pakistani province of Punjab to elect the 15th Provincial Assembly of the Punjab on 18 February 2008, alongside nationwide general elections and three other provincial elections in Sindh, Balochistan and North-West Frontier Province. The remaining two territories of Pakistan, AJK and Gilgit-Baltistan, were ineligible to vote due to their disputed status.

2008 Punjab provincial election
18 February 2008
297 out of 371 seats in the Punjab Assembly
186 seats needed for a majority
Turnout47.73
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Javed Hashmi Raja Riaz Ahmad Khan Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi
Party PML(N) PPP PML(Q)
Leader's seat Did not contest Faisalabad-XV Mandi Bahauddin-III
Bahawalnagar-VI (lost)
Last election 47 seats, 16.43% 79 seats, 22.48% 209 seats, 33.33%
Seats won 148 103 79
Seat change 101 24 130
Popular vote 5,597,569 5,565,743 5,837,922
Percentage 27.05% 26.89% 28.21%
Swing 10.62% 4.41% 5.12%
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)

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