2008 Pakistani general election in Islamabad

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2008 Pakistani general election in Islamabad
Proposed Flag of Islamabad Capital Territory.svg
  2002 18 February 2008 2013  

2 seats from Islamabad in the National Assembly
Registered482,801
Turnout50.03 Decrease2.svg 1.25
 First partySecond partyThird party
  Nisar Ali Khan 1.jpeg Asif Ali Zardari with Obamas (cropped).jpg Pakistan delegation (cropped).jpg
Leader Nisar Ali Khan Asif Ali Zardari Shujaat Hussain
Party PML(N) PPP PML(Q)
Leader since200520072003
Last election000
Seats won200
Seat changeIncrease2.svg2Decrease2.svg1Steady2.svg
Popular vote106,96271,21145,029
Percentage44.29%29.48%18.64%
SwingIncrease2.svg33.75%Decrease2.svg9.49%Increase2.svg16.55%

 Fourth party
  Maulana Fazal-ur-Rehman.png
Leader Fazal-ur-Rehman
Party MMA
Leader since2002
Last election1
Seats won0
Seat changeDecrease2.svg1
Popular vote1,257
Percentage0.52%
SwingDecrease2.svg20%

2008 Pakistani general election in Islamabad result.png

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

Contents

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.ConstituencyCandidates
PPP PML-N PML-Q
1 NA-48 Israr HussainAnjum Aqeel KhanRizwan 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

PartySeatsVotes
ContestedWon#%
Pakistan Muslim League (N) 22106,96244.29
Pakistan Peoples Party 2071,21129.48
Pakistan Muslim League (Q) 2045,02918.64
Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal 201,2570.52
Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf Boycotted000
Others & Independents26015,5416.43
Rejected01,5310.63
Total342241,531100.0

Constituency wise

No.ConstituencyTurnoutElected MemberPartyRunner-upPartyWin Margin

(by votes)

Win Margin

(by % votes)

1 NA-48 43.75Anjum Aqeel Khan Pakistan Muslim League (N) Israr Hussain Pakistan Peoples Party 34,99533.34
2 NA-49 56.23 Tariq Fazal Chaudhry Pakistan Muslim League (N) Nayyar Hussain Bukhari Pakistan Peoples Party 7650.55

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References

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