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2 seats from Islamabad in the National Assembly | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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.
Total no of 34 Candidates including 19 Independents contested for 2 National Assembly Seats from Islamabad. [1]
No. | Constituency | Candidates | |||||
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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 | |||
Party Wise
Party | Seats | Votes | |||
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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 |
No. | Constituency | Turnout | Elected Member | Party | Runner-up | Party | Win Margin (by votes) | Win Margin (by % votes) | ||
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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 | ||
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