2008 Sindh provincial election

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2008 Sindh provincial election
Flag of Sindh.svg
  2002 18 February 2008 2013  

All 168 seats in the Sindh Assembly
85 seats needed for a majority
Turnout44.57
 First partySecond partyThird party
  Syed Qaim Ali Shah (cropped).jpg Flag of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement.svg Flag of the Pakistan Muslim League.svg
Leader Syed Qaim Ali Shah Sardar Ahmad [1] Arbab Ghulam Rahim
Party PPP MQM PML-Q
Leader's seat Khairpur-I Karachi-XXVIII Tharparkar-I
Last election67 seats40 seats18 seats
Seats won925113
Seat changeIncrease2.svg 25Increase2.svg 11Decrease2.svg 5
Popular vote3,597,2752,592,5051,098,754
Percentage42.26%30.46%12.91%
SwingIncrease2.svg 7.22%Increase2.svg 15.58%Increase2.svg 3.91%

Sindh Assembly Election 2008 Map.png
Map of Sindh showing Assembly Constituencies and winning Parties

Chief Minister before election

Arbab Ghulam Rahim
PML(Q)

Elected Chief Minister

Syed Qaim Ali Shah
PPP

Provincial elections were held in the Pakistani province of Sindh to elect the members of the 11th Provincial Assembly of Sindh on 18 February 2008, alongside nationwide general elections and three other provincial elections in North-West Frontier Province, Balochistan and Punjab. The remaining two territories of Pakistan, AJK and Gilgit-Baltistan, were ineligible to vote due to their disputed status. [2] [3]

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Result

925113822
PPPMQMPML(Q)PML(F)NPPANP

Result by Party

PartyPopular voteSeats
GeneralReservedTotal+/−
Votes%±pp ContestedWonWomenNon-Muslims
Pakistan People's Party 3,597,27542.26Increase2.svg7.221307116592Increase2.svg25
Muttahida Qaumi Movement 2,592,50530.46Increase2.svg15.58122399351Increase2.svg11
Pakistan Muslim League (Q) 1,098,75412.91Increase2.svg3.9159102113Decrease2.svg5
Pakistan Muslim League (F) 533,3856.27Decrease2.svg1.1722628Decrease2.svg4
National Peoples Party 174,8482.05New.png922Increase2.svg2
Awami National Party 69,1380.81New.png1522Increase2.svg2
Independents & Others446,4525.24Steady2.svg
Total8,511,144100%130299168
Valid votes8,511,14497.90
Invalid votes182,2082.10
Votes cast/ turnout8,693,35244.57
Abstentions10,813,12155.43
Registered voters19,506,473
(FAFEN) [4]

District-wise results

District Total seats PPP MQM PML(Q) PML(F) NPP ANP
Sukkur 4400000
Ghotki 4300100
Shikarpur 4201010
Jacobabad 3300000
Kashmore 3102000
Naushahro Feroz 5400010
Nawabshah 5500000
Khairpur 6400200
Larkana 4400000
Qambar Shahdadkot 4400000
Matiari 2200000
Hyderabad 6240000
Tando Allahyar 2200000
Tando Muhammad Khan 2200000
Badin 5500000
Tharparkar 4004000
Mirpur Khas 4310000
Umerkot 3300000
Jamshoro 3300000
Dadu 4400000
Sanghar 6201300
Thatta 5302000
Karachi 426340002
Total130713910622


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