2008 North-West Frontier Province provincial election

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2008 North-West Frontier Province provincial election
  2002 18 February 2008 2013  

All 124 seats in the Provincial Assembly
63 seats needed for a majority
 First partySecond partyThird party
  Ameer Haider Khan Hoti (cropped).jpg Flag of Pakistan People's Party.svg Flag of MMA.svg
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 election8 seats8 seats48 seats
Seats won321710
Seat changeIncrease2.svg 24Increase2.svg 9Decrease2.svg 38
Popular vote578,405563,057500,479
Percentage16.94%16.49%14.66%
SwingIncrease2.svg 5.39%Increase2.svg 7.15%Decrease2.svg 12.73%

2008 NWFP provincial election results map.svg
Results of the Election by constituency

Chief Minister before election

Akram Khan Durrani
MMA

Elected Chief Minister

Ameer Haider Khan Hoti
ANP

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. [1]

Contents

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. [2] [3]

Results

PartyVotes%Seats
GeneralReserved for womenReserved for non-Muslims
Awami National Party 578,40516.943191
Pakistan Peoples Party 563,05716.491761
Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal 500,47914.661031
Pakistan Muslim League (Q) 440,51812.90510
Pakistan Muslim League (N) 277,5598.13520
Pakistan Peoples Party (S) 215,4746.31610
Other parties10,3730.30000
Independents828,31724.262200
Election postponed3
Total3,414,182100.0099223
Source: Free and Fair Election Network (FAFEN)

Aftermath

The Awami National Party (ANP) and the Pakistan People's Party (PPP) emerged as the two largest parties in the assembly and therefore, they jointly formed a coalition government in the province. The ANP's Haider Khan Hoti was elected unopposed as the Chief Minister of the North-West Frontier Province, due to no other party fielding a candidate for the chief ministerial election. Furthermore, Kiramat Ullah Khan of the PPP and Khush Dil Khan of the ANP were elected as the Speaker and Deputy Speaker, respectively Moreover, former Chief Minister Akram Khan Durrani of the Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal (MMA) became the Leader of the Opposition. [4]

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