2008 Punjab provincial election

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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.^[1]

2008 Punjab provincial election

← 2002 18 February 2008 2013 →
297 out of 371 seats in the Punjab Assembly[a] 186 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	47.73[2]
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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