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Provincial elections were held in the Pakistani provinceofPunjab 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]
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297 out of 371 seats in the Punjab Assembly[a] 186 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Turnout | 47.73[2] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 Elections map by constituency (expand to original file to see constituency labels) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Party | Votes | % | Seats | |||||
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| General | Women | Minority | Total | |||||
| Pakistan Muslim League (N) | 5,597,569 | 27.05 | 114 | 30 | 4 | 148 | ||
| Pakistan Peoples Party | 5,565,743 | 26.89 | 82 | 19 | 2 | 103 | ||
| Pakistan Muslim League (Q) | 5,837,922 | 28.21 | 61 | 16 | 2 | 79 | ||
| Pakistan Muslim League (F) | 182,753 | 0.88 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal | 160,715 | 0.78 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Other parties | 86,679 | 0.42 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Independents | 3,264,061 | 15.77 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 34 | ||
| Total | 20,695,442 | 100.00 | 297 | 66 | 8 | 371 | ||
| Registered voters/turnout | 43,780,458 | – | ||||||
In the 2008 elections, the PML (N) and the PPP formed a coalition government, with PML (N) as the senior party and Shehbaz SharifasChief Minister of Punjab. However, in 2011, the PPP was expelled from this coalition due to corruption in the Federal Government, (which was led by the PPP at the time).[3]
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