Provincial elections were held in the Pakistani province of Balochistan on 18 February 2008, alongside nationwide general elections and three other provincial elections in Sindh, North-West Frontier Province and Punjab.
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| Turnout | 33.29% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The Pakistan Muslim League (Q) (PML-Q) came first. Aslam Raisani, from the Pakistan Peoples Party Parliamentarians (PPPP), was elected unopposed as the Chief Minister.[1]
These elections were boycotted by the Pashtunkhwa Milli Awami Party (PMAP) in opposition to General Musharraf's rule.[2][3] The National Party (NP) also boycotted the elections for the same reason, but a faction ran as NP Parliamentarians, and won 1 seat.
Results
edit| Party | Votes | % | Seats | ||||||
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| General | Independents joined | Women | Non-Muslims | Total | +/− | ||||
| Pakistan Muslim League (Q) | 437,719 | 33.05 | 14 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 19 | −1 | |
| Pakistan Peoples Party Parliamentarians | 165,837 | 12.52 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 14 | +12 | |
| Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal | 193,876 | 14.64 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 9 | −9 | |
| Balochistan National Party (Awami) | 66,017 | 4.98 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | New | |
| Awami National Party | 64,196 | 4.85 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | +4 | |
| National Party Parliamentarians[a] | 10,524 | 0.80 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | +1 | |
| MJUF | 36,488 | 2.76 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | +1 | |
| Others | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A | |||
| Independents | 349,655 | 26.40 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | +9 | |
| Valid votes | 1,368,455[b] | 91.64 | |||||||
| Rejected votes | 43,545 | 2.92 | |||||||
| Total votes | 1,493,343 | 100.00 | |||||||
| Source: Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP),[4][5] Free and Fair Election Network (FAFEN),[6] Urdupoint[7] | |||||||||
- ^ The National Party Parliamentarians were a minor split off group from the National Party who opposed the party's boycott of the elections.
- ^ The votes by party use FAFEN numbers, while the number of overall votes uses ECP numbers. As both come to different totals, the number of votes for all parties does not add up to the total number of valid votes.
References
edit- ^ "Speaker announces Raisani elected CM unopposed". DAWN.COM. 2008-04-09. Retrieved 2024-05-13.
- ^ zahid.gishkori (2013-01-28). "Balochistan misstep: Five years on, political outfits wise up on poll participation". The Express Tribune. Retrieved 2024-05-13.
- ^ "Pakhtunkhwa Milli Awami Party". DAWN.COM. 2018-07-17. Retrieved 2024-05-13.
- ^ "General elections - 2008 Provincial assemblies turnout" (PDF). 28 May 2009.
- ^ "Provincial Assemblies - Party Position Including Reserved Seats" (PDF). 18 December 2012.
- ^ "Election Results".
- ^ "Balochistan Assembly General Election 2008 - Results & Party Position". UrduPoint. Retrieved 2024-05-13.