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2008 Balochistan provincial election
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All 65 seats in the Provincial Assembly
38 seats needed for a majority
Turnout33.29%
  First party Second party Third party
 
Party PML(Q) PPP MMA
Last election 20 seats 2 seats 18 seats
Seats won 19 14 9
Seat change Decrease 1 Increase 12 Decrease 9
  Fourth party
 
Party BNP (A)
Last election Was not registered
Seats won 7
Seat change New
Results by constituency
Chief Minister before election

Jam Mohammad Yousaf
PML(Q)

Elected Chief Minister

Nawab Aslam Raisani
PPP

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.

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

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Party Votes % Seats
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]
  1. ^ The National Party Parliamentarians were a minor split off group from the National Party who opposed the party's boycott of the elections.
  2. ^ 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

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  1. ^ "Speaker announces Raisani elected CM unopposed". DAWN.COM. 2008-04-09. Retrieved 2024-05-13.
  2. ^ zahid.gishkori (2013-01-28). "Balochistan misstep: Five years on, political outfits wise up on poll participation". The Express Tribune. Retrieved 2024-05-13.
  3. ^ "Pakhtunkhwa Milli Awami Party". DAWN.COM. 2018-07-17. Retrieved 2024-05-13.
  4. ^ "General elections - 2008 Provincial assemblies turnout" (PDF). 28 May 2009.
  5. ^ "Provincial Assemblies - Party Position Including Reserved Seats" (PDF). 18 December 2012.
  6. ^ "Election Results".
  7. ^ "Balochistan Assembly General Election 2008 - Results & Party Position". UrduPoint. Retrieved 2024-05-13.
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