2008 Punjab provincial election

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.

2008 Punjab provincial election

18 February 2008
297 out of 371 seats in the Punjab Assembly 186 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	47.73
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)

Results

Party		Votes	%	Seats
				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	–

Aftermath

In the 2008 elections, the PML (N) and the PPP formed a coalition government, with PML (N) as the senior party and Shehbaz Sharif as Chief 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).