Country: | Islamabad |
Type: | parliamentary |
Previous Election: | 2002 Pakistani general election in Islamabad |
Previous Year: | 2002 |
Election Date: | 18 February 2008 |
Next Election: | 2013 Pakistani general election in Islamabad |
Next Year: | 2013 |
Seats For Election: | 2 seats from Islamabad in the National Assembly |
Turnout: | 50.03 1.25 |
Registered: | 482,801 |
Leader2: | Asif Ali Zardari |
Leader Since2: | 2007 |
Party2: | Pakistan Peoples Party |
Seats2: | 0 |
Seat Change2: | 1 |
Last Election2: | 0 |
Popular Vote2: | 71,211 |
Percentage2: | 29.48% |
Swing2: | 9.49% |
Leader3: | Shujaat Hussain |
Leader Since3: | 2003 |
Party3: | Pakistan Muslim League (Q) |
Seats3: | 0 |
Last Election3: | 0 |
Popular Vote3: | 45,029 |
Percentage3: | 18.64% |
Swing3: | 16.55% |
Leader1: | Nisar Ali Khan |
Party1: | Pakistan Muslim League (N) |
Leader Since1: | 2005 |
Seats1: | 2 |
Seat Change1: | 2 |
Last Election1: | 0 |
Popular Vote1: | 106,962 |
Percentage1: | 44.29% |
Swing1: | 33.75% |
Image4: | Maulana Fazal-ur-Rehman.png |
Leader4: | Fazal-ur-Rehman |
Party4: | Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal |
Leader Since4: | 2002 |
Seats4: | 0 |
Seat Change4: | 1 |
Last Election4: | 1 |
Popular Vote4: | 1,257 |
Percentage4: | 0.52% |
Swing4: | 20% |
General elections were held in Islamabad Capital Territory on Monday18 February 2008 to elect 2 member of National Assembly of Pakistan from Islamabad.
Pakistan Muslim League (N) won both seats from Islamabad with comfortable margin.
Total no of 34 Candidates including 19 Independents contested for 2 National Assembly Seats from Islamabad.[1]
No. | Constituency | Candidates | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
PPP | PML-N | PML-Q | |||||
1 | NA-48 | Israr Hussain | Anjum Aqeel Khan | Rizwan Sadiq Khan | |||
2 | NA-49 | Nayyar Hussain Bukhari | Tariq Fazal Chaudhry | Mustafa Nawaz Khokhar | |||
Party Wise
Party | Seats | Votes | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Contested | Won | % | ||||
Pakistan Muslim League (N) | 2 | 2 | 106,962 | 44.29 | ||
Pakistan Peoples Party | 2 | 0 | 71,211 | 29.48 | ||
Pakistan Muslim League (Q) | 2 | 0 | 45,029 | 18.64 | ||
Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal | 2 | 0 | 1,257 | 0.52 | ||
Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf | Boycotted | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Others & Independents | 26 | 0 | 15,541 | 6.43 | ||
Rejected | 0 | 1,531 | 0.63 | |||
Total | 34 | 2 | 241,531 | 100.0 |
No. | Constituency | Turnout | Elected Member | Party | Runner-up | Party | Win Margin(by votes) | Win Margin(by % votes) | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | NA-48 | 43.75 | Anjum Aqeel Khan | Pakistan Muslim League (N) | Israr Hussain | Pakistan Peoples Party | 34,995 | 33.34 | ||
2 | NA-49 | 56.23 | Tariq Fazal Chaudhry | Pakistan Muslim League (N) | Nayyar Hussain Bukhari | Pakistan Peoples Party | 765 | 0.55 | ||