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- Took place: February 18, 2008
- Originally scheduled for January 8, 2008
- Delayed due to Benazir Bhutto's assassination
- Total electorate: 79.9 million voters
- Voter turnout: 35.6 million (44.5%)Adam Carr's Election Archive: 2008 Pakistani Legislative Election Results
- Total seats: 342
- Portion of seats reserved for women and minorities
- Seats available in election: 272
- Previous majority party: Pakistan Muslim League-Q
- Opposition coalition formed between Pakistan People's Party and Pakistan Muslim League-N
- Coalition won majority control of the parliament
- Holds a 158-seat lead over the Pakistan Muslim League-QAdam Carr's Election Archive: 2008 Pakistani Legislative Election Results
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Pakistan held legislative elections on February 18, 2008. They were originally scheduled for January 8, but were delayed after Benazir Bhutto was assassinated. President Pervez Musharraf's Pakistan Muslim League-Q was the previous majority power in the parliament. But an opposition coalition formed between Bhutto's Pakistan People's Party and Nawaz Sharif's Pakistan Muslim League-N. The opposition won a distinct majority over Musharraf's party.
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Election Results
- Pakistan People's Party
- Votes: 10.6 million (30.6%)
- Total seats won: 121
- Pakistan Muslim League-N
- Votes: 6.8 million (19.6%)
- Total seats won: 91
- Pakistan Muslim League-Q
- Pakistan People's Party
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<10% of Electorate
- Muttahida Quami Movement, Muttahida Majis-e-Amal Pakistan, Awami National Party, Pakistan Peoples Party (Sherpao Faction)
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Pakistan Election 2008 Questions
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