2008 Pakistani general election in Islamabad

General elections were held in Islamabad Capital Territory on Monday 18 February 2008 to elect 2 member of National Assembly of Pakistan from Islamabad.

2008 Pakistani general election in Islamabad

18 February 2008
2 seats from Islamabad in the National Assembly
Registered	482,801
Turnout	50.03 1.25
First party Second party Third party   Leader Nisar Ali Khan Asif Ali Zardari Shujaat Hussain Party PML(N) PPP PML(Q) Leader since 2005 2007 2003 Last election 0 0 0 Seats won 2 0 0 Seat change 2 1 Popular vote 106,962 71,211 45,029 Percentage 44.29% 29.48% 18.64% Swing 33.75% 9.49% 16.55%   Fourth party   Leader Fazal-ur-Rehman Party MMA Leader since 2002 Last election 1 Seats won 0 Seat change 1 Popular vote 1,257 Percentage 0.52% Swing 20%

Pakistan Muslim League (N) won both seats from Islamabad with comfortable margin.

Candidates

Total no of 34 Candidates including 19 Independents contested for 2 National Assembly Seats from Islamabad.

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

Result

Vote Share of different parties in the election.

  PML-N (44.29%)

  PPP (29.48%)

  PML-Q (18.64%)

  MMA (0.52%)

  Others and Independents (6.43%)

Seat Share of different parties in the election.

  PML-N (100%)

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

Constituency wise

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