ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF PAKISTAN LEGISLATIVE ELECTION OF 18 FEBRUARY 2008 ========================================================================= Elections to the Majlis-i-Shura (National Assembly) Source: Election Commission of Pakistan, media websites Parties ------------------------------------------------------------------------- * ANP - Awami National Party (People’s National Party) * MMA - Mutthida Majlis-e-Amal (United Council of Action) * MQM - Muttahida Qaumi Movement (United National Movement) * PML(N) - Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz) * PML(Q) - Pakistan Muslim League (Quaid-e-Azam) * PPP – Pakistan People’s Party * PPP(S) - Pakistan Peoples Party (Sherpao) * The “N” in PML(N) stands for opposition leader Nawaz Sharif. * The “Q” in PML(Q) stands for Quaid-e-Azam (Great Leader), a reference to Mohammad Ali Jinnah, leader of the original PML. This is the party of President Pervez Musharraf. The PPP(S) is a breakaway from the PPP led by Aftab Sherpao. VOTING BY CONSTITUENCY ========================================================================= Constituencies are given in the order used in Pakistan, which is roughly from north to south by province. Candidates polling less than 5% are aggregated as “others” unless they belong to one of the major parties. Candidates are given in the order used by the ECP. FEDERAL CAPITAL TERRITORY ========================================================================= NA-48 (ISLAMABAD-I) ========================================================================= Registered voters: 239,924 Votes cast: 104,902 Invalid votes: 489 Valid votes: 104,413 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dr Abid Rauf Orakzai + MMA 278 00.3 Hamid Ali Wahla MQM 370 00.4 Rizwan Sadiq Khan PML(Q) 10,483 10.0 Dr Syed Israr Hussain PPP 26,485 25.4 ANJUM AQEEL KHAN PML(N) 61,480 58.9 Faisal Imran Khan Niazi ANP 62 00.1 17 others 5,255 05.0 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 104,413 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- NA-49 (ISLAMABAD-II) ========================================================================= Registered voters: 242,877 Votes cast: 136,573 56.2 Invalid votes: 982 00.7 Valid votes: 135,591 99.3 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Malik Tabarak Hussain 8,294 06.1 Mustafa Nawaz Khokhar PML(Q) 34,546 25.5 Raja Ishtiaq Ahmed MMA 979 00.7 DR TARIQ FAZAL PML(N) 45,482 33.5 Syed Nayyer Hussain Bukhari * PPP 44,726 33.0 6 others 1,564 01.2 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 135,591 -------------------------------------------------------------------------