General election-2008 results

Party NA PP PS PB PF

PPPP 87 78 65 7 17
PML(N) 66 10 10 0 5
PML(Q) 38 66 9 17 6
MQM 19 03 8 0 0
ANP 10 0 2 1 31
INDEPENDENT 27 35 1 10 18

TOTAL RESULTS 258 285 125 46 91

so Pakistans Peoples Party and PML-N gain lead in elections. The general elections have given clear lead to Pakistan Peoples Party in National Assembly while another opposition party Pakistan Muslim League-N has also attained obvious gains in the polls.President Pakistan Muslim League-Q Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain and his 22 former federal ministers have faced clean defeats in the elections.

Losers:

Several political stalwarts were defeated in elections including President Pakistan Muslim League-Q Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain, Speaker National Assembly Chaudhry Ameer Hussain, secretary general Pakistan Peoples Party Jahangir Badar, chief of PPP-Shaheed Bhutto Ghinwa Bhutto, Hamid Nasir Chattha, former chief minister of Sindh Aftab Shaban Meerani, MMA leader Maualana Fazl-ur-Rahman from Dera Ismail Khan, Maulana Abdul Ghafoor Hyderi, Fakhar Imam, Begum Abida Hussain and Sughra Imam. The other prominent politicians that have suffered setback in the elections included Rao Sikandar Iqbal, Naurez Shakoor, Ejaz-ul-Haq, Shaikh Rashid, Liaquat Ali Jatoi, Ovais Leghari, Ishaq Khakwani, Sikandar Hayat Bosan, Ghulam Sarwar Khan, Khalid Ahmed Lund, Khurshid Mehmud Kasuri, Humayun Akhtar Khan, Chaudhry Shahbaz Hussain, Dr. Sher Afgan, Wasi Zafar and Yar Muhammad Rind.

According to unofficial results of 256 National Assembly seats Pakistan Peoples Party has won 86 seats, while Muslim League-N remain victorious at 65 seats and former ruling party PML-Q trailing far behind with 37 seats. Awami National Party (ANP) and Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) have won 19 seats each, while other political groups and independents won 27 seats.

Winners:

The political leaders that have returned back successfully included Asfandyar Wali, Aftab Ahmed Sherpao, Makhdoom Javed Hashmi, Jam Muhammad Yousuf, Manzoor Wattoo, Shah Mehmood Qureshi, Yousuf Raza Geelani, Makhdoom Amin Fahim, Sardar Asif Ahmed Ali, Chaudhry Perwaiz Elahi, Khwaja Saad Rafique, Faisal Saleh Hayat, Dr. Farooque Sattar, Raja Pervez Ashraf, Shahid Khaqan Abbasi, Lt. Gen. (Rtd) Abdul Qadir Baloch and former chief minister of Sindh Sardar Ali Muhammad Mahar.

The vote turnout remained at 45.6 percent at 181 constituencies of the National Assembly, the election commission sources said.