Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p A general election was held in Pakistan on 18 February 2008, after being postponed from 8 January 2008. The original date was intended to elect members of the National Assembly of Pakistan, the lower house of the Majlis-e-Shoora (the nation's parliament). Pakistan's two main opposition parties, the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) and the Pakistan Muslim League (N) (PML (N)) won the majority of seats in the election. The PPP and PML(N) formed the new coalition government with Yosaf Raza Gillani as Prime Minister of Pakistan.On 3 November 2007, President and Chief of Army Staff Pervez Musharraf enacted a state of emergency. Elections were initially postponed indefinitely; however, it was later stated they would be held as planned. On 8 November 2007, Musharraf announced that the election would be held by 15 February 2008,. Later the election date was changed to occur on or before 9 January 2008. Even later, he suggested 8 January 2008 as the election date. Following the assassination of Benazir Bhutto, the Election Commission announced, after a meeting in Islamabad, that a 8 January vote was no longer possible and the election would take place on 18 February.Following the election, Musharraf acknowledged that the process had been free and fair. He conceded the defeat of the PML (Q) and pledged to work with the new Parliament. The voter turnout for the election was 35,170,435 people (44%). By-elections for 28 seats (23 provincial and 5 national) have been delayed numerous times, with most of them now held on 26 June 2008.. }
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- Pakistani_general_election,_2008 abstract "A general election was held in Pakistan on 18 February 2008, after being postponed from 8 January 2008. The original date was intended to elect members of the National Assembly of Pakistan, the lower house of the Majlis-e-Shoora (the nation's parliament). Pakistan's two main opposition parties, the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) and the Pakistan Muslim League (N) (PML (N)) won the majority of seats in the election. The PPP and PML(N) formed the new coalition government with Yosaf Raza Gillani as Prime Minister of Pakistan.On 3 November 2007, President and Chief of Army Staff Pervez Musharraf enacted a state of emergency. Elections were initially postponed indefinitely; however, it was later stated they would be held as planned. On 8 November 2007, Musharraf announced that the election would be held by 15 February 2008,. Later the election date was changed to occur on or before 9 January 2008. Even later, he suggested 8 January 2008 as the election date. Following the assassination of Benazir Bhutto, the Election Commission announced, after a meeting in Islamabad, that a 8 January vote was no longer possible and the election would take place on 18 February.Following the election, Musharraf acknowledged that the process had been free and fair. He conceded the defeat of the PML (Q) and pledged to work with the new Parliament. The voter turnout for the election was 35,170,435 people (44%). By-elections for 28 seats (23 provincial and 5 national) have been delayed numerous times, with most of them now held on 26 June 2008.".