2008 Pakistani presidential election

Pakistani Presidential Election, 2008
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669 votes in the Electoral College
335 votes needed to win
 
Candidate Asif Ali Zardari Saeeduzzaman Siddiqui Mushahid Hussain
Party PPP PML(N) PML(Q)
Home state Sindh Sindh Punjab
Electoral vote 409 216 44
Percentage 61.14% 32.29% 6.58%
President before election

Muhammad Mian Soomro (acting)
PML(Q)

Elected President

Asif Ali Zardari
PPP

An indirect presidential election was held on 6 September 2008 in Pakistan.[1] The Electoral College of Pakistan – a joint sitting of the Senate, National Assembly and Provincial Assemblies – elected a new president after the resignation of President Pervez Musharraf.[2] As required by the constitution, Muhammad Mian Soomro (in his position as Chairman of the Senate of Pakistan) automatically became acting president on 18 August 2008, upon the resignation of Musharraf.[3] The constitution required that a new president be elected by Parliament within 30 days; Soomro was considered loyal to Musharraf, and it was considered certain that he would be replaced in that election.[4]

  1. ^ "Date set for Pakistan election | The Australian". Theaustralian.news.com.au. 22 August 2008. Archived from the original on 24 August 2008. Retrieved 26 September 2008.
  2. ^ "Musharraf Quits as President to Avoid Impeachment (Update2)". Bloomberg. 14 July 2008. Retrieved 18 August 2008.
  3. ^ "Soomro takes over as acting Pak President"[permanent dead link‍], Press Trust of India, 18 August 2008.
  4. ^ Stephen Graham, "Musharraf's exit poses challenge for Pakistan", AFP, 18 August 2008. Archived 19 August 2008 at the Wayback Machine