Historical Events on this Day in History …

0078 - Origin of Saka Era (India)
0468 - St Simplicius elected to succeed Catholic Pope Hilarius
0493 - Ostrogoten King Theodorik the Great beats Odoaker
1409 - Austrian civil war ends

Republicans are in a bind as they hope to extend their control of the White House beyond eight years. With an unpopular incumbent and an unpopular war — which cost the party control of Congress in 2006 — their task is to make the case that they represent change without alienating the base of the party that still supports Mr. Bush and the efforts in Iraq. A look at the Republican presidential candidates for 2008:

IN THIS SERIES

Ex-Gov. Mike Huckabee (AR)
January 25, 2008 · Once considered more a curiosity than a bona fide contender, former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee is now one of the four Republicans vying for front-runner status in the race for his party’s presidential nomination.
Sen. John McCain (AZ)
January 29, 2008 · Perhaps no other presidential candidate exemplifies the vicissitudes of the campaign trail better than Arizona Sen. John McCain. Written off by many by last fall, McCain clawed his way back up to front-runner status with key victories in the New Hampshire and South Carolina primaries.
Rep. Ron Paul (TX)
July 25, 2007 · Paul is an iconoclastic libertarian who left the Republican Party briefly in 1988 to become the Libertarian nominee for president. A strong anti-tax and anti-federal government crusader, he is the only Republican in the field who voted against the decision to go to war in Iraq.

Democrats go into 2008 with the feeling that this will be their year. One reason for optimism: the Democratic candidates have vastly outraised their Republican counterparts. And polls continue to show Democratic voters far more satisfied with their choices than are GOP voters. Still, a lot can happen between now and November 2008. A look at the Democratic presidential candidates in 2008:

IN THIS SERIES
Sen. Hillary Clinton (NY)
February 20, 2008 · For the longest time, New York Sen. Hillary Clinton enjoyed a comfortable lead in Democratic polls. But the air of “inevitability” that once surrounded Clinton’s candidacy has now evaporated.
Sen. Barack Obama (IL)
July 9, 2007 · With just two years in the Senate and few legislative accomplishments under his belt, Barack Obama’s strength is his speaking style and his ability to connect with his listeners.

NATIONAL DELEGATE TOTALS

Republican

Needed to nominate:	1191
Total delegate votes:	2380

Candidate	Plgd	RNC	Total*
McCain	896	102	998
Romney	255	1	256
Huckabee	249	5	254
Paul	14	0	14
Uncommitt.	0	24	24

Feb. 25, 2008 1:20 PM EST

*Includes pledged delegates (plgd) plus party officials (RNC).

Source: AP

NATIONAL DELEGATE TOTALS

Democratic

Needed to nominate:	2025
Total delegate votes:	4048

Candidate	Plgd	Supr	Total*
Obama	1181	181	1362
Clinton	1025	241	1266
Edwards	26	0	26
Uncommitt.	0	64	64

Feb. 25, 2008 1:20 PM EST

*Includes pledged delegates (plgd) plus party / elected officials (supr).

Source: AP

Constituency,Area,            Winner,                       Party
NA-1        Peshawar-I        Haji Ghulam Ahmad Bilour      (ANP)

NA-2        Peshawar-2        Dr. Arbab Alamgir Khan Khalil      (PPPP)

NA-3        Peshawar-3        Noor Alam Khan      (PPPP)

NA-4        Peshawar-4        Arbab Muhammad Zahir Khan      (ANP)

NA-5        Nowshera-1        Mian Yahya Shah Kaka Khel      (PML Q)

NA-6        Nowshera-2        Masood Abbas      (ANP)

NA-7        Charsadda-1        Asfandiyar Wali Khan      (ANP)

NA-8        Charsadda-2        Aftab Ahmad Khan Sherpao         PPP(S)

NA-10        Mardan-2        Maulana Mohammad Qasim      (MMA)

NA-11        Mardan-3        Abdul Akbar Khan      (PPPP)

NA-12        Swabi-1        Engineer Usman Khan Tarkai      Independent

NA-13        Swabi-2        Perviz Khan Advocate      (ANP)

NA-14        Kohat        Pir Dilawar Shah      (ANP)

NA-15        Karak        Mufti Ajmal Khan      (MMA)

NA-16        Hangu        Syed Haider Ali Shah      (ANP)

NA-17        Abbottabad-1                 
NA-18        Abbottabad-2                 
NA-19        Haripur        Sardar Muhammad Mushtaq Khan      (PML N)

NA-20        Mansehra-1        Sardar Shah Jehan Yousif      (PML Q)

NA-21        Mansehra-2                 
NA-22        Batagram        Prince Nawaz Khan Alai      (PML Q)

NA-23        Kohistan                 
Na-24        D.I. Khan        Faisal Karim Kundi      (PPPP)

NA-25        D.I. Khan-cum- Tank                 
NA-26        Bannu        Maulna Fazal Ur Rehman      (MMA)

NA-27        Lakki Marwat        Hamayun Saifullah Khan      (PML Q)

NA-28        Bunair                 
NA-29        Swat-1        Muzafer ul Mulk      (ANP)

NA-30        Swat-2                 
NA-31        Shanglapar        Ameer Maqam      (PML Q)

NA-32        Chitral        Shehzada Mohi-ud-din      (PML Q)

NA-33        Upper Dir        Najmuddin Khan      (PPPP)

NA-34        Lower Dir        Malik Azmat Khan      (PPPP)

NA-35        Malakand        Lal Muhammad Khan      (PPPP)

NA-36        Not Provided        Bilal Rehman      Independent

NA-48        Islamabad-1        Anjum Aqeel Khan       (PML N)

NA-49        Islamabad-2        Dr.Ch.Tariq Fazal      (PML N)

NA-50        Rawalpindi-1                 
NA-51        Rawalpindi-2        Raja Pervaiz Ashraf      (PPPP)

NA-52        Rawalpindi-3                 
NA-53        Rawalpindi-4        Ch. Nisar Ali Khan      (PML N)

NA-54        Rawalpindi-5        Malik Abrar Ahmad      (PML N)

NA-55        Rawalpindi-6        Mukhdoom Muhammad Javaid Hashmi      (PML N)

NA-56        Rawalpindi-7        Muhammad Hanif Abbasi       (PML N)

NA-57        Attock-1        SHEIKH AFTAB AHMAD      (PML N)

NA-58        Attock-2                 
NA-59        Attock-3        SARDAR SALIM HAIDER      (PPPP)

NA-60        Chakwal-1        AYAZ AMIR      (PML N)

NA-61        Chakwal-2                 
NA-62        Jhelum-1        Raja Muhammad Safdar      (PML N)

NA-63        Jhelum-2        Raja Muhammad Asad Khan      (PML N)

NA-64        Sargodha-I        Muhammad Farooq Baha UL-Haq Shah      (PML N)

NA-65        Sargodha- II                 
NA-66        Sargodha – III        Tasneem Ahmed Qureshi      (PPPP)

NA-67        Sargodha-IV                 
NA-68        Sargodha-V        Syed Javed Hassnain Shah       (PML N)

NA-69        Khushab- I                 
NA-70        Khushab- II        Malik Shakir Bashir Awan      (PML N)

NA-71        Mianwali-I        Nawab Zada Malik Amad Khan      Independent

NA-72        Mianwali-II        Humair Hayat Rokhari      Independent

NA-73        Bhakkar- I                 
NA-74        Bhakkar- II                 
NA-37        Not Approved                 
NA-38        Not Approved        Munir Khan Orakzai      Independent

NA-39        Not Approved        Jawad Hussain      Independent

NA-40        Not Approved        Mohammad Kamran Khan      Independent

NA-41        Not Approved                 
NA-42        Not Approved                 
NA-44        Not Approved        Syed Akhonzada Chittan      Independent

NA-45        Not Approved        Noor Ul Haq Qadri      Independent

NA-47        Not Approved                 
NA-43        Not Approved        Shaukatullah Khan      Independent

NA-46        Not Approved                 
NA-75        Faisalabad-I                 
NA-76        Faisalabad- II                 
NA-77        Faisalabad- III        Muhammad Asim Nazir      (PML Q)

NA-78        Faisalabad-IV                 
NA-79        Faisalabad-V        Rana Muhammad Farooq Saeed Khan.      Independent

NA-80        Faisalabad-VI                 
NA-81        Faisalabad-VII                 
NA-82        Faisalabad-VIII                 
NA-83        Faisalabad-IX                 
NA-85        Faisalabad-XI        Haji Muhammad Akram Ansari.      (PML N)

NA-86        Jhang-I        Syed Anayat Ali Shah      (PPPP)

NA-87        Jhang-II        Ghulam Bibi Bharwana      (PML Q)

NA-88        Jhang-III        Makhdoom Faisal Saleh Hayat      (PML Q)

NA-89        Jhang-IV                 
NA-84        Faisalabad-X                 
NA-90        Not Approved        Saima Akhtar Bharwana      Independent

NA-91        Jhang-VI                 
NA-92        Toba Tek Singh- I        Farkhanda Amjad Warraich      (PML Q)

NA-93        Toba Tek Singh- II                 
NA-94        Toba Tek Singh- III                 
NA-95        Gujranwala-I        Usman Ibrahim      (PML N)

NA-98        Gujranwala-IV        Imtiaz Safdar Warraich      (PPPP)

NA-97        Gujranwala-III        Ch. Mehmood Bashir Virk      (PML N)

NA-99        Gujranwala-V        Rana Nazir Ahmad Khan      (PML N)

NA-100        Gujranwala-VI                 
NA-101        Gujranwala-VII        Justice ® Iftikhar Ahmad Cheema      (PML N)

NA-102        Hafizabad-I        Saira Afzal Tarar      (PML N)

NA-103        Hafizabad-II                 
NA-104        Gujrat-I        Ch Wajahat Hussain      (PML Q)

NA-105        Gujrat-II        Ch. Ahmed Mukhtar      (PPPP)

NA-107        Gujrat-IV                 
NA-108        M.B. Din-I        Muhammad Tariq Tarar      (PPPP)

NA-109        M.B. Din-II                 
NA-110        Sialkot-I        Khawaja Muhammad Asif      (PML N)

NA-111        Sialkot-II        Dr. Fardos Ashiq Awan.      (PPPP)

NA-112        Sialkot-III                 
NA-113        Sialkot-IV        Sahabzada Syed Murtaza Amin      (PML N)

NA-114        Sialkot-V        Zahid Hamid      (PML N)

NA-115        Norowal-I        Sumaira Naz      (PML N)

NA-116        Norowal-II        Ch.Muhammd Taqriq Anees      Independent

NA-117        Norowal-III        Ahsan Iqbal       (PML N)

NA-118        Lahore-I                 
NA-119        Lahore-II                 
NA-120        Lahore-III        Bilal Yaseen       (PML N)

NA-121        Lahore-VI        Mian Margoob Ahmad      (PML N)

NA-122        Lahore-V        Sardar Ayaz Sadiq      (PML N)

NA-124        Lahore-VII        Sheikh Rohale Asghar       (PML N)

NA-125        Lahore-VIII                 
NA-126        Lahore-IX                 
NA-127        Lahore-X        Chaudhry Nasir Ahmed Bhutta      (PML N)

NA-128        Lahore-XI        Malik Muhammad Afzal Khokhar      (PML N)

NA-129        Lahore-XII                 
NA-130        Lahore-XIII                 
NA-131        Sheikhupura-I        Rana Tanveer Hussain      (PML N)

NA-132        Sheikhupura-II                 
NA-133        Sheikhupura-III        Mian Javed Latif      (PML N)

NA-134        Sheikhupura-IV        Sardar Muhammad Irfan Dogar      (PML N)

NA-135        Sheikhupura-V                 
NA-136        Sheikhupura-VI                 
NA-137        Sheikhupura-VII        Saeed Ahmed Zafar       Independent

NA-138        Kasur-I                 
NA-139        Kasur-II                 
NA-140        Kasur-III                 
NA-141        Kasur-IV                 
NA-142        Kasur-V        Sardar Talib Hassan Nakai      (PML Q)

NA-143        Okara-I                 
NA-144        Okara-II        Sajjad Ul Hassan      Independent

NA-145        Okara-III                 
NA-146        Okara-IV        Mian Manzur Ahmad Khan Wattoo      Independent

NA-147        Okara-V                 
NA-148        Multan-I        Makhdoom Shah Mehmood Qureshi      (PPPP)

NA-149        Multan-II        Makhdoom Muhammad Javed Hashmi      (PML N)

NA-150        Multan-III        Rana Mehmood ul Hassan      (PML N)

NA-151        Multan-IV        Syed Yousaf Raza Gillani      (PPPP)

NA-152        Multan-V        Liaqat Ali Khan      (PPPP)

NA-153        Multan-VI        Dewan Syed Ashiq Hussain Bukhar      (PML Q)

NA-154        Multan-VII                 
NA-156        Khanewal-I                 
NA-157        Khanewal-II        Hamid Yar Hiraj      (PML Q)

NA-158        Khanewal-III        Pir Aslam Bodla      (PML Q)

NA-159        Khanewal-IV        Ch. Iftikhar Nazir      (PPPP)

NA-160        Sahiwal-I                 
NA-161        Sahiwal-II                 
NA-162        Sahiwal-III        Ch.Zahid Iqbal       (PPPP)

NA-164        Pakpatan-I                 
NA-165        Pakpatan-II        Syed Muhammad Salman Mohsin Gillani      (PML N)

NA-166        Pakpatan-III        Rana Zahid Hussain Khan      (PML N)

NA-167        Yehari-I                 
NA-168        Yehari-II        Aseem Daultana      (PPPP)

NA-169        Yehari-III                 
NA-171        D.G. Khan-I                 
NA-172        D.G. Khan-II                 
NA-173        D.G. Khan-III                 
NA-174        Rajanpur-I        Sardar Muhammad Jafar Khan Leghari      (PML Q)

NA-175        Rajanpur-II        Meer Doost Muhammad Mazari      (PPPP)

NA-176        Muzaffargarh-I                 
NA-177        Muzaffargarh-II                 
NA-178        Muzaffargarh-III                 
NA-179        Muzaffargarh-IV        Muhammad Moazam Ali Khan Jatoi      (PPPP)

NA-180        Muzaffargarh-V                 
NA-181        Layyah-I        Sardar Bahadar Ahmad Khan Seehar      (PML Q)

NA-182        Layyah-II        Syed Muhammad Saqlain Bukhari      (PML N)

NA-183        Bahawalpur-I        Hassan Askri Sheikh      (PML N)

NA-185        Bahawalpur-III        Muhammad Baleegh-ur-Rehman      (PML N)

NA-186        Bahawalpur-IV                 
NA-187        Bahawalpur-V        Ch. Saud Majeed      (PML N)

NA-188        Bahawalnagar-I                 
NA-189        Bahawalnagar-II        Sayed Mumtaz Alam Gillani      (PPPP)

NA-190        Bahawalnagar-III                 
NA-191        Bahawalnagar-IV                 
NA-192        Rahiimyar Khan-I        Syed Hamid Saeed Kazmi      (PPPP)

NA-193        Rahiimyar Khan-II                 
NA-194        Rahiimyar Khan-III                 
NA-195        Rahiimyar Khan-IV        Jahangir Khan Tareen      (PML F)

NA-196        Rahiimyar Khan-V        Javed Iqbal Warraich      (PPPP)

NA-197        Rahiimyar Khan-VI        Sardar Muhammad Arshad Khan Laghari      (PML N)

NA-198        Sukkur-I                 
NA-199        Sukkur-II                 
NA-200        Ghotki-I                 
NA-201        Ghotki-II                 
NA-203        Shikarpur-II        Ghous Bakhsh Khan Mahar      (PML Q)

NA-204        Larkana-I        Mr. Shahid Hussain Bhutto      (PPPP)

NA-205        Larkana-II                 
NA-206        Larkana-III                 
NA-212        NausheroFeroze-II                 
NA-213        Nawabshah-I                 
NA-214        Nawabshah-I                 
NA-221        Hyderabad-IV        Syed Ameer Shah Jamot      (PPPP)

NA-222        Hyderabad-V                 
NA-223        Hyderabad-VI                 
NA-225        Badin-II                 
NA-227        Mirpurkhas-II                 
NA-228        Sindh                 
NA-229        Tharparkar-I                 
NA-230        Tharparkar-II                 
NA-232        Dadu-II        Rafique Ahmed Jamali      (PPPP)

NA-233        Dadu-III        Talat Iqbal Mahessar      (PPPP)

NA-237        Thatta-I                 
NA-238        Thatta-II                 
NA-239        Karachi-I                 
NA-259        Quetta                 
NA-260        Quetta Chaaghi                 
NA-261        Pashin                 
NA-262        Qilla Abdullah                 
NA-263        Loralai                 
NA-265        Dera Bugti/Kohlu                 
NA-266        Nasirabad                 
NA-267        Bolan                 
NA-269        Khuzdar                 
NA-270        Lasbela/Awaran                 
NA-271        Kharan                 
NA-202        Shikarpur- I                 
NA-207        Larkana-IV                 
NA-208        Jacobabad- I                 
NA-209        Jacobabad- II                 
NA-9        Mardan-I        Nawabzada Khawaja Muhammad Khan      (ANP)

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DATE: 19-02-08