The remaining two territories of Pakistan, AJK and Gilgit-Baltistan, were ineligible to vote due to their disputed status.

These were the last elections held under the provincial name "North-West Frontier Province", later changed to Khyber Pakhtunkhwa following the Eighteenth Amendment to the Constitution of Pakistan.

The ANP was able to form a coalition government with the Pakistan People's Party (PPP) after winning reserved seats for women and non-Muslims, and their candidate for the Chief Minister position, Haider Khan Hoti, was elected unopposed.

The ANP's Haider Khan Hoti was elected unopposed as the Chief Minister of the North-West Frontier Province, due to no other party fielding a candidate for the chief ministerial election.

Moreover, on 5 May 2008, former Chief Minister Akram Khan Durrani of Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal (MMA) became the Leader of the Opposition.