Closest results, 1970
The 20 smallest winning margins in the National Assembly and in the provincial assemblies.
Summary
The closest National Assembly result in Pakistan's 1970 general election was NW-23 Tribal Area, where Abdul Malik (Independent) won by 31 votes. The closest provincial assembly result was PP-117 Multan, decided by 105 votes. Across the National Assembly and provincial assemblies, 19 seats were won by fewer than 1,000 votes.
National Assembly
Seat and winnerWon by
1. NW-23 Tribal Area Abdul Malik (Independent) 31votes 2. NW-131 Karachi Mehmood Azam Farooqi (JI) 48votes 3. NW-24 Tribal Area Major General (R) jamal Dar (Independent) 79votes 4. NW-18 Dir Sahibzada Saifullah (JI) 151votes 5. NW-20 Tribal Area Haji Saleh Khan (Independent) 194votes 6. NW-16 Swat Rahim Shah (PML-Qayyum) 280votes 7. NW-19 Tribal Area Akbar Khan Mohmand (Independent) 406votes 8. NW-34 Jhelum Malik Muhammad Sadiq (PPP) 502votes 9. NW-15 Chitral Dir Jafir Ali Shah (PML-Qayyum) 583votes 10. NW-22 Tribal Area Malik Jahangir Khan (Independent) 1,168votes 11. NW-25 Tribal Area Abdul Subhan Khan (Independent) 1,353votes 12. NW-109 Sukkur Sardar Moula Bux Somro (Independent) 1,410votes 13. NW-108 Jacobabad Mir Darya Khan Khoso (PPP) 1,731votes 14. NW-122 Tharparkar Mir Ali Bakhsh Khan (PPP) 1,857votes 15. NW-118 Hyderabad Moulana Syed Muhammad Ali Rizvi (MJUP) 2,173votes 16. NW-88 Dera Ghazi Khan Nazir Ahmad (JI) 2,672votes 17. NW-4 Peshawar Moulana Abdul Haq (JUI) 2,747votes 18. NW-63 Lahore Sahibzada Ahmad Raza Kasuri (PPP) 2,849votes 19. NW-33 Jhelum Muhammad Amir Khan (PPP) 3,213votes 20. NW-1 Peshawar Abdul Qayyum Khan (PML-Qayyum) 3,234votes Provincial assemblies
Seat and winnerWon by
1. PP-117 Multan Makhdoom Syed Faiz Mustafa Gillani (PML-Qayyum) 105votes 2. PS-56 Karachi Abdul Waheed Arshi (PPP) 105votes 3. PP-20 Gujrat Chaudhary Muhammad Anwar Samma (PPP) 190votes 4. PP-11 Campbellpur Munawar Khan (PPP) 248votes 5. PP-9 Campbellpur Taj Muhammad Khanzada (PML-C) 307votes 6. PS-51 Karachi Muhammad Ali Gabole (PPP) 512votes 7. PP-105 Sialkot Muhammad Akbar Minhas Advocate (PPP) 522votes 8. PF-19 Mardan Muhammad Akram Khan (NAP-W) 522votes 9. PS-14 Nawabshah Syed Nazar Shah (Independent) 935votes 10. PS-37 Tharparkar Abdul Kareem Palli (Independent) 948votes 11. PF-1 Swat Hayat Muhammad Khan Sherpao (PPP) 1,082votes 12. PS-54 Karachi Bostan Ali Hoti (PML-C) 1,102votes 13. PS-52 Karachi Haji Zahid Ali (MJUP) 1,148votes 14. PS-55 Karachi Haji Qasim Abbas Patel (PPP) 1,241votes 15. PP-142 Muzaffargarh Mian Mustafa Zafar Qureshi (PML-C) 1,368votes 16. PP-147 Muzaffargarh Makhdoomzada Syed Irshad Hussain Shah (PDP) 1,379votes 17. PP-164 Bahawalpur Ch. Shabbir Hussain Cheema (PPP) 1,588votes 18. PP-60 Lyallpur Rai Umar Hayat Khan (PML-C) 1,847votes 19. PP-38 Sargodha Malik Khaliq Dad Bandial (PML-C) 2,080votes 20. PF-18 Mardan Abdul Samad Khan (PPP) 2,156votes Common questions
What was the closest result in the 1970 election?
NW-23 Tribal Area, won by 31 votes.