NW-118 Hyderabad

National Assembly · 1970 general election

Moulana Syed Muhammad Ali Rizvi (MJUP) won with 34,941 votes, beating Moulana Wasi Mazhar Nadvi (JI) by 2,173.

About this result

Moulana Syed Muhammad Ali Rizvi of MJUP won NW-118 Hyderabad in the 1970 general election with 34,941 of the 103,221 votes counted (33.9%). Moulana Wasi Mazhar Nadvi of Jamaat-e-Islami finished second, 2,173 votes behind. 7 candidates contested the seat. It was the 5th-closest result among the 27 National Assembly seats in Sindh.

CandidateVotes

Moulana Syed Muhammad Ali Rizvi

MJUP

34,94133.9%

Moulana Wasi Mazhar Nadvi

Jamaat-e-Islami

32,76831.7%

Syed Badi Ul Hassan Zaidi

Pakistan Peoples Party

18,08717.5%

Altaf Hussain

Independent

11,67611.3%

Syed Abid Ali

SKMM

2,1462.1%

Begum Tahira Agha

Council Muslim League

2,0282.0%

Haji Karamullah Khan

Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam

1,5751.5%

Only West Pakistan results are included. The Awami League won 160 of the 162 East Pakistan seats (now Bangladesh), which are not covered here.

NW-118 in other elections

Boundaries change between elections, so this number may cover a different area.

Common questions

Who won NW-118 Hyderabad in 1970?

Moulana Syed Muhammad Ali Rizvi (MJUP) won with 34,941 votes (33.9%).

What was the margin of victory in NW-118 in 1970?

2,173 votes. Moulana Syed Muhammad Ali Rizvi received 34,941 votes and Moulana Wasi Mazhar Nadvi (JI) received 32,768.

How many candidates contested NW-118 in 1970?

7 candidates, who received 103,221 votes between them.