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NW-121 Hyderabad

National Assembly · 1970 general election

District: Hyderabad

Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto (PPP) won with 64,856 votes, beating Haji Naeem Ud Din Laghari (PML-C) by 35,289.

About this result

Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto of Pakistan Peoples Party won NW-121 Hyderabad in the 1970 general election with 64,856 of the 96,103 votes counted (67.5%). Haji Naeem Ud Din Laghari of Council Muslim League finished second, 35,289 votes behind. 4 candidates contested the seat. It was the 9th-largest winning margin among the 27 National Assembly seats in Sindh.

CandidateVotes
Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto
Pakistan Peoples Party
64,85667.5%
Haji Naeem Ud Din Laghari
Council Muslim League
29,56730.8%
Mir Banday Ali Khan
Independent
9441.0%
Major (R) Afzal Khan
SKMP
7360.8%

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Common questions

Who won NW-121 Hyderabad in 1970?

Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto (PPP) won with 64,856 votes (67.5%).

What was the margin of victory in NW-121 in 1970?

35,289 votes. Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto received 64,856 votes and Haji Naeem Ud Din Laghari (PML-C) received 29,567.

How many candidates contested NW-121 in 1970?

4 candidates, who received 96,103 votes between them.