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NW-122 Tharparkar

National Assembly · 1970 general election

District: Tharparkar

Mir Ali Bakhsh Khan (PPP) won with 69,427 votes, beating Ghulam Muhammad Khan Wassan (PML-C) by 1,857.

About this result

Mir Ali Bakhsh Khan of Pakistan Peoples Party won NW-122 Tharparkar in the 1970 general election with 69,427 of the 158,037 votes counted (43.9%). Ghulam Muhammad Khan Wassan of Council Muslim League finished second, 1,857 votes behind. 6 candidates contested the seat. It was the 4th-closest result among the 27 National Assembly seats in Sindh.

CandidateVotes
Mir Ali Bakhsh Khan
Pakistan Peoples Party
69,42743.9%
Ghulam Muhammad Khan Wassan
Council Muslim League
67,57042.8%
Chaudhary Bashir Ahmad
Jamaat-e-Islami
12,1327.7%
Syed Ghous Muhammad
MJUP
4,2772.7%
Nawab Muhammad Hussain Talpur
Independent
2,8341.8%
Mehboob Ali Khan
Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam
1,7971.1%

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Common questions

Who won NW-122 Tharparkar in 1970?

Mir Ali Bakhsh Khan (PPP) won with 69,427 votes (43.9%).

What was the margin of victory in NW-122 in 1970?

1,857 votes. Mir Ali Bakhsh Khan received 69,427 votes and Ghulam Muhammad Khan Wassan (PML-C) received 67,570.

How many candidates contested NW-122 in 1970?

6 candidates, who received 158,037 votes between them.