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NW-49 Lyallpur

National Assembly · 1970 general election

District: Faisalabad

Mukhtar Rana (PPP) won with 83,927 votes, beating Zahid Sarfraz (PML-C) by 64,247.

About this result

Mukhtar Rana of Pakistan Peoples Party won NW-49 Lyallpur in the 1970 general election with 83,927 of the 130,012 votes counted (64.6%). Zahid Sarfraz of Council Muslim League finished second, 64,247 votes behind. 7 candidates contested the seat. It was the 7th-largest winning margin among the 79 National Assembly seats in Punjab.

CandidateVotes
Mukhtar Rana
Pakistan Peoples Party
83,92764.6%
Zahid Sarfraz
Council Muslim League
19,68015.1%
Molvi Zia Ul Qasmi
Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam
8,1926.3%
Noor Muhammad
MJUP
8,0496.2%
Mufti Syed Salah Uddin
JIM
7,7355.9%
Anwar Ali Khan
Independent
2,2811.8%
Ijaz Ahmad Chishti
Pakistan Democratic Party
1480.1%

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

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Common questions

Who won NW-49 Lyallpur in 1970?

Mukhtar Rana (PPP) won with 83,927 votes (64.6%).

What was the margin of victory in NW-49 in 1970?

64,247 votes. Mukhtar Rana received 83,927 votes and Zahid Sarfraz (PML-C) received 19,680.

How many candidates contested NW-49 in 1970?

7 candidates, who received 130,012 votes between them.