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PP-55 Lyallpur

Punjab Assembly · 1970 general election

District: Faisalabad

Mahr Muhammad Ali Vakil (PPP) won with 29,655 votes, beating Muhammad Aslam (MJUP) by 15,370.

About this result

Mahr Muhammad Ali Vakil of Pakistan Peoples Party won PP-55 Lyallpur in the 1970 general election with 29,655 of the 60,970 votes counted (48.6%). Muhammad Aslam of MJUP finished second, 15,370 votes behind. 6 candidates contested the seat.

CandidateVotes
Mahr Muhammad Ali Vakil
Pakistan Peoples Party
29,65548.6%
Muhammad Aslam
MJUP
14,28523.4%
Pir Muhammad Ghumman
Convention Muslim League
9,25215.2%
Ghulam Mustafa
Independent
3,0645.0%
Siraj Uddin
Council Muslim League
2,9804.9%
Abdul Haleem
Jamaat-e-Islami
1,7342.8%

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 PP-55 Lyallpur in 1970?

Mahr Muhammad Ali Vakil (PPP) won with 29,655 votes (48.6%).

What was the margin of victory in PP-55 in 1970?

15,370 votes. Mahr Muhammad Ali Vakil received 29,655 votes and Muhammad Aslam (MJUP) received 14,285.

How many candidates contested PP-55 in 1970?

6 candidates, who received 60,970 votes between them.