Closest results, 1988
The 20 smallest winning margins in the National Assembly and in the provincial assemblies.
Summary
The closest National Assembly result in Pakistan's 1988 general election was NA-27 Tribal Area, where Qadar Gull (Independent) won by 6 votes. The closest provincial assembly result was PF-31 Kohat, decided by 5 votes. Across the National Assembly and provincial assemblies, 86 seats were won by fewer than 1,000 votes.
National Assembly
Seat and winnerWon by
1. NA-27 Tribal Area Qadar Gull (Independent) 6votes 2. NA-34 Tribal Area Malik Momin Khan (Independent) 50votes 3. NA-28 Tribal Area Akhundzada Muhammad Saeed Parachamkani (Independent) 80votes 4. NA-4 Peshawar Main Muzaffar Shah (PPP) 85votes 5. NA-33 Tribal Area Malik Waris Khan (Independent) 158votes 6. NA-30 Tribal Area Malik Haji Nadir Khan (Independent) 172votes 7. NA-89 Sialkot Alhaj Hamid Nawaz Khan (PPP) 174votes 8. NA-184 Karachi Syed Amir Haidar Kazmi (PPP) 203votes 9. NA-32 Tribal Area Bismillah Khan (Independent) 325votes 10. NA-134 Rajanpur Sardar Ashiq Muhammad Khan Mazari (PPP) 394votes 11. NA-16 Mansehra Haji Muhammad Ayub Khan (IJI) 404votes 12. NA-117 Multan Muhammad Siddique Khan Kanjoo (IJI) 417votes 13. NA-199 Loralai Mir Baz Muhammad Khan (PPP) 481votes 14. NA-22 Swat Hafiz Fazal Razik (IJI) 490votes 15. NA-31 Tribal AreaElection Haji Sakhi Jan (Independent) 500votes 16. NA-135 Muzaffargarh Doctor Zulfiqar Ali Burq (Independent) 622votes 17. NA-206 Lasbela Gawadar Ghulam Akbar Lasi (IJI) 667votes 18. NA-150 Rahimyar Khan Rais Shabbir Ahmad (IJI) 737votes 19. NA-146 Bahawalnagar Abdul Ghafoor Chaudhary (IJI) 876votes 20. NA-87 Sialkot Khurshid Alam (PPP) 939votes Provincial assemblies
Seat and winnerWon by
1. PF-31 Kohat Ghani ur Rahman (Independent) 5votes 2. PP-92 Gujrat Nawabzada Ghazanfar Ali Gul (PPP) 15votes 3. PF-32 Karak Sher Nawaz (Independent) 53votes 4. PP-13 Attock Qari Saeed ur Rahman (IJI) 61votes 5. PF-67 Swat Qaimoos Khan (Independent) 73votes 6. PB-14 Zhob Maulvi Muhammad Ishaq (JUI) 118votes 7. PP-29 Sargodha Mian Saif Ahmad Ranjha (PPP) 140votes 8. PP-64 Jhang Mehr Muhammad Nawaz Bharwana (Independent) 199votes 9. PF-50 Kohistan Aurangzeb (Independent) 241votes 10. PF-15 Charsada Ameer Khisro Khan (PPP) 243votes 11. PF-69 Swat Malak Hazrat Ali (PPP) 253votes 12. PF-75 Dir Muhammad Yaqoob Khan (IJI) 257votes 13. PB-29 Kalat Moulvi Ghulam Mustafa (JUI) 257votes 14. PP-56 Faisalabad Malik Muhammad Din (IJI) 287votes 15. PF-8 Peshawar Haji Abdur Raziq Khan (ANP) 390votes 16. PP-98 Gujrat Mian Waheeduddin (IJI) 398votes 17. PP-220 Bahawalpur Mian Shahabuddin Awaisi (IJI) 406votes 18. PP-116 Lahore Malik Muhammad Aslam Gurdaspuri (PPP) 446votes 19. PP-97 Gujrat Mian Tariq Mehmood (IJI) 457votes 20. PP-159 Okara Mian Manzoor Ahmad Khan Watto (IJI) 503votes Common questions
What was the closest result in the 1988 election?
NA-27 Tribal Area, won by 6 votes.