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NA-139 Layyah

National Assembly · 1997 general election

District: Layyah

Malik Ghulam Haidar Thind (PML-N) won with 63,098 votes, beating Malik Niaz Ahmad Jhakhar (PPP) by 25,165.

About this result

Malik Ghulam Haidar Thind of Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz) won NA-139 Layyah in the 1997 general election with 63,098 of the 103,334 votes counted (61.1%). Malik Niaz Ahmad Jhakhar of Pakistan Peoples Party finished second, 25,165 votes behind. 3 candidates contested the seat. In 1993, NA-139 Layyah was won by Malik Niaz Ahmad Jhakhar (PPP), so the seat changed hands.

CandidateVotes
Malik Ghulam Haidar Thind
Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz)
63,09861.1%
Malik Niaz Ahmad Jhakhar
Pakistan Peoples Party
37,93336.7%
Zafar Iqbal Mughal
Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf
2,3032.2%

NA-139 in other elections

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Common questions

Who won NA-139 Layyah in 1997?

Malik Ghulam Haidar Thind (PML-N) won with 63,098 votes (61.1%).

What was the margin of victory in NA-139 in 1997?

25,165 votes. Malik Ghulam Haidar Thind received 63,098 votes and Malik Niaz Ahmad Jhakhar (PPP) received 37,933.

How many candidates contested NA-139 in 1997?

3 candidates, who received 103,334 votes between them.

Who won NA-139 Layyah in 1993?

Malik Niaz Ahmad Jhakhar (PPP) with 64,650 votes.