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NA-142 Bahawalpur

National Assembly · 1997 general election

District: Bahawalpur

Shahzada Farooq Anwar Abbasi (PML-N) won with 76,518 votes, beating Chaudhary Mumtaz Ahmad Jajja (PML-J) by 45,907.

About this result

Shahzada Farooq Anwar Abbasi of Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz) won NA-142 Bahawalpur in the 1997 general election with 76,518 of the 115,779 votes counted (66.1%). Chaudhary Mumtaz Ahmad Jajja of Pakistan Muslim League (Junejo) finished second, 45,907 votes behind. 8 candidates contested the seat. In 1993, NA-142 Bahawalpur was won by Sahabzada Farooq Anwar Abbasi (PML-N), so Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz) kept the seat with a different candidate.

CandidateVotes
Shahzada Farooq Anwar Abbasi
Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz)
76,51866.1%
Chaudhary Mumtaz Ahmad Jajja
Pakistan Muslim League (Junejo)
30,61126.4%
Raja Mukhtar Ali
Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf
2,3862.1%
Muhammad Javed Khan Daulatzai
Independent
2,0011.7%
Mian Ehsan Bari
Independent
1,4721.3%
Mian Muhammad Azahar
Independent
1,4651.3%
Naseem Ahmad Khan
Haq Parast Group (MQM)
9820.8%
Malik Muhammad Bilal
Independent
3440.3%

NA-142 in other elections

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Common questions

Who won NA-142 Bahawalpur in 1997?

Shahzada Farooq Anwar Abbasi (PML-N) won with 76,518 votes (66.1%).

What was the margin of victory in NA-142 in 1997?

45,907 votes. Shahzada Farooq Anwar Abbasi received 76,518 votes and Chaudhary Mumtaz Ahmad Jajja (PML-J) received 30,611.

How many candidates contested NA-142 in 1997?

8 candidates, who received 115,779 votes between them.

Who won NA-142 Bahawalpur in 1993?

Sahabzada Farooq Anwar Abbasi (PML-N) with 69,280 votes.