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NA-144 Bahawalnagar

National Assembly · 1997 general election

District: Bahawalnagar

Doctor Noor Muhammad Ghaffari (PML-N) won with 70,015 votes, beating Syed Rashid Ahmad Shah (PML-J) by 35,950.

About this result

Doctor Noor Muhammad Ghaffari of Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz) won NA-144 Bahawalnagar in the 1997 general election with 70,015 of the 121,558 votes counted (57.6%). Syed Rashid Ahmad Shah of Pakistan Muslim League (Junejo) finished second, 35,950 votes behind. 5 candidates contested the seat. In 1993, NA-144 Bahawalnagar was won by Mian Abdul Sattar Lalika (PML-N), so Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz) kept the seat with a different candidate.

CandidateVotes
Doctor Noor Muhammad Ghaffari
Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz)
70,01557.6%
Syed Rashid Ahmad Shah
Pakistan Muslim League (Junejo)
34,06528.0%
Doctor Mian Akhtar Ali Lalika
JUI-S
14,79612.2%
Mian Akhtar Saeed Watto
Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf
1,6281.3%
Zafar Ahmad Chishti
Pakistan Peoples Party (Shaheed Bhutto)
1,0540.9%

NA-144 in other elections

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Common questions

Who won NA-144 Bahawalnagar in 1997?

Doctor Noor Muhammad Ghaffari (PML-N) won with 70,015 votes (57.6%).

What was the margin of victory in NA-144 in 1997?

35,950 votes. Doctor Noor Muhammad Ghaffari received 70,015 votes and Syed Rashid Ahmad Shah (PML-J) received 34,065.

How many candidates contested NA-144 in 1997?

5 candidates, who received 121,558 votes between them.

Who won NA-144 Bahawalnagar in 1993?

Mian Abdul Sattar Lalika (PML-N) with 80,541 votes.