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NA-168 Hyderabad

National Assembly · 1997 general election

District: Hyderabad

Tariq Javed (HPG) won with 51,226 votes, beating Sahibzada Shabbir Ansari (Independent) by 34,983.

About this result

Tariq Javed of Haq Parast Group (MQM) won NA-168 Hyderabad in the 1997 general election with 51,226 of the 73,845 votes counted (69.4%). Sahibzada Shabbir Ansari, an independent candidate, finished second, 34,983 votes behind. 10 candidates contested the seat. It was the 7th-largest winning margin among the 46 National Assembly seats in Sindh. In 1993, NA-168 Hyderabad was won by Sahibzada Shabbir Hassan Ansari (PML-N), so the seat changed hands.

CandidateVotes
Tariq Javed
Haq Parast Group (MQM)
51,22669.4%
Sahibzada Shabbir Ansari
Independent
16,24322.0%
Alhaj Muhammad Umar Qureishi
Pakistan Peoples Party
3,2234.4%
Muhammad Qasim Shaikh
Pakistan Peoples Party (Shaheed Bhutto)
1,2931.8%
Nasir Pirzada
Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf
6900.9%
Nawab Mirza Advocate
Independent
5200.7%
Riaz Qureishi
MQM-H
2580.3%
Sheikh Muhammad Yaqoob
MKP
2260.3%
Muhammad Ali Gohar
Pakistan Muslim League (Junejo)
920.1%
Moulana Taj Muhammad Nahiyoon
Independent
740.1%

NA-168 in other elections

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Common questions

Who won NA-168 Hyderabad in 1997?

Tariq Javed (HPG) won with 51,226 votes (69.4%).

What was the margin of victory in NA-168 in 1997?

34,983 votes. Tariq Javed received 51,226 votes and Sahibzada Shabbir Ansari (Independent) received 16,243.

How many candidates contested NA-168 in 1997?

10 candidates, who received 73,845 votes between them.

Who won NA-168 Hyderabad in 1993?

Sahibzada Shabbir Hassan Ansari (PML-N) with 18,562 votes.