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NA-174 Tharparkar

National Assembly · 1997 general election

District: Tharparkar

Pir Aftab Hussain Shah Gillani (PPP) won with 34,477 votes, beating Syed Qurban Ali Shah (PML-N) by 5,059.

About this result

Pir Aftab Hussain Shah Gillani of Pakistan Peoples Party won NA-174 Tharparkar in the 1997 general election with 34,477 of the 95,404 votes counted (36.1%). Syed Qurban Ali Shah of Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz) finished second, 5,059 votes behind. 11 candidates contested the seat. It was the 6th-closest result among the 46 National Assembly seats in Sindh. In 1993, NA-174 Tharparkar was won by Pir Aftab Hussain Shah Gillani (PPP), so Pir Aftab Hussain Shah Gillani held the seat.

CandidateVotes
Pir Aftab Hussain Shah Gillani
Pakistan Peoples Party
34,47736.1%
Syed Qurban Ali Shah
Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz)
29,41830.8%
Shabbir Ahmad Qaimkhani
Haq Parast Group (MQM)
28,48229.9%
Abdul Sattar Qureishi
Independent
1,2161.3%
Zahid Ali Qaimkhani
MQM-H
6180.6%
Muhammad Ayub Khan
Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf
3500.4%
Shams Uddin Shaikh Advocate
Independent
2950.3%
Dost Muhammad
Independent
2320.2%
Ali Hassan
Independent
1470.2%
Peer Shafqat Hussain Shah
Independent
1220.1%
Abid Hussain Rajpoot
Independent
470.0%

NA-174 in other elections

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Common questions

Who won NA-174 Tharparkar in 1997?

Pir Aftab Hussain Shah Gillani (PPP) won with 34,477 votes (36.1%).

What was the margin of victory in NA-174 in 1997?

5,059 votes. Pir Aftab Hussain Shah Gillani received 34,477 votes and Syed Qurban Ali Shah (PML-N) received 29,418.

How many candidates contested NA-174 in 1997?

11 candidates, who received 95,404 votes between them.

Who won NA-174 Tharparkar in 1993?

Pir Aftab Hussain Shah Gillani (PPP) with 42,059 votes.