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NA-188 Karachi Central

National Assembly · 1997 general election

District: Karachi Central

Hassan Musana Alvi (HPG) won with 105,323 votes, beating Muhammad Munawar Azeem Khan (PML-N) by 92,047.

About this result

Hassan Musana Alvi of Haq Parast Group (MQM) won NA-188 Karachi Central in the 1997 general election with 105,323 of the 123,025 votes counted (85.6%). Muhammad Munawar Azeem Khan of Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz) finished second, 92,047 votes behind. 10 candidates contested the seat. It was the largest winning margin among the 46 National Assembly seats in Sindh. In 1993, NA-188 Karachi Central was won by Muzaffar Ahmad Hashmi (PIF), so the seat changed hands.

CandidateVotes
Hassan Musana Alvi
Haq Parast Group (MQM)
105,32385.6%
Muhammad Munawar Azeem Khan
Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz)
13,27610.8%
Asmat Ullah Khan
Pakistan Peoples Party
1,8391.5%
Ashraf Jabbar Qureshi
Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf
1,4341.2%
Lal Den
Independent
5600.5%
Syed Iqbal Haidar
Majlis Wahdat-e-Muslimeen
2930.2%
Syed Hassan Raza
Independent
1060.1%
Muhammad Ashraf Zaib
NPP-W
840.1%
Arif Mughal
Pakistan Peoples Party (Shaheed Bhutto)
690.1%
Muhammad Nazim
PAKNP
410.0%

NA-188 in other elections

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Common questions

Who won NA-188 Karachi Central in 1997?

Hassan Musana Alvi (HPG) won with 105,323 votes (85.6%).

What was the margin of victory in NA-188 in 1997?

92,047 votes. Hassan Musana Alvi received 105,323 votes and Muhammad Munawar Azeem Khan (PML-N) received 13,276.

How many candidates contested NA-188 in 1997?

10 candidates, who received 123,025 votes between them.

Who won NA-188 Karachi Central in 1993?

Muzaffar Ahmad Hashmi (PIF) with 12,235 votes.