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NA-35 Islamabad

National Assembly · 1997 general election

District: Islamabad

Syed Zafar Ali Shah (PML-N) won with 64,500 votes, beating Syed Nayyar Hussain Bukhari (PPP) by 34,653.

About this result

Syed Zafar Ali Shah of Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz) won NA-35 Islamabad in the 1997 general election with 64,500 of the 101,199 votes counted (63.7%). Syed Nayyar Hussain Bukhari of Pakistan Peoples Party finished second, 34,653 votes behind. 5 candidates contested the seat. In 1993, NA-35 Islamabad was won by Haji Muhammad Nawaz Khokhar (PML-N), so Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz) kept the seat with a different candidate.

CandidateVotes
Syed Zafar Ali Shah
Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz)
64,50063.7%
Syed Nayyar Hussain Bukhari
Pakistan Peoples Party
29,84729.5%
Imran Khan
Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz)
5,8685.8%
Wasal Ahmad Shahid
Haq Parast Group (MQM)
5770.6%
Nadeem Mukhtar Chaudhary
Independent
4070.4%

NA-35 in other elections

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Common questions

Who won NA-35 Islamabad in 1997?

Syed Zafar Ali Shah (PML-N) won with 64,500 votes (63.7%).

What was the margin of victory in NA-35 in 1997?

34,653 votes. Syed Zafar Ali Shah received 64,500 votes and Syed Nayyar Hussain Bukhari (PPP) received 29,847.

How many candidates contested NA-35 in 1997?

5 candidates, who received 101,199 votes between them.

Who won NA-35 Islamabad in 1993?

Haji Muhammad Nawaz Khokhar (PML-N) with 59,308 votes.