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PB-40 Gawadar

Balochistan Assembly · 1997 general election

District: Gwadar

Mir Abdul Ghafoor Kalmati (BNP) won with 10,187 votes, beating Abid Raheem Suhrabi (BNM) by 4,381.

About this result

Mir Abdul Ghafoor Kalmati of Balochistan National Party (Mengal) won PB-40 Gawadar in the 1997 general election with 10,187 of the 21,933 votes counted (46.4%). Abid Raheem Suhrabi of BNM finished second, 4,381 votes behind. 5 candidates contested the seat. It was the 8th-largest winning margin among the 39 Balochistan Assembly seats. In 1993, PB-40 Gawadar was won by Sher Jan Baloch (PPP), so the seat changed hands.

CandidateVotes
Mir Abdul Ghafoor Kalmati
Balochistan National Party (Mengal)
10,18746.4%
Abid Raheem Suhrabi
BNM
5,80626.5%
Hussain Ashraf
Independent
3,64816.6%
Muhammad Naseem Baloch
Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz)
1,7367.9%
Nuzrat Kalamati
Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam
5562.5%

PB-40 in other elections

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Common questions

Who won PB-40 Gawadar in 1997?

Mir Abdul Ghafoor Kalmati (BNP) won with 10,187 votes (46.4%).

What was the margin of victory in PB-40 in 1997?

4,381 votes. Mir Abdul Ghafoor Kalmati received 10,187 votes and Abid Raheem Suhrabi (BNM) received 5,806.

How many candidates contested PB-40 in 1997?

5 candidates, who received 21,933 votes between them.

Who won PB-40 Gawadar in 1993?

Sher Jan Baloch (PPP) with 9,899 votes.