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PP-12 Attock

Punjab Assembly · 1997 general election

District: Attock

Major (R) Tahir (PML-N) won with 36,051 votes, beating Muhammad Shahwaiz Khan (Independent) by 20,904.

About this result

Major (R) Tahir of Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz) won PP-12 Attock in the 1997 general election with 36,051 of the 68,220 votes counted (52.8%). Muhammad Shahwaiz Khan, an independent candidate, finished second, 20,904 votes behind. 7 candidates contested the seat. In 1993, PP-12 Attock was won by Musarrat Sultan (PML-N), so Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz) kept the seat with a different candidate.

CandidateVotes
Major (R) Tahir
Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz)
36,05152.8%
Muhammad Shahwaiz Khan
Independent
15,14722.2%
Malik Hakmeen Khan
Pakistan Peoples Party
14,78521.7%
Syed Hassan Naveed Haider
Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf
1,2891.9%
Malik Muhammad Asghar Khan Advocate
Independent
4180.6%
Waqas Ijaz Saddiq
Independent
4070.6%
Muhammad Iftikhar Ahmad Khawaja
Jamiat Ulema-e-Pakistan (Noorani)
1230.2%

PP-12 in other elections

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Common questions

Who won PP-12 Attock in 1997?

Major (R) Tahir (PML-N) won with 36,051 votes (52.8%).

What was the margin of victory in PP-12 in 1997?

20,904 votes. Major (R) Tahir received 36,051 votes and Muhammad Shahwaiz Khan (Independent) received 15,147.

How many candidates contested PP-12 in 1997?

7 candidates, who received 68,220 votes between them.

Who won PP-12 Attock in 1993?

Musarrat Sultan (PML-N) with 37,085 votes.