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PP-178 Khanewal

Punjab Assembly · 1997 general election

District: Khanewal

Haji Khizar Hayat Khan (PML-N) won with 31,923 votes, beating Pir Mushtaq Ahmad Shah (PPP) by 18,990.

About this result

Haji Khizar Hayat Khan of Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz) won PP-178 Khanewal in the 1997 general election with 31,923 of the 56,276 votes counted (56.7%). Pir Mushtaq Ahmad Shah of Pakistan Peoples Party finished second, 18,990 votes behind. 9 candidates contested the seat. In 1993, PP-178 Khanewal was won by Pir Arif Zaman Qureshi (PPP), so the seat changed hands.

CandidateVotes
Haji Khizar Hayat Khan
Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz)
31,92356.7%
Pir Mushtaq Ahmad Shah
Pakistan Peoples Party
12,93323.0%
Pir Arif Zaman Qurashi
Independent
6,01010.7%
Shahzad Khakwani
Independent
4,4848.0%
Syed Salim Shahzad Advocate
Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf
3020.5%
Abdul Ghaffar Raza
Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam
2310.4%
Abdul Waheed Mughal
Jamiat Ulema-e-Pakistan (Noorani)
1760.3%
Riaz Hameed
Independent
1260.2%
Nusrat Hussain Hiraj
Independent
910.2%

PP-178 in other elections

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Common questions

Who won PP-178 Khanewal in 1997?

Haji Khizar Hayat Khan (PML-N) won with 31,923 votes (56.7%).

What was the margin of victory in PP-178 in 1997?

18,990 votes. Haji Khizar Hayat Khan received 31,923 votes and Pir Mushtaq Ahmad Shah (PPP) received 12,933.

How many candidates contested PP-178 in 1997?

9 candidates, who received 56,276 votes between them.

Who won PP-178 Khanewal in 1993?

Pir Arif Zaman Qureshi (PPP) with 29,891 votes.