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PP-183 Sahiwal

Punjab Assembly · 1997 general election

District: Sahiwal

Malik Jalal Din Dhakku (PML-N) won with 30,545 votes, beating Chaudhary Riasat Ali Khan (Independent) by 23,915.

About this result

Malik Jalal Din Dhakku of Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz) won PP-183 Sahiwal in the 1997 general election with 30,545 of the 53,746 votes counted (56.8%). Chaudhary Riasat Ali Khan, an independent candidate, finished second, 23,915 votes behind. 8 candidates contested the seat. In 1993, PP-183 Sahiwal was won by Alhaj Syed Ghulam Murtaza Shah Sherazi (PPP), so the seat changed hands.

CandidateVotes
Malik Jalal Din Dhakku
Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz)
30,54556.8%
Chaudhary Riasat Ali Khan
Independent
6,63012.3%
Mehr Ahmad Saeed Kathia
Independent
5,77110.7%
Chaudhary Muhammad Sadiq
Pakistan Peoples Party
5,2589.8%
Ghulam Mahboob Subhani Khan
Independent
3,6496.8%
Syed Hassan Murtaza Sherazi Advocate
Independent
9611.8%
Saeed Rashid Chaudhary
Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf
7591.4%
Chaudhary Bashir Ahmad
Independent
1730.3%

PP-183 in other elections

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Common questions

Who won PP-183 Sahiwal in 1997?

Malik Jalal Din Dhakku (PML-N) won with 30,545 votes (56.8%).

What was the margin of victory in PP-183 in 1997?

23,915 votes. Malik Jalal Din Dhakku received 30,545 votes and Chaudhary Riasat Ali Khan (Independent) received 6,630.

How many candidates contested PP-183 in 1997?

8 candidates, who received 53,746 votes between them.

Who won PP-183 Sahiwal in 1993?

Alhaj Syed Ghulam Murtaza Shah Sherazi (PPP) with 35,693 votes.