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PP-199 Dera Ghazi Khan

Punjab Assembly · 1997 general election

District: Dera Ghazi Khan

Sardar Zahoor Ahmad Khan Qasirani (Independent) won with 18,739 votes, beating Khawaja Muhammad Dawood Salmani (Independent) by 4,477.

About this result

Sardar Zahoor Ahmad Khan Qasirani, an independent candidate, won PP-199 Dera Ghazi Khan in the 1997 general election with 18,739 of the 47,213 votes counted (39.7%). Khawaja Muhammad Dawood Salmani, an independent candidate, finished second, 4,477 votes behind. 8 candidates contested the seat. In 1993, PP-199 Dera Ghazi Khan was won by Khawaja Muhammad Dawood Sulemani (PPP), so the seat changed hands.

CandidateVotes
Sardar Zahoor Ahmad Khan Qasirani
Independent
18,73939.7%
Khawaja Muhammad Dawood Salmani
Independent
14,26230.2%
Khawaja Maqsood Ahmad
Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz)
12,32426.1%
Syed Safdar Abbas Advocate
Pakistan Peoples Party
5641.2%
Sardar Mir Badshah Khan Qaisrani
Independent
4741.0%
Khawaja Muhammad Sohail Salmani
Independent
3870.8%
Makhdoom Ghulam Abbas
Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf
2580.5%
Sahibzada Muhammad Umar Farooq Tanusvi
Independent
2050.4%

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Common questions

Who won PP-199 Dera Ghazi Khan in 1997?

Sardar Zahoor Ahmad Khan Qasirani (Independent) won with 18,739 votes (39.7%).

What was the margin of victory in PP-199 in 1997?

4,477 votes. Sardar Zahoor Ahmad Khan Qasirani received 18,739 votes and Khawaja Muhammad Dawood Salmani (Independent) received 14,262.

How many candidates contested PP-199 in 1997?

8 candidates, who received 47,213 votes between them.

Who won PP-199 Dera Ghazi Khan in 1993?

Khawaja Muhammad Dawood Sulemani (PPP) with 26,511 votes.