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PP-43 Faisalabad

Punjab Assembly · 1997 general election

District: Faisalabad

Zahid Nazir (Independent) won with 15,459 votes, beating Chaudhary Muhammad Arshad (PPP) by 1,108.

About this result

Zahid Nazir, an independent candidate, won PP-43 Faisalabad in the 1997 general election with 15,459 of the 47,678 votes counted (32.4%). Chaudhary Muhammad Arshad of Pakistan Peoples Party finished second, 1,108 votes behind. 13 candidates contested the seat. It was the 6th-closest result among the 240 Punjab Assembly seats. In 1993, PP-43 Faisalabad was won by Doctor Muhammad Shafiq Chaudhary (PML-N), so the seat changed hands.

CandidateVotes
Zahid Nazir
Independent
15,45932.4%
Chaudhary Muhammad Arshad
Pakistan Peoples Party
14,35130.1%
Muhammad Mustansar Asad
Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz)
10,89022.8%
Muhammad Akram Afzal
Independent
2,9916.3%
Nisar Hussain Awan
WP
1,8753.9%
Chaudhary Muhammad Anwar
Independent
1,3132.8%
Muhammad Amin
Independent
2010.4%
Mian Muhammad Afzal
Independent
1630.3%
Rana Muhammad Zubair Ehsan
Independent
1300.3%
Master Ghulam Sarwar
Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf
1000.2%
Major (R) Hamidullah Awan
Independent
760.2%
Rana Muhammad Idrees Khan Retired
Independent
710.1%
Syed Muhammad Makhdoom Gillani
Independent
580.1%

PP-43 in other elections

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Common questions

Who won PP-43 Faisalabad in 1997?

Zahid Nazir (Independent) won with 15,459 votes (32.4%).

What was the margin of victory in PP-43 in 1997?

1,108 votes. Zahid Nazir received 15,459 votes and Chaudhary Muhammad Arshad (PPP) received 14,351.

How many candidates contested PP-43 in 1997?

13 candidates, who received 47,678 votes between them.

Who won PP-43 Faisalabad in 1993?

Doctor Muhammad Shafiq Chaudhary (PML-N) with 25,606 votes.