PP-8 Rawalpindi
Punjab Assembly · 1997 general election
District: Rawalpindi
Raja Ishfaq Sarwar (PML-N) won with 22,468 votes, beating Sardar Muhammad Sajid Khan (Independent) by 11,257.
About this result
Raja Ishfaq Sarwar of Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz) won PP-8 Rawalpindi in the 1997 general election with 22,468 of the 41,740 votes counted (53.8%). Sardar Muhammad Sajid Khan, an independent candidate, finished second, 11,257 votes behind. 7 candidates contested the seat. In 1993, PP-8 Rawalpindi was won by Raja Ashfaq Sarwar (PML-N), so Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz) kept the seat with a different candidate.
PP-8 in other elections
Boundaries change between elections, so this number may cover a different area.
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- 2018 Javid Kausar (PTI)Rawalpindi
- 2013 Malik Taimoor Masood (PTI)Rawalpindi
- 2008 Mrs.Umar Farooq (PML-N)Rawalpindi
- 2002 Ghulam Sarwar Khan (Independent)Rawalpindi
- 1993 Raja Ashfaq Sarwar (PML-N)Rawalpindi
- 1990 Raja Ashfaq Sarwar Khan (IJI)Rawalpindi
- 1988 Raja Ashfaq Sarwar Khan (Independent)Rawalpindi
- 1985 Lt. Colonel (R) Naseer Ahmad (Non-party)Rawalpindi
- 1977 Muhammad Hanif Khan Abbasi (PPP)Rawalpindi
- 1970 Khaliq Hussain Mirza (PPP)Rawalpindi
Common questions
Who won PP-8 Rawalpindi in 1997?
Raja Ishfaq Sarwar (PML-N) won with 22,468 votes (53.8%).
What was the margin of victory in PP-8 in 1997?
11,257 votes. Raja Ishfaq Sarwar received 22,468 votes and Sardar Muhammad Sajid Khan (Independent) received 11,211.
How many candidates contested PP-8 in 1997?
7 candidates, who received 41,740 votes between them.
Who won PP-8 Rawalpindi in 1993?
Raja Ashfaq Sarwar (PML-N) with 26,983 votes.