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PS-1 Ghotki

Sindh Assembly · 1997 general election

District: Ghotki

Haji Ahmad Yar Khan Shar (PML-N) won with 14,735 votes, beating Jam Mahtab Hussain Dahar (PPP) by 5,883.

About this result

Haji Ahmad Yar Khan Shar of Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz) won PS-1 Ghotki in the 1997 general election with 14,735 of the 40,537 votes counted (36.3%). Jam Mahtab Hussain Dahar of Pakistan Peoples Party finished second, 5,883 votes behind. 19 candidates contested the seat. In 1993, PS-1 Ghotki was won by Jam Mumtaz Hussain Dahar (PPP), so the seat changed hands.

CandidateVotes
Haji Ahmad Yar Khan Shar
Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz)
14,73536.3%
Jam Mahtab Hussain Dahar
Pakistan Peoples Party
8,85221.8%
Jam Munir Ahmed Khan Dhar
Independent
6,82516.8%
Pir Abdul Mannan
Pakistan Peoples Party (Shaheed Bhutto)
4,84612.0%
Muhammad Punhal
Independent
2,3805.9%
Molvi Ghulam Yaseen
Independent
7021.7%
Sher Muhammad
Independent
2840.7%
Hassan Ali Khan
Independent
2360.6%
Muhammad Nawaz Bhutto
Independent
2330.6%
Nazar Hussain
WP
2310.6%
Jam Shuhab Hussain
Independent
2050.5%
Pir Ijaz Hussain Shah
Independent
1930.5%
Syed Shafqat Ali Shah
Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf
1760.4%
Abdul Fatah Samejo
UNA
1730.4%
Shafiq Ahmad
Independent
1370.3%
Jam Maqbool Ahmad Dahar
Independent
1320.3%
Ghulam Ali Abbas
Independent
720.2%
Jam Abdul Ghaffar
Independent
640.2%
Mian Manzoor Ahmad
Independent
610.2%

PS-1 in other elections

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Common questions

Who won PS-1 Ghotki in 1997?

Haji Ahmad Yar Khan Shar (PML-N) won with 14,735 votes (36.3%).

What was the margin of victory in PS-1 in 1997?

5,883 votes. Haji Ahmad Yar Khan Shar received 14,735 votes and Jam Mahtab Hussain Dahar (PPP) received 8,852.

How many candidates contested PS-1 in 1997?

19 candidates, who received 40,537 votes between them.

Who won PS-1 Ghotki in 1993?

Jam Mumtaz Hussain Dahar (PPP) with 23,729 votes.