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PS-77 Karachi West

Sindh Assembly · 1997 general election

District: Karachi West

Syed Shoaib Ahmad Bukhari (HPG) won with 26,565 votes, beating Muhammad Farooq Ilyas (PML-N) by 22,067.

About this result

Syed Shoaib Ahmad Bukhari of Haq Parast Group (MQM) won PS-77 Karachi West in the 1997 general election with 26,565 of the 35,340 votes counted (75.2%). Muhammad Farooq Ilyas of Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz) finished second, 22,067 votes behind. 10 candidates contested the seat. It was the 10th-largest winning margin among the 98 Sindh Assembly seats. In 1993, PS-77 Karachi West was won by Shamim Ahmad Advocate (HPG), so Haq Parast Group (MQM) kept the seat with a different candidate.

CandidateVotes
Syed Shoaib Ahmad Bukhari
Haq Parast Group (MQM)
26,56575.2%
Muhammad Farooq Ilyas
Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz)
4,49812.7%
Ameer Sardar
Awami National Party
1,3563.8%
Tajbar Shah
Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf
1,1133.1%
Syed Kamal Shah
Pakistan Peoples Party
9812.8%
Sher Zaman Khan
Independent
3681.0%
Bashir Ahmed alias Bashir Jan
PKQP
2400.7%
Waseem Rasheed
Pakistan Peoples Party (Shaheed Bhutto)
1460.4%
Pir Syed Aziz Ahmad Shah Madarvi
Independent
440.1%
Syed Akhtar ul Iqbal Qadri
Independent
290.1%

PS-77 in other elections

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Common questions

Who won PS-77 Karachi West in 1997?

Syed Shoaib Ahmad Bukhari (HPG) won with 26,565 votes (75.2%).

What was the margin of victory in PS-77 in 1997?

22,067 votes. Syed Shoaib Ahmad Bukhari received 26,565 votes and Muhammad Farooq Ilyas (PML-N) received 4,498.

How many candidates contested PS-77 in 1997?

10 candidates, who received 35,340 votes between them.

Who won PS-77 Karachi West in 1993?

Shamim Ahmad Advocate (HPG) with 29,824 votes.