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PS-82 Karachi Central

Sindh Assembly · 1997 general election

District: Karachi Central

Wakeel Ahmad Jamali (HPG) won with 31,217 votes, beating Tariq Sultan Khan (PML-N) by 23,214.

About this result

Wakeel Ahmad Jamali of Haq Parast Group (MQM) won PS-82 Karachi Central in the 1997 general election with 31,217 of the 40,864 votes counted (76.4%). Tariq Sultan Khan of Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz) finished second, 23,214 votes behind. 10 candidates contested the seat. It was the 7th-largest winning margin among the 98 Sindh Assembly seats. In 1993, PS-82 Karachi Central was won by Wakeel Ahmed Jamali (HPG), so Haq Parast Group (MQM) kept the seat with a different candidate.

CandidateVotes
Wakeel Ahmad Jamali
Haq Parast Group (MQM)
31,21776.4%
Tariq Sultan Khan
Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz)
8,00319.6%
Asad Iqbal Butt
Pakistan Peoples Party
7901.9%
Majid Aqil
Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf
6221.5%
Seemi Yousaf Siddiqi
Independent
790.2%
Noor Muhammad
Independent
600.1%
Lal Din
Independent
490.1%
Ehsan Ahmed Hashimi
Independent
180.0%
Syed Liaqat Hussain Kazmi
Independent
180.0%
Muhammad Rashid Mustafa
Independent
80.0%

PS-82 in other elections

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Common questions

Who won PS-82 Karachi Central in 1997?

Wakeel Ahmad Jamali (HPG) won with 31,217 votes (76.4%).

What was the margin of victory in PS-82 in 1997?

23,214 votes. Wakeel Ahmad Jamali received 31,217 votes and Tariq Sultan Khan (PML-N) received 8,003.

How many candidates contested PS-82 in 1997?

10 candidates, who received 40,864 votes between them.

Who won PS-82 Karachi Central in 1993?

Wakeel Ahmed Jamali (HPG) with 41,498 votes.