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PS-88 Karachi South

Sindh Assembly · 1997 general election

District: Karachi South

Liaquat Ali Qureshi (HPG) won with 12,482 votes, beating Nabeel Ahmad Gabol (PPP) by 514.

About this result

Liaquat Ali Qureshi of Haq Parast Group (MQM) won PS-88 Karachi South in the 1997 general election with 12,482 of the 35,693 votes counted (35%). Nabeel Ahmad Gabol of Pakistan Peoples Party finished second, 514 votes behind. 17 candidates contested the seat. It was the 6th-closest result among the 98 Sindh Assembly seats. In 1993, PS-88 Karachi South was won by Nabil Ahmed Godal (PPP), so the seat changed hands.

CandidateVotes
Liaquat Ali Qureshi
Haq Parast Group (MQM)
12,48235.0%
Nabeel Ahmad Gabol
Pakistan Peoples Party
11,96833.5%
Malik Muhammad Riaz
Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz)
7,52521.1%
Nasir Kareem Baloch
Independent
1,5434.3%
Muhammad Hanif Petel
PPP-Zab
1,4564.1%
Zahid Hussain Piprani
Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf
2680.8%
Ghulam Rasool Rehmani
AQP
2160.6%
Islam Khan
Pakistan Democratic Party
630.2%
Muhammad Ismail Allana
Independent
280.1%
Mushtaq Ahmad Khan Baloch
Independent
230.1%
Muhammad Yousaf Naz
Independent
210.1%
Muhammad Ali Ghanchi
Independent
200.1%
Aftab Ahmad Baloch
Independent
190.1%
Syed Hassan Mahmood Jafri
UNA
190.1%
Razzaq Siddique
Independent
170.0%
Abdul Razziq
Independent
150.0%
Rajab Ali Nameemi
Independent
100.0%

PS-88 in other elections

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Common questions

Who won PS-88 Karachi South in 1997?

Liaquat Ali Qureshi (HPG) won with 12,482 votes (35%).

What was the margin of victory in PS-88 in 1997?

514 votes. Liaquat Ali Qureshi received 12,482 votes and Nabeel Ahmad Gabol (PPP) received 11,968.

How many candidates contested PS-88 in 1997?

17 candidates, who received 35,693 votes between them.

Who won PS-88 Karachi South in 1993?

Nabil Ahmed Godal (PPP) with 21,857 votes.