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PS-99 Karachi East

Sindh Assembly · 1997 general election

District: Karachi East

Abdul Sattar Ansari (HPG) won with 34,293 votes, beating Faheem Riaz Siddiqi (PML-N) by 30,302.

About this result

Abdul Sattar Ansari of Haq Parast Group (MQM) won PS-99 Karachi East in the 1997 general election with 34,293 of the 42,833 votes counted (80.1%). Faheem Riaz Siddiqi of Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz) finished second, 30,302 votes behind. 10 candidates contested the seat. It was the 4th-largest winning margin among the 98 Sindh Assembly seats. In 1993, PS-99 Karachi East was won by Muhammad Farrukh Naeem Siddiqi (HPG), so Haq Parast Group (MQM) kept the seat with a different candidate.

CandidateVotes
Abdul Sattar Ansari
Haq Parast Group (MQM)
34,29380.1%
Faheem Riaz Siddiqi
Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz)
3,9919.3%
Mirza Maqbool Ahmad
Pakistan Peoples Party
2,8206.6%
Fazal e Haq Siddiqi
MQM-H
1,5213.6%
Muhammad Iqbal
Independent
850.2%
Abdul Majeed Khan
Independent
380.1%
Hammed uz Zafar
Independent
370.1%
Mufti Muhammad Aalim Qadri
Independent
210.0%
Moiz ul Hassan
Independent
150.0%
Razi Hassan Siddiqi
Independent
120.0%

PS-99 in other elections

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Common questions

Who won PS-99 Karachi East in 1997?

Abdul Sattar Ansari (HPG) won with 34,293 votes (80.1%).

What was the margin of victory in PS-99 in 1997?

30,302 votes. Abdul Sattar Ansari received 34,293 votes and Faheem Riaz Siddiqi (PML-N) received 3,991.

How many candidates contested PS-99 in 1997?

10 candidates, who received 42,833 votes between them.

Who won PS-99 Karachi East in 1993?

Muhammad Farrukh Naeem Siddiqi (HPG) with 47,434 votes.