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PP-5 Rawalpindi

Punjab Assembly · 2002 general election

District: Rawalpindi

Mushtaq Ahmad Kayani (PML-Q) won with 29,275 votes, beating Baristor Ch Zafar Iqbal (PPP) by 701.

About this result

Mushtaq Ahmad Kayani of Pakistan Muslim League (Quaid-e-Azam) won PP-5 Rawalpindi in the 2002 general election with 29,275 of the 94,949 votes counted (30.8%). Baristor Ch Zafar Iqbal of Pakistan Peoples Party finished second, 701 votes behind. 11 candidates contested the seat. In 1997, PP-5 Rawalpindi was won by Malik Umar Farooq (PML-N), so the seat changed hands.

CandidateVotes
Mushtaq Ahmad Kayani
Pakistan Muslim League (Quaid-e-Azam)
29,27530.8%
Baristor Ch Zafar Iqbal
Pakistan Peoples Party
28,57430.1%
Raja Muhammad Anwar
Independent
20,94122.1%
Raja Abdul Waheed
Pakistan Awami Tehreek
9,89110.4%
Ghulam Yaqub Malik
Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf
2,4512.6%
Ch. Abid-ur-Rehman
Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal
1,1961.3%
Ch. Azmat Khan
Independent
1,0241.1%
Zia-ul-Haq Raja
Independent
7560.8%
Muhammad Ijaz-ul-Haq
PML-Z
5120.5%
Pervaiz Akhtar Mirza
Independent
1670.2%
Muhammad Abid Raja
Independent
1620.2%

PP-5 in other elections

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Common questions

Who won PP-5 Rawalpindi in 2002?

Mushtaq Ahmad Kayani (PML-Q) won with 29,275 votes (30.8%).

What was the margin of victory in PP-5 in 2002?

701 votes. Mushtaq Ahmad Kayani received 29,275 votes and Baristor Ch Zafar Iqbal (PPP) received 28,574.

How many candidates contested PP-5 in 2002?

11 candidates, who received 94,949 votes between them.

Who won PP-5 Rawalpindi in 1997?

Malik Umar Farooq (PML-N) with 37,595 votes.