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Seats that changed hands, 2002

Seats won by a different party than in 1997. Only seats covering the same area in both elections are compared.

Summary

Of the 50 seats that covered the same area in 1997 and 2002, 42 changed hands: the 2002 winner was from a different party than in 1997. The most common change was from PML-N to PML-Q (14 seats). Seats whose number or area changed between the two elections are not compared.

Changes by party

From → toSeats

PML-N → PML-Q 14

ANP → MMA 10

PML-N → PPP 5

PML-N → Independent 3

PML-N → MMA 2

Independent → PPP 2

PPP → MMA 1

ANP → Independent 1

ANP → PPP 1

PKMAP → PPP 1

JUI → BNP 1

JUI → MMA 1

National Assembly

4 seats

NA-1 Peshawar ANP → MMA · Shabir Ahmad 14,177margin NA-2 Peshawar II ANP → MMA · Maulana Rehmat Ullah Khalil 21,957margin NA-3 Peshawar III ANP → MMA · Qari Fayaz ur Rehman Alvi 18,905margin NA-4 Peshawar IV ANP → MMA · Shabir Hussain Awan 12,068margin

Punjab Assembly

22 seats

Sindh Assembly

3 seats

PS-13 Jacobabad Independent → PPP · Manzoor Ali Khan Panhwar 13,402margin PS-14 Jacobabad Independent → PPP · Mir Naseer Khan Khoso 5,648margin PS-45 Hyderabad PPP → MMA · Abdul Rehman Rajput 1,012margin

NWFP Assembly

9 seats

PK-1 Peshawar ANP → MMA · Dr. Muhammad Zakir Shah 4,341margin PK-2 Peshawar PML-N → PPP · Syed Zahir Ali Shah 3,200margin PK-4 Peshawar ANP → Independent · Ibrahim Khan 957margin PK-5 Peshawar ANP → MMA · Moulana Aman Ullah Haqani 8,891margin PK-6 Peshawar ANP → MMA · Kashif Azam 4,898margin PK-7 Peshawar ANP → MMA · Hashmat Khan 5,066margin PK-8 Peshawar ANP → MMA · Asif Iqbal 4,515margin PK-12 Nowshera ANP → PPP · Eng: Muhammad Tariq Khattak 1,844margin PK-23 Mardan ANP → MMA · Ikramullah Shahid 5,179margin

Balochistan Assembly

4 seats

PB-1 Quetta PKMAP → PPP · Shafiq Ahmed Khan 1,201margin PB-3 Quetta PML-N → MMA · Moulana Hussain Ahmed Sharodi 759margin PB-4 Quetta JUI → BNP · Akhtar Hussain 261margin PB-9 Pishin JUI → MMA · Abdul Wahid 3,695margin

Common questions

How many seats changed hands in 2002?

42 of the 50 seats that covered the same area as in 1997.