NA-178 Muzaffargarh
National Assembly · by-election after the 2008 general election
Jamshed Ahmed Dasti (PPP) won with 53,817 votes.
About this result
Jamshed Ahmed Dasti of Pakistan Peoples Party won NA-178 Muzaffargarh in a by-election held after the 2008 general election with 53,817 of the 120,935 votes counted (44.5%). Nawabzada Iftikhar Ahmad Khan Babar of Pakistan Democratic Party finished second, 3,715 votes behind. 18 candidates contested the seat.
CandidateVotes
Jamshed Ahmed Dasti
Pakistan Peoples Party 53,81744.5%
Nawabzada Iftikhar Ahmad Khan Babar
Pakistan Democratic Party 50,10241.4%
Malik Ghulam Mustafa Khar
Independent 6,1625.1%
Khawaja Taj Rasool Shahjamali
Independent 5,1824.3%
Sajjad Hussain Qureshi
Independent 3,6123.0%
Rana Mushtaq Ahmad Khan
Independent 6840.6%
Sardar Manzoor Ahmed Khan Advocate
Independent 2360.2%
Ghulam Ahmad Khan Sial
Independent 2140.2%
Abdul Diyan Ansari
Independent 1580.1%
Qaiser Samra
Independent 1400.1%
Anwar-ul-Kareem Khan Barki
Independent 1350.1%
Mehr Muhammad Ijaz
Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal 1290.1%
Hakeem Sheikh Moeen-ud-Din Qureshi
Independent 1160.1%
Doctor Sohail Alam Gujjar
Independent 610.1%
Syed Mujahid Hussain Kazmi
Independent 520.0%
Mian Muhammad Hussain alias Muna Sheikh
Independent 510.0%
Malik Muhammad Sajid Thayium
Independent 450.0%
Muhammad Javaid Khan Dasti
Independent 390.0%
NA-178 result in the 2008 general election →
Common questions
Who won NA-178 Muzaffargarh in 2008?
Jamshed Ahmed Dasti (PPP) won with 53,817 votes (44.5%).
What was the margin of victory in NA-178 in 2008?
3,715 votes. Jamshed Ahmed Dasti received 53,817 votes and Nawabzada Iftikhar Ahmad Khan Babar (PDP) received 50,102.
How many candidates contested NA-178 in 2008?
18 candidates, who received 120,935 votes between them.