NA-147 Okara
National Assembly · 2008 general election
District: Okara
Khurram Jahangir Wattoo (PPP) won with 79,195 votes, beating Muhammad Zafar Yasin Wattoo (Independent) by 63,230.
About this result
Khurram Jahangir Wattoo of Pakistan Peoples Party won NA-147 Okara in the 2008 general election with 79,195 of the 95,961 votes counted (82.5%). Muhammad Zafar Yasin Wattoo, an independent candidate, finished second, 63,230 votes behind. 14 candidates contested the seat. It was the 3rd-largest winning margin among the 147 National Assembly seats in Punjab. In 2002, NA-147 Okara was won by Rubina Shaheen Wattoo (PML-J), so the seat changed hands.
NA-147 in other elections
Boundaries change between elections, so this number may cover a different area.
- 2024 Chaudry Iftikhar Nazir (PML-N)Khanewal
- 2018 Syed Imran Ahmad Shah (PML-N)Sahiwal
- 2013 Muhammad Moeen Watto (PML-N)Okara
- 2002 Rubina Shaheen Wattoo (PML-J)Okara
- 1997 Makhdoom Syed Ahmad Mehmood (PML-N)Rahim Yar Khan
- 1993 Makhdoom Syed Ahmad Alam Anwar (PPP)Rahim Yar Khan
- 1990 Syed Ahmad Alam Anwar (PDA)Rahim Yar Khan
- 1988 Syed Ahmad Alam Anwar (IJI)Rahim Yar Khan
- 1985 Syed Ahmad Alam Anwar (Non-party)Rahim Yar Khan
- 1977 Khawja Jamal Muhammad (PPP)Rahim Yar Khan
Common questions
Who won NA-147 Okara in 2008?
Khurram Jahangir Wattoo (PPP) won with 79,195 votes (82.5%).
What was the margin of victory in NA-147 in 2008?
63,230 votes. Khurram Jahangir Wattoo received 79,195 votes and Muhammad Zafar Yasin Wattoo (Independent) received 15,965.
How many candidates contested NA-147 in 2008?
14 candidates, who received 95,961 votes between them.
Who won NA-147 Okara in 2002?
Rubina Shaheen Wattoo (PML-J) with 70,774 votes.