PP-278 Bahawalnagar
Punjab Assembly · 2008 general election
District: Bahawalnagar
Muhammad Tariq Amin Hotyana (PPP) won with 25,182 votes, beating Syed Nazar Mehmood Shah (PML-Q) by 153.
About this result
Muhammad Tariq Amin Hotyana of Pakistan Peoples Party won PP-278 Bahawalnagar in the 2008 general election with 25,182 of the 68,808 votes counted (36.6%). Syed Nazar Mehmood Shah of Pakistan Muslim League (Quaid-e-Azam) finished second, 153 votes behind. 10 candidates contested the seat. It was the 3rd-closest result among the 294 Punjab Assembly seats. In 2002, PP-278 Bahawalnagar was won by Syed Nazar Mehmood Shah (NA), so the seat changed hands.
PP-278 in other elections
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Common questions
Who won PP-278 Bahawalnagar in 2008?
Muhammad Tariq Amin Hotyana (PPP) won with 25,182 votes (36.6%).
What was the margin of victory in PP-278 in 2008?
153 votes. Muhammad Tariq Amin Hotyana received 25,182 votes and Syed Nazar Mehmood Shah (PML-Q) received 25,029.
How many candidates contested PP-278 in 2008?
10 candidates, who received 68,808 votes between them.
Who won PP-278 Bahawalnagar in 2002?
Syed Nazar Mehmood Shah (NA) with 27,086 votes.