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PP-5 Rawalpindi

Punjab Assembly · 2008 general election

District: Rawalpindi

Engineer Raja Qamar-ul-Islam (PML-Q) won with 34,252 votes, beating Raja Anwar (PML-N) by 1,896.

About this result

Engineer Raja Qamar-ul-Islam of Pakistan Muslim League (Quaid-e-Azam) won PP-5 Rawalpindi in the 2008 general election with 34,252 of the 116,245 votes counted (29.5%). Raja Anwar of Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz) finished second, 1,896 votes behind. 10 candidates contested the seat. In 2002, PP-5 Rawalpindi was won by Mushtaq Ahmad Kayani (PML-Q), so Pakistan Muslim League (Quaid-e-Azam) kept the seat with a different candidate.

CandidateVotes
Engineer Raja Qamar-ul-Islam
Pakistan Muslim League (Quaid-e-Azam)
34,25229.5%
Raja Anwar
Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz)
32,35627.8%
Barrister Chaudhary Zafar Iqbal
Pakistan Peoples Party
31,04026.7%
Raja Abdul Waheed Qasim
Independent
11,4709.9%
Group Captain(R) Mushtaq Ahmed Kayani
Independent
2,4532.1%
Ch. Hamid Latif Advocate
Independent
2,4342.1%
Nabeela Inam
Independent
1,1281.0%
Muhammad Zaheer Akhtar Mujadidi
Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal
7560.7%
Syed Tanveer Hussain Shah
Independent
2710.2%
Raja Muhammad Younas
Independent
850.1%

PP-5 in other elections

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Common questions

Who won PP-5 Rawalpindi in 2008?

Engineer Raja Qamar-ul-Islam (PML-Q) won with 34,252 votes (29.5%).

What was the margin of victory in PP-5 in 2008?

1,896 votes. Engineer Raja Qamar-ul-Islam received 34,252 votes and Raja Anwar (PML-N) received 32,356.

How many candidates contested PP-5 in 2008?

10 candidates, who received 116,245 votes between them.

Who won PP-5 Rawalpindi in 2002?

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