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PK-97 Lower Dir

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly · 2013 general election

District: Lower Dir

Bakht Baidar (QWP) won with 10,965 votes, beating Sultanat Yar (JI) by 3,337.

About this result

Bakht Baidar of Qaumi Watan Party won PK-97 Lower Dir in the 2013 general election with 10,965 of the 41,708 votes counted (26.3%). Sultanat Yar of Jamaat-e-Islami finished second, 3,337 votes behind. 13 candidates contested the seat. In 2008, PK-97 Lower Dir was won by Doctor Zakirullah Khan (PPP), so the seat changed hands.

CandidateVotes
Bakht Baidar
Qaumi Watan Party
10,96526.3%
Sultanat Yar
Jamaat-e-Islami
7,62818.3%
Zakirullah Khan
Pakistan Peoples Party
6,20014.9%
Gul Nasib Khan
Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (F)
4,71011.3%
Malak Fakhru Zaman Khan
Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf
4,39610.5%
Hussain Shah
Awami National Party
4,27910.3%
Said Ghani
Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz)
2,2595.4%
Zainul Arifin
PST
3940.9%
Salim Khan
Independent
3090.7%
Khwaja Faizul Akram
TTP
2050.5%
Sartaj
Pashtunkhwa Milli Awami Party
1700.4%
Fazal Ghafar
Independent
1060.3%
Mumtaz Mahmood
Independent
870.2%

PK-97 in other elections

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Common questions

Who won PK-97 Lower Dir in 2013?

Bakht Baidar (QWP) won with 10,965 votes (26.3%).

What was the margin of victory in PK-97 in 2013?

3,337 votes. Bakht Baidar received 10,965 votes and Sultanat Yar (JI) received 7,628.

How many candidates contested PK-97 in 2013?

13 candidates, who received 41,708 votes between them.

Who won PK-97 Lower Dir in 2008?

Doctor Zakirullah Khan (PPP) with 9,957 votes.