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1970 Pakistani general election in North-West Frontier Province

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1970 Pakistani general election in North-West Frontier Province

7 December 1970 1977 →

19 seats from North-West Frontier Province in the National Assembly
Turnout47.94
  First party Second party Third party
 
PML (Qayyum)
JUI-WP
NAP-W
Leader Abdul Qayyum Khan Mufti Mahmud Abdul Wali Khan
Party PML (Qayyum) Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam NAP(W)
Leader since 1970 1968 1967
Leader's seat NW-8 Hazara (won)

NW-11 Hazara-cum Mardan (won)(vacated) NW-1 Peshawar-I (won)(vacated)

NW-13 D.I Khan NW-3 Peshawar-III
Seats won 7 6 3
Seat change Increase7 Increase6 Increase3
Popular vote 3,25,924 3,66,466 2,66,282
Percentage 22.83 25.67% 18.65%
Swing Increase 22.83 Increase 25.67 Increase 18.65

  Fourth party Fifth party
 
PPP
JI
Leader Zulfikar Ali Bhutto not declared
Party PPP JI
Leader since 30 November 1967 -
Leader's seat NW-13 D.I Khan (lost) -
Seats won 1 1
Seat change Increase1 Increase 1
Popular vote 2,05,599 1,03,958
Percentage 14.40% 7.28%
Swing Increase 14.40 Increase 7.28

General Elections were held in North-West Frontier Province on Monday 7 December 1970 to elect 19 Members of 5th National Assembly of Pakistan. Out of 19 National Assembly seats 18 were General seats and 1 was reserved for woman.

Pakistan Muslim League Qayyum emerged as the largest party in North-West Frontier Province by winning 7 seats. Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (West Pakistan) became 2nd largest party by winning 6 seats. Pakistan People's Party and Jamat-e-Islami won 1 seats each. Pakistan Muslim League Qayyum won 1 Reserved seat for Woman.[1][2]

Result

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Vote Share of different parties in the election.

  PML (Qayyum) (22.23%)
  JUI-WP (25.00%)
  NAP-Wali (18.17%)
  PPP (14.03%)
  JI (7.09%)
  Other Parties (5.74%)
  IND (5.12%)

Seat Share of different parties in the election.

  PML (Qayyum) (42.10%)
  JUI-WP (31.58%)
  NAP-Wali (15.78%)
  PPP (5.26%)
  JI (5.26%)
PartyVotes%Seats
GeneralWomanTotal
Pakistan Muslim League (Qayyum)325,92422.83718
Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam366,46625.67606
National Awami Party (Wali)266,28218.65303
Pakistan Peoples Party205,59914.40101
Jamaat-e-Islami Pakistan103,9587.28101
Other parties84,9905.95000
Independents74,2175.20000
Total1,427,436100.0018119
Valid votes1,427,43697.38
Invalid/blank votes38,3802.62
Total votes1,465,816100.00
Registered voters/turnout3,057,54647.94
Source: Election Pakistani[3]

By constituency

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Assembly Constituency Winner Runner-up Margin Turnout
Candidate Party Votes Candidate Party Votes
No. % No. % No. % %
1 NW-1 Peshawar-I Abdul Qayyum Khan PML (Qayyum) 27,215 29.45 Hayat Khan Sherpao PPP 23,981 25.95 3,234 3.50 62.15
2 NW-2 Peshawar-II Ghulam Hayat Khan NAP-Wali 34,402 39.49 Mian M Jan JUI-WP 22,529 25.86 11,873 13.63 56.48
3 NW-3 Peshawar-III Abdul Wali Khan NAP-Wali 35,220 46.51 Abdul Barjan JUI-WP 22,871 30.20 12,349 16.31 57.57
4 NW-4 Peshawar-IV Molana Abdul Haq JUI-WP 29,856 35.54 M Ajmal Khattak NAP-Wali 27,109 32.27 2,747 3.27 62.86
5 NW-5 Hazara-I Molana Abdul Hakeem JUI-WP 12,915 44.67 Ayub Khan IND 8,553 29.58 4,362 15.09 29.61
6 NW-6 Hazara-II Molana ghulam Ghous Hazarvi JUI-WP 27,188 37.69 Hanif Khan PML (Qayyum) 19,595 27.17 7,593 10.52 38.79
7 NW-7 Hazara-III Inayat Ur Rehman Khan PML (Qayyum) 39,746 44.55 Ali Bahadur IND 25,372 28.44 14,374 16.11 44.69
8 NW-8 Hazara-IV Abdul Qayyum Khan PML (Qayyum) 38,305 45.01 Sardar Bahadar Khan PML(C) 22,335 26.25 15,970 18.76 42.31
9 NW-9 Mardan-I Abdul Khaliq Khan PPP 26,653 26.81 Meher Dil Khan NAP-Wali 21,033 21.16 5,620 5.65 63.93
10 NW-10 Mardan-II Amirzada Khan NAP-Wali 34,032 39.79 Moulvi Hamdullah Khan JUI-WP 17,119 20.01 16,913 19.78 71.72
11 NW-11 Mardan-cum-Hazara Abdul Qayyum Khan PML (Qayyum) 26,415 31.86 Abdul Aziz Khan NAP-Wali 19,815 23.90 6,600 7.96 51.78
12 NW-12 Kohat Molvi Naimatullah JUI-WP 35,817 40.25 Muhammad Yousaf Khattak PML(C) 15,014 16.87 20,803 23.38 35.94
13 NW-13 Dera Ismail Khan Mufti Mahmud JUI-WP 45,978 44.48 Zulfikar Ali Bhutto PPP 33,267 32.19 12,711 12.29 53.62
14 NW-14 Bannu Moulana Sadar us Shahid JUI-WP 60,511 57.41 Malik Hamidullah Khan PML (Qayyum) 14,896 14.13 45,209 43.28 65.90
15 NW-15 Chitral-cum-Swat Ataliq Jafar Ali Shah PML (Qayyum) 6,418 18.44 M Nadir Khan JUI-WP 5,835 16.77 583 1.67 36.55
16 NW-16 Swat-I Rahim Shah PML (Qayyum) 18,761 22.87 Sher M Khan PPP 18,481 22.53 280 0.34 39.49
17 NW-17 Swat-II Mian Gul Aurangzeb PML (Qayyum) 35,538 34.27 Syed Badshah Gul NAP-Wali 23,276 22.45 12,262 11.82 41.00
18 NW-18 Dir Sahabzada Saifullah JI 14,187 21.80 Jahanzeb Khan IND 14,036 21.57 151 0.23 30.39

References

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  1. ^ "elec-tion-ary [Election-in-1970]". The Express Tribune. 2013-04-15. Retrieved 2022-09-08.
  2. ^ "Election result 1970 detailed" (PDF). FAFEN.
  3. ^ "Election Results - Election Pakistan - Elections in Pakistan". Election Pakistan. Retrieved 2022-08-19.