1970 Pakistani general election in North-West Frontier Province

1970 Pakistani general election in North-West Frontier Province

7 December 1970
19 seats from North-West Frontier Province in the National Assembly
Turnout	47.94
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 7 6 3 Popular vote 3,25,924 3,66,466 2,66,282 Percentage 22.83 25.67% 18.65% Swing 22.83 25.67 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 1 1 Popular vote 2,05,599 1,03,958 Percentage 14.40% 7.28% Swing 14.40 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.

Result

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%)

Party		Votes	%	Seats
				General	Woman	Total
	Pakistan Muslim League (Qayyum)	325,924	22.83	7	1	8
	Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam	366,466	25.67	6	0	6
	National Awami Party (Wali)	266,282	18.65	3	0	3
	Pakistan Peoples Party	205,599	14.40	1	0	1
	Jamaat-e-Islami Pakistan	103,958	7.28	1	0	1
	Other parties	84,990	5.95	0	0	0
	Independents	74,217	5.20	0	0	0
Total		1,427,436	100.00	18	1	19
Valid votes		1,427,436	97.38
Invalid/blank votes		38,380	2.62
Total votes		1,465,816	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		3,057,546	47.94
Source: Election Pakistani

By constituency

	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