1970 Pakistani general election in Balochistan

Pakistani election

1970 Pakistani general election in Balochistan

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Turnout| 40.55
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Party  | NAP(W) | Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam
Popular vote  | 1,68,804 | 74,651
Percentage  | 43.54% | 19.25%

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General Elections were held in Balochistan on Monday 7 December 1970 to elect five members to the 5th National Assembly of Pakistan. Of the five National Assembly seats, four were general seats and one was reserved for women.

National Awami Party (Wali) emerged as the majority party in Balochistan by winning four seats, including the seat reserved for women. Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (West Pakistan) won the other remaining seat and became the second largest party.[1][2]

## Result

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Vote Share of different parties in the election.

1. NAP-Wali (43.54%)
2. JUI-WP (19.25%)
3. CML (10.58%)
4. PML (Qayyum) (10.53%)
5. PPP (2.29%)
6. JI (1.12%)
7. Other Parties (2.4%)
8. IND (6.55%)

Seat Share of different parties in the election.

1. NAP-Wali (75%)
2. JUI-WP (25%)

Party| Votes| %| Seats

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General| Woman| Total
| National Awami Party (Wali)| 168,804| 45.23| 3| 1| 4
| Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam| 74,651| 20.00| 1| 0| 1
| Council Muslim League| 41,030| 10.99| 0| 0| 0
| Pakistan Muslim League (Qayyum)| 40,827| 10.94| 0| 0| 0
| Pakistan Peoples Party| 8,869| 2.38| 0| 0| 0
| Jamaat-e-Islami Pakistan| 4,331| 1.16| 0| 0| 0
| Other parties| 9,323| 2.50| 0| 0| 0
| Independents| 25,405| 6.81| 0| 0| 0
Total| 373,240| 100.00| 4| 1| 5
Valid votes| 373,240| 96.27|
Invalid/blank votes| 14,477| 3.73|
Total votes| 387,717| 100.00|
Registered voters/turnout| 956,045| 40.55|
Source: Election Pakistani[3]

## By constituency

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| Assembly Constituency  | Winner  | Runner-up  | Margin  | Turnout

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Candidate  | Party  | Votes  | Candidate  | Party  | Votes
No.  | %  | No.  | %  | No.  | %  | %
1  | NW-135 Quetta-I | Molvi Abdul Haq  |  | JUI-WP | 32,065  | 43.51  | Mir M. Younas  |  | IND | 20,226  | 27.44  | 11,839  | 16.07  | 34.38
2  | NW-136 Quetta-II | Khair Bakhsh Mari |  | NAP-Wali | 106,913  | 61.22  | Mir Taj M. Khan Jamali  |  | CML | 34,672  | 19.85  | 72,241  | 41.37  | 52.75
3  | NW-137 Kalat-I | Dr. Abdul Hayee Baloch |  | NAP-Wali | 32,561  | 45.16  | M. Umar  |  | JUI-WP | 15,765  | 21.86  | 16,796  | 23.30  | 33.00
4  | NW-138 Kalat-II | Mir Ghous Bakhsh Bazanjo |  | NAP-Wali | 29,330  | 43.60  | Shahzada Mohyuddin  |  | PML (Qayyum) | 22,866  | 33.99  | 6,464  | 9.61  | 35.01

## Notes

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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.

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