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 5 Members of the 5th National Assembly of Pakistan. Out of 5 National Assembly seats 4 were General seats and 1 was reserved for women.

National Awami Party (Wali) emerged as the majority party in Balochistan by winning 4 seats, including the seat reserved for women. Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (West Pakistan) won the other remaining seat and became the 2nd largest party.[1][2]

## Result

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Vote Share of different parties in the election.

NAP-Wali (43.54%)

JUI-WP (19.25%)

CML (10.58%)

PML (Qayyum) (10.53%)

PPP (2.29%)

JI (1.12%)

Other Parties (2.40%)

IND (6.55%)

Seat Share of different parties in the election.

NAP-Wali (75%)

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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