1970 Pakistani general election in Balochistan

Pakistani election

7 December 1970

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Turnout

40.55

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.

Result

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
Party		Votes	%	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

	Assembly Constituency	Winner					Runner-up					Margin		Turnout
		Candidate	Party		Votes		Candidate	Party		Votes		Margin		Turnout
		Candidate	Party		No.	%	Candidate	Party		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

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