1970 Pakistani general election in Balochistan

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.

1970 Pakistani general election in Balochistan
7 December 1970
5 seats from Balochistan in the National Assembly
Turnout40.55
  First party Second party
 
NAP-W
JUI-WP
Leader Abdul Wali Khan Mufti Mahmud
Party National Awami Party (Wali) Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam
Leader since 1967 1968
Leader's seat None

(Contested from NW-8 Hazara)

 None

(Contested from NW-13 D.I Khan)

Seats won 3 1
Seat change Increase3 Increase1
Popular vote 1,68,804 74,651
Percentage 43.54% 19.25%
Swing Increase 43.54 Increase 19.25

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

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%)
PartyVotes%Seats
GeneralWomanTotal
National Awami Party (Wali)168,80445.23314
Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam74,65120.00101
Council Muslim League41,03010.99000
Pakistan Muslim League (Qayyum)40,82710.94000
Pakistan Peoples Party8,8692.38000
Jamaat-e-Islami Pakistan4,3311.16000
Other parties9,3232.50000
Independents25,4056.81000
Total373,240100.00415
Valid votes373,24096.27
Invalid/blank votes14,4773.73
Total votes387,717100.00
Registered voters/turnout956,04540.55
Source: Election Pakistani[3]

By constituency
Assembly Constituency Winner Runner-up Margin Turnout
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
    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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