Pakistani election
1970 Pakistani general election in Balochistan|
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Turnout | 40.55 |
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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]
Vote Share of different parties in the election.
Other Parties (2.40%)
Seat Share of different parties in the election.
Party | Votes | % | Seats |
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General | Woman | Total |
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| 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 |
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Valid votes | 373,240 | 96.27 | |
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Invalid/blank votes | 14,477 | 3.73 | |
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Total votes | 387,717 | 100.00 | |
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Registered voters/turnout | 956,045 | 40.55 | |
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Source: Election Pakistani[3] |
By constituency[edit]
| 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 |