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In 1997 , IK's party put up candidates on 134 of the country’s then 207 National Assembly seats, just behind PPP’s 160 and PML-N’s 176 candidates.
The results, however, were disastrous. PTI could not win even a single seat. None of its candidates could even qualify as a runner-up. Half of its candidates (71) received less than 2,000 votes each. Only two (NA-21, Swat-1 and NA-53, Mianwali-1) surpassed the ten-thousand mark and both seats belonged to Imran Khan. He, in fact, was a candidate from nine constituencies but his only substantial performance was in his ancestral Niazi homeland where he polled 10,716 votes, standing third – so much for the rhetoric against biradari-ism (brotherhood). PTI, in total, received 314,820 votes or 1.65 per cent of the total votes polled in the country.
PTI performance in Elections of 2002
PTI was represented by 94 candidates in the 2002 elections. All except one failed miserably. Sixty-seven of them polled less than 2,000 votes each and none except one qualified as runner-up. The party received a total of 242,472 votes, which was 72,000 less than 1997 figure. In terms of percentage, PTI’s share was 0.8 per cent of the total polled votes or half of its previous share in polled votes. Khan himself contested from four constituencies and won on the Niazi area seat of Mianwali. He was the runner-up on a Lahore seat as well. Khan received 101,407 votes on the four seats. Only one other candidate of his party received votes in excess of 10,000. Votes received by the Captain, personally, were 42 per cent of his party’s total votes.
So the hot stud proved to be a dud.
My glass ball concluded with a villainous laughter that charisma earned in a specific sector (sports, film, social work) comes in a particular currency that cannot be freely exchanged into another of your liking, not at least in the political market. If he couldn’t twice, how can he do it the third time? Punjabi urban middle class meanwhile have to make do by just ‘changing’ channels on their new flat screen HD TV sets or maybe also the brand of the potato chips bag in their hand.
http://ecp.gov.pk/GE/2002/National.pdf
N-W.F.P:
Out of 35 seats for National Assembly, PTI contested at 14 but won none. PTI performed comparatively well in few districts.
Following are the results of those constituencies of National Assembly where PTI contested in N-W.F.P during 2002:
NA-1 PESHAWAR-I
1 Rabia Mufti Advocate Pak Wattan Party 478
2 Mr.Sajid Abdullah Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf 2029
3 Mr.Shabir Ahmad Muttahidda Majlis-e-Amal Pakistan 37179
4 Mr.Usman Bashir Bilour Awami National Party 23002
5 Mr.Muhammad Khurshid Khan Advocate Independent 1537
6 Mr.Muhammad Muazzam Butt Pakistan Muslim League(QA) 1417
NA-4 PESHAWAR –IV
1 Mr.Sabir Hussain Awan Muttahidda Majlis-e-Amal Pakistan 28728
2 Mr.Arbab Muhammad Zahir Khan Awami National Party 16660
3 Mr.Arbab Shabeer Ahmad Advocate Pakistan Muslim League(QA) 6266
4 Haji Abdur Raziq Pakistan Muslim League(N) 4887
5 Haji Javed Iqbal Barki Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf 4500
6 Mr.Muhammad Intikhab Khan Pakistan Muslim League(Z) 2556
NA-9 Mardan-I
1 Mr.Iqbal Khan Independent 270
2 Mr.Sarfaraz Khan Independent 1417
3 Mr.Shujaul Mulk Muttahidda Majlis-e-Amal Pakistan 54479
4 Mr.Abbas Sarfaraz Khan Independent 15376
5 Mr.Murad Khan Pakistan Peoples Party Parliamentarians 5077
6 Mr.Yousaf Shah Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf 1049
NA-11 Mardan-III
1 Mr.Habib Ullah Khan Awami National Party 14462
2 Dr. Muhammad Afzal Khan Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf 5923
3 Maulana Attaur-Rehman Muttahidda Majlis-e-Amal Pakistan 51918
NA-13 Sawabi-II
1 Mr.Asad Qaisar Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf 766
2 Mr.Iftikhar Khan Pakistan Muslim League(N) 16749
3 Professor Munawar Khan National Alliance 1853
4 Mr.Muhammad Sadiq Khan Awami National Party 19471
5 Maulana Khalil Ahmed Muttahidda Majlis-e-Amal Pakistan 50096
NA-15 Karak
1 Mr.Ajmal Khan Independent 9443
2 Mr.Badshah Jan Pakistan Pakhtoonkhawa Milli Awami Party 193
3 Mr.Rehmat Salam Pakistan Muslim League(N) 13381
4 Mr.Said Ullah Shah Pakistan Peoples Party(Sherpao) 3237
5 Mr.Shah Abdul Aziz Muttahidda Majlis-e-Amal Pakistan 31325
6 Mr.Imran Ahmad Khan Niazi Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf 9972
7 Farzana Masood Independent 83
8 Mr.Muhammad Iqbal Independent 75
9 Mr.Muhammad Amin Khattak Awami National Party 9110
10 Mr.Masood Sharif Khattak Pakistan Peoples Party Parliamentarians 17712
11 Mir Zakim Khan Independent 1113
NA-16 Hangu
1 Mr.Akhunzada Muhammad Sadiq Muttahidda Majlis-e-Amal Pakistan 25252
2 Mr.Javed Ibrahim Paracha Pakistan Muslim League(N) 421
3 Hafiz Khursheed Ali Khan Independent 447
4 Mr.Hassan Ahmed Khan Awami National Party 5234
5 Dr. Muhammad Aslam Khan Independent 758
6 Mr.Zaman Noor Bangash Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf 3137
7 Mr.Shaharyar Khan Bangash Pakistan Muslim League(QA) 4189
8 Col Muhammad Idress Niazi Pakistan Peoples Party(Sherpao) 4035
9 Kishwar Sultana Pakistan Awami Tehreek 1503
NA-20 Mansehra-I
1 Al-Haj Syed Ghulam Nabi Shah Muttahidda Majlis-e-Amal Pakistan 35576
2 Sardar Shah Jehan Yousuf Pakistan Muslim League(QA) 40853
3 Sardar Wiqarul Mulk Pakistan Peoples Party Parliamentarians 1442
4 Lt Gen Syed Salahuddin Tirmizi Independent 37520
5 Mr.Muhammad Saqib Mumtaz Pakistan Muslim League(N) 1754
6 Mr.Naveed Akhter Khan Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf 250
NA-29 Sawat-I
1 Mr.Shamsher Ali Khan Pakistan Peoples Party Parliamentarians 5921
2 Mr.Adnan Aurang Zeb Pakistan Muslim League(QA) 18265
3 Mr.Azeem Khan Advocate National Alliance 1932
4 Mr.Imran Khan Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf 6060
5 Qari Abdul Baees Saddiqui Muttahidda Majlis-e-Amal Pakistan 65808
NA-30 Sawat-II
1 Dr. Sahibzada Liaqat Ali Khan Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf 811
2 Mr.Salim Rehman Pakistan Peoples Party Parliamentarians 10867
3 Mr.Shujaat Ali Khan Pakistan Muslim League(QA) 15680
4 Mr.Shaukat Ali Pakistan Awami party 2592
5 Mr.Fazal-e-Subhan Muttahidda Majlis-e-Amal Pakistan 67085
6 Mr.Muhammad Mukhtar Pakistan Pakhtoonkhawa Milli Awami Party 2134
NA-32 Chitral
1 Mr.Abdul Akbar Khan Muttahidda Majlis-e-Amal Pakistan 36130
2 Mr.Iftikharuddin Pakistan Muslim League(QA) 23907
3 Sardar Ali S. Aman Pakistan Peoples Party Parliamentarians 20862
4 Mr.Abdul Latif Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf 516
NA-33 Upper Dir (Recheck)
1 Mr.Muhammad Anwar Khan Advocate Pakistan Peoples Party Parliamentarians 24259
2 Barrister Muhammad Islam Khan Pakistan Peoples party(Sherpao) 4184
3 Mr.Gul Zamin Said Awami National Party 3268
4 Mr.Sultan Ali Shah Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf 861
5 Molana Asad Ullah Muttahidda Majlis-e-Amal Pakistan 39362
NA-34 Lower Dir
1 Mr.Aurangzeb Khan Independent 313
2 Sardar Abul Hakeem Tajak Advocate Pakistan Muslim League(QA) 1123
3 Qazi Hussain Ahmad Muttahidda Majlis-e-Amal Pakistan 53799
4 Mr.Muhammad Ayub Khan Awami National Party 34078
5 Mr.Muhammad Bashir Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf 1136
6 Mr.Muhammad Rashid Khan Advocate Pakistan Muslim League(N) 224
NA-35 Malakand Protected Area
1 Mr.Bahr-e-Karam Awami National Party 5167
2 Mr.Ziaullah Pakistan Muslim League(N) 1930
3 Mr.Lal Muhammad Khan Pakistan Peoples Party Parliamentarians 17538
4 Mr.Muhammad Riaz Khan Pakistan Muslim League(QA) 5161
5 Maulana Muhammad Inayat-ur-Rehman Muttahidda Majlis-e-Amal Pakistan 37663
6 Mr.Nowsherwan Qasir Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf 2117[/TD]
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