Electoral history of Zulfikar Ali Bhutto

This is a summary of the electoral history of Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, who served as President of Pakistan from 1971 to 1973, as Prime Minister of Pakistan from 1973 to 1977, and as founding chairman of the Pakistan Peoples Party from 1967 until his execution in 1979. He was elected to the National Assembly of Pakistan from Larkana, Lahore, Multan, Hyderabad, and Thatta in 1970, and again from Larkana in 1977.

Party	Candidate	Votes
PPP	Zulfikar Ali Bhutto	67,368
PML-Q	Muhammad Yousif Khan Chandio	22,696
JUI	Molvi Noor Muhammad Kutchi	5,207
JI	Ishaq Khan	768

1970 general election, Larkana I

Party		Votes	%	Seats
	Awami League	12,937,162	39.20	160
	Pakistan Peoples Party	6,148,923	18.63	81
	Jamaat-e-Islami	1,989,461	6.03	4
	Council Muslim League	1,965,689	5.96	7
	Pakistan Muslim League (Qayyum)	1,473,749	4.47	9
	Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam	1,315,071	3.98	7
	Markazi Jamiat Ulema-e-Pakistan	1,299,858	3.94	7
	Convention Muslim League	1,102,815	3.34	2
	National Awami Party (Wali)	801,355	2.43	6
	Pakistan Democratic Party	737,958	2.24	1
	Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (Thanvi)	521,764	1.58	0
	Other parties	387,919	1.18	0
	Independents	2,322,341	7.04	16
Seats reserved for women				13
Total		33,004,065	100.00	313

Registered voters/turnout		56,941,500	–
Source: Nohlen et al.; Bangladesh Documents

Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Pakistan Peoples Party	10,093,868	59.74	155	+74
	Pakistan National Alliance	6,154,921	36.43	36	New
	Pakistan Muslim League (Qayyum)	157,370	0.93	1	−8
	Pakistan Pakhtunkhwa National Awami Party	48,145	0.28	0	New
	Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (Hazarvi)	7,595	0.04	0	New
	Pakistan Inqlabi Mahaz	6,494	0.04	0	New
	Tahafuz-e-Islam	5,206	0.03	0	New
	Pakistan Worker's Party	1,716	0.01	0	New
	Pakistan Socialist Party	1,060	0.01	0	New
	Jammaat-e-Aalia Mujahideen	808	0.00	0	New
	Independents	417,808	2.47	8	−8
Seats reserved for women				10	–
Minority seats				6	–
Total		16,894,991	100.00	216	0

Registered voters/turnout		30,899,052	–
Source: Nohlen et al.; IPU Parline