# 1970 Pakistani general election in North-West Frontier Province

General Elections were held in North-West Frontier Province on Monday 7 December 1970 to elect 19 Members of 5th National Assembly of Pakistan. Out of 19 National Assembly seats 18 were General seats and 1 was reserved for woman.
Pakistan Muslim League Qayyum emerged as the largest party in North-West Frontier Province by winning 7 seats. Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (West Pakistan) became 2nd largest party by winning 6 seats. Pakistan People's Party and Jamat-e-Islami won 1 seats each. Pakistan Muslim League Qayyum won 1 Reserved seat for Woman.

## Result

Vote Share of different parties in the election.
Seat Share of different parties in the election.
| Party | Party | Votes | % | Seats | Seats | Seats |
| Party | Party | Votes | % | General | Woman | Total |
| | Pakistan Muslim League (Qayyum) | 325,924 | 22.83 | 7 | 1 | 8 |
| | Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam | 366,466 | 25.67 | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| | National Awami Party (Wali) | 266,282 | 18.65 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| | Pakistan Peoples Party | 205,599 | 14.40 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| | Jamaat-e-Islami Pakistan | 103,958 | 7.28 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| | Other parties | 84,990 | 5.95 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | Independents | 74,217 | 5.20 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | Total | 1,427,436 | 100.00 | 18 | 1 | 19 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | 1,427,436 | 97.38 | | | |
| Invalid/blank votes | Invalid/blank votes | 38,380 | 2.62 | | | |
| Total votes | Total votes | 1,465,816 | 100.00 | | | |
| Registered voters/turnout | Registered voters/turnout | 3,057,546 | 47.94 | | | |
| Source: Election Pakistani |||||||

## By constituency

| | Assembly Constituency | Winner | Winner | Winner | Winner | Winner | Runner-up | Runner-up | Runner-up | Runner-up | Runner-up | Margin | Margin | Turnout |
| | Assembly Constituency | Candidate | Party | Party | Votes | Votes | Candidate | Party | Party | Votes | Votes | | Margin | Margin | Turnout |
| | Assembly Constituency | Candidate | Party | Party | No. | % | Candidate | Party | Party | No. | % | No. | % | % |
| 1 | NW-1 Peshawar-I | Abdul Qayyum Khan | | PML (Qayyum) | 27,215 | 29.45 | Hayat Khan Sherpao | | PPP | 23,981 | 25.95 | 3,234 | 3.50 | 62.15 |
| 2 | NW-2 Peshawar-II | Ghulam Hayat Khan | | NAP-Wali | 34,402 | 39.49 | Mian M Jan | | JUI-WP | 22,529 | 25.86 | 11,873 | 13.63 | 56.48 |
| 3 | NW-3 Peshawar-III | Abdul Wali Khan | | NAP-Wali | 35,220 | 46.51 | Abdul Barjan | | JUI-WP | 22,871 | 30.20 | 12,349 | 16.31 | 57.57 |
| 4 | NW-4 Peshawar-IV | Molana Abdul Haq | | JUI-WP | 29,856 | 35.54 | M Ajmal Khattak | | NAP-Wali | 27,109 | 32.27 | 2,747 | 3.27 | 62.86 |
| 5 | NW-5 Hazara-I | Molana Abdul Hakeem | | JUI-WP | 12,915 | 44.67 | Ayub Khan | | IND | 8,553 | 29.58 | 4,362 | 15.09 | 29.61 |
| 6 | NW-6 Hazara-II | Molana ghulam Ghous Hazarvi | | JUI-WP | 27,188 | 37.69 | Hanif Khan | | PML (Qayyum) | 19,595 | 27.17 | 7,593 | 10.52 | 38.79 |
| 7 | NW-7 Hazara-III | Inayat Ur Rehman Khan | | PML (Qayyum) | 39,746 | 44.55 | Ali Bahadur | | IND | 25,372 | 28.44 | 14,374 | 16.11 | 44.69 |
| 8 | NW-8 Hazara-IV | Abdul Qayyum Khan | | PML (Qayyum) | 38,305 | 45.01 | Sardar Bahadar Khan | | PML(C) | 22,335 | 26.25 | 15,970 | 18.76 | 42.31 |
| 9 | NW-9 Mardan-I | Abdul Khaliq Khan | | PPP | 26,653 | 26.81 | Meher Dil Khan | | NAP-Wali | 21,033 | 21.16 | 5,620 | 5.65 | 63.93 |
| 10 | NW-10 Mardan-II | Amirzada Khan | | NAP-Wali | 34,032 | 39.79 | Moulvi Hamdullah Khan | | JUI-WP | 17,119 | 20.01 | 16,913 | 19.78 | 71.72 |
| 11 | NW-11 Mardan-cum-Hazara | Abdul Qayyum Khan | | PML (Qayyum) | 26,415 | 31.86 | Abdul Aziz Khan | | NAP-Wali | 19,815 | 23.90 | 6,600 | 7.96 | 51.78 |
| 12 | NW-12 Kohat | Molvi Naimatullah | | JUI-WP | 35,817 | 40.25 | Muhammad Yousaf Khattak | | PML(C) | 15,014 | 16.87 | 20,803 | 23.38 | 35.94 |
| 13 | NW-13 Dera Ismail Khan | Mufti Mahmud | | JUI-WP | 45,978 | 44.48 | Zulfikar Ali Bhutto | | PPP | 33,267 | 32.19 | 12,711 | 12.29 | 53.62 |
| 14 | NW-14 Bannu | Moulana Sadar us Shahid | | JUI-WP | 60,511 | 57.41 | Malik Hamidullah Khan | | PML (Qayyum) | 14,896 | 14.13 | 45,209 | 43.28 | 65.90 |
| 15 | NW-15 Chitral-cum-Swat | Ataliq Jafar Ali Shah | | PML (Qayyum) | 6,418 | 18.44 | M Nadir Khan | | JUI-WP | 5,835 | 16.77 | 583 | 1.67 | 36.55 |
| 16 | NW-16 Swat-I | Rahim Shah | | PML (Qayyum) | 18,761 | 22.87 | Sher M Khan | | PPP | 18,481 | 22.53 | 280 | 0.34 | 39.49 |
| 17 | NW-17 Swat-II | Mian Gul Aurangzeb | | PML (Qayyum) | 35,538 | 34.27 | Syed Badshah Gul | | NAP-Wali | 23,276 | 22.45 | 12,262 | 11.82 | 41.00 |
| 18 | NW-18 Dir | Sahabzada Saifullah | | JI | 14,187 | 21.80 | Jahanzeb Khan | | IND | 14,036 | 21.57 | 151 | 0.23 | 30.39 |