1951 North-West Frontier Province provincial election

1951 North-West Frontier Province provincial election
10 December 1951
All 85 seats in the Provincial Assembly
43 seats needed for a majority
Registered1,346,938
Turnout49%
  Majority party Minority party
 
Leader Abdul Qayyum Khan Amin ul-Hasanat
Party PML JAML
Last election 17 seats –
Seats won 67 4
Seat change 50 New
Premier before election

Abdul Qayyum Khan
PML

 Elected Premier

Abdul Qayyum Khan
PML

Provincial Assembly elections were held in the North-West Frontier Province of the Dominion of Pakistan in 1951 to elect all 85 members of the Provincial Assembly, alongside provincial elections in West Punjab. It was Pakistan's first provincial assembly election. The Muslim League won the election, defeating the Jinnah Awami Muslim League coalition of the Jinnah Muslim League and All-Pakistan Awami Muslim League.

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