| Country: | Khyber Pakhtunkhwa |
| Type: | parliamentary |
| Election Date: | 7 December 1970 |
| Next Election: | 1977 Pakistani general election in North-West Frontier Province |
| Next Year: | 1977 |
| Seats For Election: | 19 seats from North-West Frontier Province in the National Assembly |
| Turnout: | 47.94 |
| Previous Mps: | List of members of the 4th National Assembly of Pakistan |
| Elected Mps: | elected members |
| Image1: | PML (Qayyum) |
| Leader1: | Abdul Qayyum Khan |
| Leader Since1: | 1970 |
| Party1: | Pakistan Muslim League (Qayyum) |
| Leaders Seat1: | NW-8 Hazara (won)NW-11 Hazara-cum Mardan (won)(vacated)NW-1 Peshawar-I (won)(vacated) |
| Seats1: | 7 |
| Seat Change1: | 7 |
| Popular Vote1: | 3,25,924 |
| Percentage1: | 22.83 |
| Swing1: | 22.83 |
| Leader2: | Mufti Mahmud |
| Leader Since2: | 1968 |
| Party2: | Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam |
| Leaders Seat2: | NW-13 D.I Khan |
| Seats2: | 6 |
| Seat Change2: | 6 |
| Popular Vote2: | 3,66,466 |
| Percentage2: | 25.67% |
| Swing2: | 25.67 |
| Image3: | NAP-W |
| Leader3: | Abdul Wali Khan |
| Party3: | National Awami Party (Wali) |
| Leader Since3: | 1967 |
| Leaders Seat3: | NW-3 Peshawar-III |
| Seats3: | 3 |
| Seat Change3: | 3 |
| Popular Vote3: | 2,66,282 |
| Percentage3: | 18.65% |
| Swing3: | 18.65 |
| Leader4: | Zulfikar Ali Bhutto |
| Image4: | PPP |
| Leader Since4: | 30 November 1967 |
| Party4: | Pakistan Peoples Party |
| Leaders Seat4: | NW-13 D.I Khan (lost) |
| Seats4: | 1 |
| Seat Change4: | 1 |
| Popular Vote4: | 2,05,599 |
| Percentage4: | 14.40% |
| Swing4: | 14.40 |
| Leader5: | not declared |
| Image5: | JI |
| Leader Since5: | - |
| Party5: | Jamaat-e-Islami Pakistan |
| Leaders Seat5: | - |
| Seats5: | 1 |
| Seat Change5: | 1 |
| Popular Vote5: | 1,03,958 |
| Percentage5: | 7.28% |
| Swing5: | 7.28 |
| Map Size: | 350px |
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.[1] [2]
| Assembly Constituency | Winner | Runner-up | Margin | Turnout | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Candidate | Party | Votes | ||||||||||
| No. | % | 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 | |||