He received 65,395 votes and defeated Makhdoom Syed Ahmad Alam Anwar of the Pakistan Muslim League (Q) (PML(Q)).
The lower court has written in its 87 pages of decision that Hamid Kazmi was not found corrupt at any level but as he was the head of the ministry and by him mismanagement was done.
[7] He turned down a request from Asif Ali Zardari to contest against Shah Mahmood Qureshi, the vice chairman of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), as a candidate of the PPP from NA-156 Multan-III in the 2018 Pakistani general election.
[8] He ran for the National Assembly as an independent candidate from NA-175 Rahim Yar Khan-I in the 2018 Pakistani general election, but was unsuccessful.
On 2 September 2009, while he was the Federal Minister for Religious Affairs, Kazmi survived an assassination attempt by suspected Taliban gunmen.