NA-1 (Chitral)
NA-1 (Chitral) (Urdu: این اے-۳۲، چترال) is a constituency for the National Assembly of Pakistan. It comprises the whole district of Chitral. It was formerly known as NA-32 (Tribal Areas IV) from 1977 to 2002. In 2002, it was changed to NA-32 (Chitral). The delimitation in 2018 saw the constituency name be changed to NA-1 (Chitral).
| NA-1 (Chitral) | |
|---|---|
| Constituency for the National Assembly of Pakistan | |
| District | Chitral District |
| Province | Khyber Pakhtunkhwa |
| Electorate | 269,579[1] |
| Current constituency | |
| Member(s) | Abdul Akbar Chitrali |
| Created from | NA-32 (Chitral) |
Members of Parliament
1977–2002: NA-32 (Tribal Areas VI)
| Election | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1977 | Abdul Subhan Khan | Independent | |
| 1985 | |||
| 1988 | Bismillah Khan | Independent | |
| 1990 | Haji Lal Karim | Independent | |
| 1993 | Bismillah Khan | Independent | |
| 1997 | Haji Lal Karim | Independent | |
2002–2018: NA-32 (Chitral)
| Election | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | Abdul Akbar Chitrali | MMA | |
| 2008 | Shahzada Mohiuddin | PML (Q) | |
| 2013 | Shahzada Iftikhar Uddin | APML | |
Since 2018: NA-1 (Chitral)
| Election | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Abdul Akbar Chitrali | MMA | |
Election 2002
General Elections were held on 10 October 2002. Abdul Akbar Khan won this seat with 36,130 votes.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MMA | Abdul Akbar Khan | 36,130 | 44.38 | ||
| PML(Q) | Shahzada Iftikhar Uddin | 23,907 | 29.37 | ||
| PPP | Sardar Ali S. Aman | 20,862 | 25.62 | ||
| PTI | Abdul Latif | 516 | 0.63 | ||
| Valid ballots | 81,415 | 96.94 | |||
| Rejected ballots | 2,572 | 3.06 | |||
| Turnout | 83,987 | 49.13 | |||
| Majority | 12,223 | 15.01 | |||
| MMA gain from Independent | |||||
Election 2008
General Elections were held on 18 February 2008. Shahzada Mohiuddin won this seat with 33,278 votes.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PML(Q) | Shahzada Mohiuddin | 33,278 | 38.53 | ||
| Independent | Sardar Muhammad Khan | 31,120 | 36.03 | ||
| PPP | Ghulam Muhyuddin | 18,516 | 21.44 | ||
| MMA | Molvi Muhammad Jehangir Khan | 2,759 | 3.19 | ||
| Independent | Nadir Khawaja | 695 | 0.80 | ||
| Valid ballots | 86,368 | 96.42 | |||
| Rejected ballots | 3,208 | 3.58 | |||
| Turnout | 89,576 | 45.46 | |||
| Majority | 2,158 | 2.50 | |||
| PML(Q) gain from MMA | |||||
Election 2013
General Elections were held on 11 May 2013. Shahzada Iftikhar Uddin won this seat with 29,772 votes.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| APML | Shahzada Iftikhar Uddin | 29,772 | 23.83 | ||
| PTI | Abdul Latif | 24,182 | 19.35 | ||
| JI | Abdul Akbar Chitrali | 20,520 | 16.42 | ||
| PPP | Muhammad Hakeem Khan | 19,877 | 15.91 | ||
| JUI (F) | Hidayat-ur-Rehman | 15,928 | 12.75 | ||
| ANP | Syed Muzafar Ali Shah Jahan | 6,728 | 5.38 | ||
| TPAP | Irshad Alam Khan | 3,948 | 3.16 | ||
| PML(N) | Muhammad Younas | 2,463 | 1.97 | ||
| Independent | Muhammad Yahya | 941 | 0.75 | ||
| Independent | Asma Mehmood | 587 | 0.47 | ||
| Independent | Kamal Abdul Jamil | 0 | 0.00 | ||
| Valid ballots | 124,946 | 95.00 | |||
| Rejected ballots | 6,574 | 5.00 | |||
| Turnout | 131,520 | 63.66 | |||
| Majority | 5,590 | 4.48 | |||
| APML gain from PML(Q) | |||||
Election 2018
General elections were held on 25 July 2018.
- Contest overview
Shahzada Iftikhar Uddin previously ran twice from this constituency, first in 2002 on Pakistan Muslim League (Q) ticket and then in 2013 on All Pakistan Muslim League ticket. He was runner up in 2002 and winner in 2013. He ran on Pakistan Muslim League (N) ticket in 2018 and lost. Former dictator and president of Pakistan, Pervez Musharraf initially expressed intention to run from this constituency being head of All Pakistan Muslim League but he resigned as APML head thus Mohammad Amjad, his replacement ran from this constituency from APML.[5][6] Saleem Khan of Pakistan Peoples Party Parliamentarians had been a member of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly from 2008 to 2018 but he ran for National Assembly from this constituency in 2018.
- Results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MMA | Abdul Akbar Chitrali | 48,616 | 29.58 |  0.41† | |
| PTI | Abdul Latif | 38,481 | 23.41 | 4.06 | |
| PPP | Saleem Khan | 32,635 | 19.86 | 3.95 | |
| PML(N) | Shahzada Iftikhar Uddin | 21,016 | 12.79 | 10.82 | |
| Others | Others (seven candidates) | 18,177 | 11.06 | ||
| Turnout | 164,355 | 60.97 |  2.69 | ||
| Rejected ballots | 5,430 | 3.30 | |||
| Majority | 10,135 | 6.17 | |||
| Registered electors | 269,579 | ||||
| MMA gain from APML | |||||
†JI and JUI-F contested as part of MMA
See also
References
- Shah, Waseem Ahmad (3 July 2018). "KP gets 3.05 million new voters". dawn.com. Retrieved 3 July 2018.
- "Constituency-Wise Detailed Results" (PDF).
- "Election Commission of Pakistan: List of Elections with their Bye-Elections".
- "Election Commission of Pakistan: List of Elections with their Bye Elections".
- "Pervez Musharraf to contest elections from NA-1 Chitral – Daily Pakistan Observer -Daily Pakistan Observer –". pakobserver.net. Archived from the original on 5 July 2018. Retrieved 8 August 2018.
- "Pervez Musharraf resigns as APML chairman – The Express Tribune". tribune.com.pk. 22 June 2018. Retrieved 8 August 2018.
- "ECP – Election Commission of Pakistan". www.ecp.gov.pk. Retrieved 8 August 2018.
External links
- Election result's official website