NA-12 Upper Kohistan-cum-Lower Kohistan-cum-Kolai Palas Kohistan (-این اے-12،اپر کوہستان-کم-لوئر کوہستان-کم-کولائی پالاس) is a constituency for the National Assembly of Pakistan. It covers the whole of districts of Kohistan, Lower Kohistan, and Kolai-Palas. The constituency was formerly known as NA-23 (Kohistan) from 1977 to 2018. The name changed to NA-11 (Kohistan) after the delimitation in 2018 and to NA-12 (Kohistan-cum-Lower Kohistan-cum-Kolai Palas Kohistan) after the delimitation in 2022.[2]
| NA-12 Kohistan-cum-Lower Kohistan-cum-Kolai Palas Kohistan | |
|---|---|
| Constituency for the National Assembly of Pakistan | |
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| Region | Upper Kohistan District Lower Kohistan District Kolai-Palas District |
| Electorate | 196,125 [1] |
| Current constituency | |
| Party | PML(N) |
| Member(s) | Malik Muhammad Idrees |
| Created from | NA-11 (Kohistan) |
Members of Parliament
edit1977–2002: NA-23 Kohistan
edit| Election | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1977 | Fateh M. Khan | PPP | |
| 1985 | Independent | ||
| 1988 | Dr Mahboob-ur-Rehman | PPP | |
| 1990 | M. Afzal Khan | IJI | |
| 1993 | Malak Sayed Ahmad | PPP | |
| 1997 | Malak Aurangzeb | Independent | |
2002–2018: NA-23 Kohistan
edit| Election | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | Molvi Abdul Haleem | MMA | |
| 2008 | Mehboobullah | Independent | |
| 2013 | Sarzameen | Independent | |
2018–2023: NA-11 Kohistan-cum-Lower Kohistan-cum-Kolai Palas Kohistan
edit| Election | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Afreen Khan | MMA | |
2024–present: NA-12 Kohistan-cum-Lower Kohistan-cum-Kolai Palas Kohistan
edit| Election | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Malik Muhammad Idrees | PML(N) | |
Elections since 2002
edit2002 general election
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 MMA
|
Abdul Halim Khan | 15,603 | 39.41 | ||
 PML-Q
|
Mehboob Ullah Jan | 10,630 | 26.85 | ||
| Independent | Abbas Sarfaraz Khan | 7,915 | 19.99 | ||
| Independent | Muhammad Aslam | 3,143 | 7.94 | ||
| Independent | Saif-ur-Rehman | 1,696 | 4.28 | ||
 PPPP
|
Afzal Khan | 436 | 1.10 | ||
| Independent | Muhammad Anwar | 169 | 0.43 | ||
| Majority | 4,973 | 12.56 | |||
| Turnout | 39,592 | 16.14 | |||
| MMA gain from ANP | |||||
A total of 1,012 votes were rejected.
2008 general election
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Mehboob Ullah Jan | 14,100 | 26.56 | ||
| PPPP
|
Haji Misar Khan | 13,412 | 25.26 | +24.16 | |
| PML
|
Saranzaib Khan | 9,625 | 18.13 | ||
| PML-N
|
Jehanzeb Khan | 6,439 | 12.13 | ||
| MMA
|
Molvi Karimdad | 5,418 | 10.21 | −29.20 | |
| Independent | Abdur Rehman | 3,960 | 7.46 | ||
| Independent | Didar Khan | 78 | 0.15 | ||
| Independent | Abdul Sattar Khan | 54 | 0.10 | ||
| Majority | 688 | 1.30 | |||
| Turnout | 53,086 | 16.70 | +0.56 | ||
| Independent gain from MMA | |||||
A total of 3,386 votes were rejected.
2013 general election
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Sar Zamin Khan | 17,498 | 33.93 | ||
 JUI-F
|
Mehboob Ullah Jan | 12,337 | 23.93 | ||
| PML-N
|
Malak Syed Ahmad | 11,865 | 23.01 | +10.88 | |
| PML
|
Alhaaj Malak Aurangzeb Khan | 4,997 | 9.69 | −8.44 | |
| Independent | Malak Abad Shah | 3,882 | 7.53 | ||
| MDM | Abdul Ghafoor | 530 | 1.03 | ||
| Independent | Dilawar Khan | 254 | 0.49 | ||
| Independent | Ameez Khan | 202 | 0.39 | ||
| Majority | 5,161 | 10.00 | |||
| Turnout | 51,565 | 40.24 | +23.54 | ||
| Independent gain from Independent | |||||
A total of 1,022 votes were rejected.
2018 general election
editGeneral elections were held on 25 July 2018.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MMA | Afreen Khan | 15,859 | 25.08 |  0.12†
| |
| Independent | Dost Muhammad Shakir | 14,148 | 22.38 | 22.38
| |
| PML(Q) | Mehboob Ullah Jan | 12,627 | 19.97 | 10.28
| |
| PTI | Malik Haji Aurangzeb | 9,584 | 15.16 | 15.16
| |
| Independent | Syed Gul Badshah | 4,487 | 7.10 | 7.10
| |
| PPP | Malik Noor Wali Shah | 4,185 | 6.62 | 6.62
| |
| Others | Others (eleven candidates) | 810 | 1.27 | ||
| Turnout | 63,229 | 40.89 | 0.65
| ||
| Rejected ballots | 1,529 | 2.42 | |||
| Majority | 1,711 | 2.70 | |||
| Registered electors | 154,620 | ||||
| MMA gain from Independent | |||||
†Change from combined vote of JUI-F, and MDM in 2013
2024 general election
editGeneral elections were held on 8 February 2024.[6] Malik Muhammad Idrees won the election with 28,010 votes.[7]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Malik Muhammad Idrees | 28,010 | 27.69 | N/A | |
| JUI (F) | Salah Uddin | 23,014 | 22.75 | N/A | |
| PPP | Mehboob Ullah Jan | 21,061 | 20.82 | 14.20
| |
| Independent | Molvi Karim Dad | 15,493 | 15.32 | N/A | |
| Others | Others (ten candidates) | 13,581 | 13.43 | ||
| Turnout | 102,812 | 52.42 | 11.53
| ||
| Rejected ballots | 1,653 | 1.61 | |||
| Majority | 4,996 | 4.94 | |||
| Registered electors | 196,125 | ||||
| Independent gain from MMA | |||||
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Election Commission of Pakistan". ecp.gov.pk. Retrieved 6 January 2024.
- ^ "ECP - Election Commission of Pakistan". www.ecp.gov.pk. Retrieved 25 December 2022.
- ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 December 2015. Retrieved 26 December 2016.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ a b http://test1947.ecp.gov.pk/ConstResult.aspx?Const_Id=NA-23&type=NA [dead link]
- ^ "ECP – Election Commission of Pakistan". www.ecp.gov.pk. Retrieved 16 August 2018.
- ^ "Election Commission of Pakistan". ecp.gov.pk. Retrieved 12 April 2024.
- ^ "NA-12 Election Result 2024 Kohistan-cum-Kolai Palas, Candidates List". www.geo.tv. Retrieved 16 October 2024.
External links
edit- Election result's official website