NA-24 Charsadda-I (این اے-24، چارسدہ-١) is a constituency for the National Assembly of Pakistan. The constituency was formerly known as NA-8 (Charsadda-II) from 1977 to 2018. The name changed to NA-23 (Charsadda-I) after the delimitation in 2018 and to NA-24 (Charsadda-I) after the delimitation in 2022.[2]

NA-24 Charsadda-I
Constituency
for the National Assembly of Pakistan
RegionTangi and Shabqadar Tehsils of Charsadda District
Electorate504,270 [1]
Current constituency
PartyPakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf
Member(s)Malik Anwar Taj
Created fromNA-24 Charsadda-I

Members of Parliament

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1977–2002: NA-8 Charsadda-II

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Election Member Party
1977 Nasim Wali Khan PNA
1985 Fazal Dad Khan Independent
1988 Abdul Khaliq Khan ANP
1990 Rahmanullah khan ANP
1993 Qazi Fazl Ullah IJM
1997 Haji Rehmanullah ANP

2002–2018: NA-8 Charsadda-II

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Election Member Party
2002 Aftab Ahmad Khan Sherpao PPP-S
2008 Aftab Ahmad Khan Sherpao PPP-S
2013 Aftab Ahmad Khan Sherpao QWP

2018–2022: NA-23 Charsadda-I

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Election Member Party
2018 Malik Anwar Taj PTI

2023–present: NA-24 Charsadda-I

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Election Member Party
2024 Malik Anwar Taj SIC

Elections since 2002

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2002 general election

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2002 General Election: NA-8 (Charsadda-II) [3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
  PPP (S) Aftab Ahmad Khan Sherpao 42,326 67.47
  ANP Iftikhar Khan Matta 18,346 29.24
Independent Haji Sharifullah Khan 1,105 1.76
Communist Mazdoor Kissan Party Shamas Khan 962 1.53
Majority 23,980 38.23
Turnout 62,739 29.62
PPP-S gain from ANP

A total of 1,673 votes were rejected.

2008 general election

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2008 General Election: NA-8 (Charsadda-II) [4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
  QWP Aftab Ahmad Khan Sherpao 30,626 39.23 −28.24
  ANP Bashir Khan Umerzai 29,951 38.37 +9.13
  MMA Anwar ul Habib 12,239 15.68
  PML-N Sajjad Ali 3,940 5.05
Independent Syed Zakir Shah Bacha 1,306 1.67
Majority 675 0.86
Turnout 78,062 30.80 +1.18
PPP-S hold Swing

A total of 1,842 votes were rejected.

2013 general election

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2013 General Election: NA-8 (Charsadda-II) [5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
  QWP Aftab Ahmad Khan Sherpao 37,044 26.62
  JUI-F Musammir Shah 33,836 24.32
  PTI Jehanzeb Khan Dhakki 30,089 21.62
  ANP Muhammad Taimoor Khan 15,953 11.47 −26.90
  JI Abdul Mustaan 11,034 7.93
  PPPP Waseef Ullah Khan 3,848 2.77
  PML-N Sajjad Anwar Khan 2,678 1.92 −3.13
Independent Gul Yousaf 1,011 0.73
  PkMAP Jehangir Khan 929 0.67
Independent Arbab Hussain 895 0.64
TTP Abdul Ali 594 0.43
  MQM Liaqat Ali 387 0.28
  PML Kurshid Ali Khan 361 0.26
Independent Umara Khan 299 0.21
APML Syed Zakir Shah 183 0.13
Majority 3,208 2.30
Turnout 139,141 43.63 +12.83
QWP gain from PPP-S

A total of 4,625 votes were rejected.

2018 general election

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General elections were held on 25 July 2018.

General election 2018: NA-23 (Charsadda-I)[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
PTI Malik Anwar Taj 59,371 35.07
MMA Haji Zafar Ali Khan 41,391 24.45
QWP Aftab Ahmad Khan Sherpao 33,561 19.82
ANP Gulzar Ahmed Khan 18,433 10.89
PPP Manzoor Bashir Ahmed 13,966 8.25
Others Others (two candidates) 2,568 1.52
Turnout 176,069 42.18
Total valid votes 169,290 96.15
Rejected ballots 6,779 3.85
Majority 17,980 10.62
Registered electors 417,386
PTI gain from QWP

2024 general election

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General elections were held on 8 February 2024.[7] Malik Anwar Taj won the election with 89,841 votes.

General election 2024: NA-24 Charsadda-I
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Malik Anwar Taj[a] 89,841 45.98  10.91
JUI (F) Gohar Ali 48,264 24.93 N/A
QWP Aftab Ahmad Khan Sherpao 34,536 17.84  1.98
Others Others (six candidates) 20,581 10.63
Turnout 198,882 39.44  2.74
Total valid votes 193,582 97.34
Rejected ballots 6,779 2.66
Majority 41,217 21.29  10.67
Registered electors 504,270

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ Filed nomination papers as PTI candidate but ECP allowed him to run as an Independent

References

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  1. ^ "Election Commission of Pakistan". ecp.gov.pk. Retrieved 2024-01-06.
  2. ^ "ECP - Election Commission of Pakistan". www.ecp.gov.pk. Retrieved 2022-12-25.
  3. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-12-22. Retrieved 2015-12-13.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  4. ^ "Untitled Page". Archived from the original on 2015-12-22. Retrieved 2015-12-13.
  5. ^ http://test1947.ecp.gov.pk/ConstResult.aspx?Const_Id=NA-8&type=NA [dead link]
  6. ^ "ECP – Election Commission of Pakistan". www.ecp.gov.pk. Retrieved 20 August 2018.
  7. ^ "Election Commission of Pakistan". ecp.gov.pk. Retrieved 2024-04-12.
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