NA-61 Jhelum-II (این اے-61، جہلم-٢) is a constituency for the National Assembly of Pakistan.[2]

NA-61 Jhelum-II
Constituency
for the National Assembly of Pakistan
RegionPind Dadan Khan Tehsil, Dina Tehsil (partly) and Jhelum Tehsil (partly) including Jhelum city Jhelum District
Electorate517,583 [1]
Current constituency
PartyPakistan Muslim League (N)
Member(s)Chaudhry Farrukh Altaf
Created fromNA-63 Jhelum-II

Members of Parliament

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1970–1977: NW-33 Jhelum-II

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Election Member Party
1970 Mohammad Amir Khan PPP
1974 by-election Nazar Hussain Kiyani PPP

1970–1977: NW-34 Jhelum-III

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Election Member Party
1970 Malik Muhammad Sadiq PPP

1977–1988: NA-45 Jhelum-II

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Election Member Party
1977 Sardar Khizar Hayat Khan PPP
1985 Malik Abdul Majeed Independent

1977–1988: NA-46 Jhelum-III

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Election Member Party
1977 Masood-ul-Hassan Bhatti PPP
1985 Raja Muhammad Afsar Independent

1988–2002: NA-46 Jhelum-II

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Election Member Party
1988 Iqbal Mehdi IJI
1990 Iqbal Mehdi IJI
1993 Iqbal Mehdi PML-N
1997 Iqbal Mehdi PML-N

2002–2018: NA-63 Jhelum-II

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Election Member Party
2002 Raja Muhammad Asad Khan PML-N
2008 Raja Muhammad Asad Khan PML-N
2013 Iqbal Mehdi PML-N
2016 Nawabzada Raja Matloob Mehdi PML-N

2018–2023: NA-67 Jhelum-II

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Election Member Party
2018 Fawad Chaudhry PTI

2024–present: NA-61 Jhelum-II

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Election Member Party
2024 Chaudhry Farrukh Altaf PML(N)

Election 2002

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General elections were held on 10 Oct 2002. Raja Muhammad Asad Khan of PML-N won by 46,722 votes.[3]

Election 2008

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The result of general election 2008 in this constituency is given below.

Result

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Raja Muhammad Asad Khan succeeded in the election 2008 and became the member of National Assembly.[4]

General election 2008: NA-63 Jhelum-II
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
PML(N) Raja Muhammad Asad Khan 79,662 50.11
PML(Q) Ch. Shahbaz Hussain 51,666 32.50
PPP Ali-Uz-Zaman 24,476 15.40
Independent Mahmood Hussain Azad 3,181 1.99
Turnout 163,014 43.06
Total valid votes 158,985 97.53
Rejected ballots 4,029 2.47
Majority 27,996 17.61
Registered electors 378,616
PML(N) hold

Election 2013

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General elections were held on 11 May 2013. Nawabzada Raja Iqbal Mehdi Khan of PML-N won by 116,013 votes and became the member of National Assembly.[5]

General election 2013: NA-63 Jhelum-II
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
PML(N) Malik Iqbal Mehdi Khan 116,013 57.01
PTI Mirza Saeed Mehmood Baig 42,805 21.04
PML(Q) Fawad Ahmad 34,072 16.85
Others Others (ten candidates) 10,591 5.10
Turnout 208,754 53.95
Total valid votes 203,481 97.47
Rejected ballots 5,273 2.53
Majority 73,208 35.97
Registered electors 386,957
PML(N) hold

By-election 2016

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By-election were held on 31 Aug 2016. Nawabzada Raja Matloob Mehdi of PML-N won by 81,612 votes and became the member of National Assembly.[6]

Election 2018

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General elections were held on 25 July 2018.

General election 2018: NA-67 Jhelum-II [7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
PTI Fawad Chaudhry 93,102 44.40
PML(N) Raja Matloob Mehdi 82,475 39.34
Others Others (thirteen candidates) 29,685 14.16
Turnout 209,671 51.87
Rejected ballots 4,409 2.10
Majority 10,607 5.06
Registered electors 404,212
PTI gain from PML(N)

Election 2024

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General elections were held on 8 February 2024. Chaudhry Farrukh Altaf won the election with 88,100 votes.

General election 2024: NA-61 Jhelum-II
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
PML(N) Chaudhry Farrukh Altaf 88,100 37.24  2.10
Independent Shaukat Iqbal Mirza[a] 84,636 35.78  8.62
TLP Imran Haider 28,238 11.94  3.93
PPP Syed Amir Hamza Peerzada 13,294 5.62 N/A
Independent Mushtaq Ahmed 10,294 4.35  3.84
Others Others (eight candidates) 12,003 5.07
Turnout 246,224 47.57  4.30
Total valid votes 236,565 96.08
Rejected ballots 9,659 3.92
Majority 3,464 1.46
Registered electors 517,583
PML(N) gain from PTI

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 6 January 2024.
  2. ^ "ECP - Election Commission of Pakistan". www.ecp.gov.pk. Retrieved 25 December 2022.
  3. ^ "Election Result NA-63 Jhelum-II Punjab | Pakistan Election 2013 - geo.tv". Archived from the original on 9 August 2013. Retrieved 27 March 2014.
  4. ^ "Election result 2008 for NA-63". ECP. Archived from the original on November 15, 2012. Retrieved November 8, 2012.
  5. ^ "National Assembly of Pakistan". www.na.gov.pk. Archived from the original on 30 April 2016. Retrieved 5 August 2018.
  6. ^ MASK. "NA 63 Jhelum Bye Election Result 2016". www.electionpakistani.com. Archived from the original on 26 January 2018. Retrieved 5 August 2018.
  7. ^ "ECP – Election Commission of Pakistan". www.ecp.gov.pk. Archived from the original on 5 August 2018. Retrieved 5 August 2018.
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