NA-7 Lower Dir-II (این اے-7، لور دیر-II)is a constituency for the National Assembly of Pakistan. It was created in 2018 by splitting NA-34 (Lower Dir) which contained most of Lower Dir District from 1977 to 2018. It contains Lal Qila Tehsil, Samarbagh Tehsil, Munda Tehsil, and Balambut Tehsil (excluding Balambut and Rabat union councils) of the Lower Dir District while the remaining portion of NA-34 (Lower Dir) was made part of NA-6 (Lower Dir-I).[2]

NA-7 Lower Dir-II
Constituency
for the National Assembly of Pakistan
RegionTimergara Tehsil, Adenzai Tehsil, Khall Tehsil and Balambat Tehsil (partly) of Lower Dir District
Electorate413,777 [1]
Current constituency
Created2018
PartyPakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf
Member(s)Mehboob Shah
Created fromNA-34 (Lower Dir)

Members of Parliament

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2018–2023: NA-7 Lower Dir-II

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Election Member Party
2018 Muhammad Bashir Khan PTI
2024 Mehboob Shah SIC

2018 general election

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General elections were held on 25 July 2018.

General election 2018: NA-7 (Lower Dir-II)[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
PTI Muhammad Bashir Khan 63,017 43.11  12.93
MMA Siraj-ul-Haq 46,040 31.50  16.73
Others Others (six candidates) 32,666 22.35
Turnout 146,178 44.22  14.07
Rejected ballots 4,455 3.04
Majority 16,977 11.61
Registered electors 330,592
PTI gain from JI

JI and JUI-F contested as part of MMA

2024 general election

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General elections were held on 8 February 2024.[4] Mehboob Shah won the election with 84,670 votes.[5]

General election 2024: NA-7 Lower Dir-II
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Mehboob Shah[a] 84,670 49.03  5.92
JI Muhammad Ismail 31,104 18.01 N/A
PPP Alam Zaib Khan 20,464 11.85  4.80
ANP Zahid Khan 16,653 9.64  4.18
JUI (F) Siraj Ud Din 13,862 8.03 N/A
Others Others (eleven candidates) 5,935 3.44
Turnout 176,936 42.76  1.46
Rejected ballots 4,248 2.40
Majority 53,566 31.02  19.36
Registered electors 413,777

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. ^ Final List of National Assembly Constituencies (PDF). Election Commission of Pakistan. 2018. p. 2. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2018-05-10. Retrieved 2018-05-18.
  3. ^ "ECP – Election Commission of Pakistan". www.ecp.gov.pk. Retrieved 16 August 2018.
  4. ^ "Election Commission of Pakistan". ecp.gov.pk. Retrieved 2024-04-12.
  5. ^ "NA-7 Election Result 2024 Lower Dir 2, Cadidates List". www.geo.tv. Retrieved 2024-10-16.