PK-71 Khyber-III (پی کے-71 خیبر-3) is a constituency for the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan.It was created in 2018 after merger of FATA with Khyber Pakhtunkhwa before 2019 elections.[1][2][3]

PK-71 Khyber-III
Constituency
for the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly
RegionFort Salop and Bara Tehsils (partly) of Khyber District
Current constituency
Created2018
PartyPakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf
Member(s)Abdul Ghani
Created fromPK-107 Khyber-III (2018-2023)

Members of Assembly

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2019-2023: PK-107 Khyber-III

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Election Member Party
2019 Muhammad Shafiq Afridi PTI

Election 2019

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After merger of FATA with Khyber Pakhtunkhwa provincial elections were held for the very first time. Independent candidate Muhammad Shafiq Afridi won the seat by getting 9,796 votes. He later joined Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf.[4][5]

Provincial election 2019: PK-107 Khyber-III
Party Candidate Votes %
Independent Muhammad Shafiq Afridi 9,796 26.15
Independent Hameed Ullah Jan Afridi 8,473 22.62
PTI Muhammad Zubair 6,391 17.06
JI Shah Faisal Afridi 4,923 13.14
JUI (F) Shams ud Din 3,298 8.81
Independent Nawabzada Muhammad Shah 2,331 6.22
Independent Haroon Afridi 941 2.51
Independent Danish Khan Afridi 498 1.33
ANP Muhammad Sadiq 396 1.06
Independent Tahir Shah 211 0.56
Independent Naimat Khan 64 0.17
PPP Sohail Ahmed 56 0.15
Independent Others (6 Independents) 77 0.20
Turnout 37,879 17.53
Valid ballots 37,455 98.98
Rejected ballots 424 1.02
Majority 1,323 3.53
Registered electors 2,16,133
Independent win (new seat)

Election 2023

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ "By District | KP Assembly". www.pakp.gov.pk. Archived from the original on 2023-08-19. Retrieved 2022-12-06.
  2. ^ "ECP - Election Commission of Pakistan". www.ecp.gov.pk. Archived from the original on 2022-11-26. Retrieved 2022-12-06.
  3. ^ Hashim, Asad. "Historic election held in Pakistan's former tribal districts". www.aljazeera.com. Archived from the original on 2022-12-12. Retrieved 2022-12-12.
  4. ^ "Constituency Profile". Election Pakistan. Archived from the original on 2022-11-30. Retrieved 2022-11-30.
  5. ^ Shah, Waseem Ahmad (2019-08-04). "Tehreek-i-Insaf to bag three tribal districts reserved seats in PA". DAWN.COM. Archived from the original on 2022-12-12. Retrieved 2022-12-12.
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