NA-35 Kohat

NA-35 Kohat
Constituency
for the National Assembly of Pakistan
RegionKohat District
Electorate666,237 [1]
Current constituency
PartySunni Ittehad Council
Member(s)Shehryar Afridi
Created fromNA-32 Kohat

NA-35 Kohat (این اے-35، کوہاٹ) is a constituency for the National Assembly of Pakistan. It covers tho whole of district Kohat. The constituency was formerly known as NA-14 Kohat from 1977 to 2018. The name changed to NA-32 Kohat after the delimitation in 2018 and to NA-35 Kohat after the delimitation in 2022.[2]

Members of Parliament

1988–2002: NA-9 Kohat

Election Member Party
1988 Moulvi Naimatullah IJI
1990 Syed Iftikhar Hussain Gillani PDA
1993 Syed Iftikhar Hussain Gillani PML-N
1997 Haji Javed Ibrahim Piracha PML-N

2002–2018: NA-14 Kohat

Election Member Party
2002 Mufti Ibrar Sultan MMA
2008 Dilawar Shah ANP
2013 Shehryar Afridi PTI

2018–2023: NA-32 Kohat

Election Member Party
2018 Shehryar Afridi PTI

2023–present: NA-35 Kohat

Election Member Party
2024 Shehryar Afridi SIC

Elections since 2002

2002 general election

2002 General Election: NA-14 Kohat [3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
MMA Mufti Ibrar Sultan 46,130 48.14
PML-Q Syed Iftikhar Hussain Gillani 14,277 14.90
Independent Shehryar Khan Afridi 12,083 12.61
ANP Fazal Rahim Khattak 11,299 11.79
PPPP Saifullah Khan Khattak Advocate 7,205 7.52
PML-N Javed Ibrahim Paracha 3,712 2.83
National Alliance Shah Baz Gul Shinwari 1,520 1.59
Pak Watan Party Syed Mazher Ali Shah 599 0.62
Majority 31,853 33.24
Turnout 95,825 31.40
MMA gain from PML-N

A total of 3,748 votes were rejected.

2008 general election

2008 General Election: NA-14 Kohat [4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
ANP Dilawar Shah 30,681 31.11 +19.32
Independent Malak Mohammad Asad Khan 23,030 23.35
Independent Syed Iftikhar Hussain Gillani 17,466 17.71
MMA Molana Abdul Hai 10,573 10.72 −37.42
PPPP Abdul Rauf Advocate 8,421 8.54 +1.02
Independent Qari Ubaidullah Haidri 6,774 6.87
PML-N Javaid Ibrahim Paracha 1,292 1.31 −1.52
Independent Pir Hafiz Khurshid Ali Khan 215 0.22
MQM Shahid Khan Advocate 166 0.17
Majority 7,651 7.76
Turnout 98,618 28.41 −2.99
ANP gain from MMA

A total of 3,029 votes were rejected.

2013 general election

2013 General Election: NA-14 Kohat [5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
PTI Shehryar Afridi 68,129 40.04
JUI-F Gohar Mohammad Khan Bangesh 32,041 18.83
Independent Shammim Afridi 19,135 11.25
PML-N Malik Muhammad Asad Khan 13,789 8.10 +6.79
PPPP Dilawar Shah 10,041 5.90 −2.64
MDM Ubaid Ullah 9,209 5.41
ANP Kursheed Begum Saeed 7,211 4.24 −26.87
Independent Badshah Gul 4,814 2.83
JI Syed Mohammed Faheem 3,558 2.09
TTP Asif Iqbal 498 0.29
Independent Mohammad Ihsanullah 471 0.28
QWP (S) Najeebullah Durrani 414 0.24
PkMAP Mohammad Nawaz Khan 312 0.18
Independent Nazia Zulfiqar 254 0.15
Independent Sher Rehman 159 0.09
MQM Abdul Qadeer Khan 130 0.08 −0.09
Majority 36,088 21.21
Turnout 170,165 42.68 +14.27
PTI gain from ANP

A total of 5,600 votes were rejected.

2018 general election

Further information: Pakistani general election, 2018

General elections were held on 25 July 2018.

General election 2018: NA-32 (Kohat)[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
PTI Shehryar Afridi 82,248 43.14
MMA Gohar Muhammad Khan Bangash 47,412 24.87
PML(N) Abbas Khan Afridi 44,154 23.16
Others Others (seven candidates) 16,844 8.83
Turnout 197,343 38.95
Total valid votes 190,658 96.61
Rejected ballots 6,685 3.39
Majority 34,836 18.27
Registered electors 506,699
PTI hold Swing N/A

2024 general election

Further information: Pakistani general election, 2024

General elections were held on 8 February 2024.[7] Shehryar Afridi won the election with 128,594 votes.

General election 2024: NA-35 Kohat
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Shehryar Afridi[a] 128,594 52.68 Increase9.54
PML(N) Abbas Khan Afridi 59,034 24.18 Increase1.02
JUI (F) Gohar Muhammad Khan Bangash 44,380 18.18 N/A
Others Others (fifteen candidates) 12,111 4.96
Turnout 249,848 37.50 Decrease1.45
Total valid votes 244,119 97.71
Rejected ballots 5,729 2.29
Majority 69,560 28.49 Increase10.22
Registered electors 666,239

See also

Notes

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

References

  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. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 December 2015. Retrieved 10 May 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  4. ^ [1][dead link‍]
  5. ^ http://test1947.ecp.gov.pk/ConstResult.aspx?Const_Id=NA-14&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 12 April 2024.