NA-85 Sargodha-IV

NA-85 Sargodha-IV
Constituency
for the National Assembly of Pakistan
RegionSillanwali Tehsil and Sargodha Tehsil (partly) of Sargodha District
Electorate507,216 [1]
Current constituency
PartyPakistan Muslim League (N)
Member(s)Zulfiqar Ali Bhatti
Created fromNA-67 Sargodha-IV

NA-85 Sargodha-IV (این اے-85، سرگودھا-٤) is a constituency for the National Assembly of Pakistan.[2]

Members of Parliament

1988–2002: NA-50 Sargodha-IV

Election Member Party
1988 Chaudhry Anwar Ali Cheema IJI
1990 Chaudhry Anwar Ali Cheema IJI
1993 Chaudhry Anwar Ali Cheema PML-N
1997 Chaudhry Anwar Ali Cheema PML-N

2002–2018: NA-67 Sargodha-IV

Election Member Party
2002 Chaudhry Anwar Ali Cheema PML-Q
2008 Chaudhry Anwar Ali Cheema PML-Q
2013 Zulfiqar Ali Bhatti PML-N

2018–2023: NA-91 Sargodha-IV

Election Member Party
2018 Zulfiqar Ali Bhatti PML-N
2019 Chaudhry Aamir Sultan Cheema PTI
2022 Zulfiqar Ali Bhatti PML-N

2024–present: NA-85 Sargodha-IV

Election Member Party
2024 Zulfiqar Ali Bhatti PML-N

Election 2002

Further information: Pakistani general election, 2002

General elections were held on 10 Oct 2002. Chaudhry Anwar Ali Cheema of PML-Q won by 84,919 votes.[3]

General election 2002: NA-67 Sargodha-IV
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
PML(Q) Ch. Anwar Ali Cheema 84,919 58.51
MMA Shams Naveed Cheema 38,136 26.23
PPP Ch. Hafeez Ullah Cheema 22,323 15.26
Turnout 150,043 49.13
Total valid votes 145,378 96.89
Rejected ballots 4,665 3.11
Majority 46,783 32.28
Registered electors 305,379

Election 2008

Further information: Pakistani general election, 2008

General elections were held on 18 Feb 2008. Chaudhry Anwar Ali Cheema of PML-Q won by 83,594 votes.[4]

General election 2008: NA-67 Sargodha-IV
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
PML(Q) Ch. Anwar Ali Cheema 83,594 48.89
PPP Zulfiqar Ali Bhatti 66,392 38.83
PML(N) Ch. Muhammad Ali Gujar 20,225 11.83
Others Others (three candidates) 770 0.45
Turnout 174,577 46.89
Total valid votes 170,891 97.89
Rejected ballots 3,496 2.11
Majority 17,202 10.06
Registered electors 372,351
PML(Q) hold

Election 2013

Further information: Pakistani general election, 2013

General elections were held on 11 May 2013. Zulfiqar Ali Bhatti succeeded in the election with 109,132 votes and became a member of the National Assembly.[5]

General election 2013: NA-67 Sargodha-IV
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
PML(N) Zulfiqar Ali Bhatti 109,132 48.97
PML(Q) Ch. Anwar Ali Cheema 97,361 43.69
Others Others (ten candidates) 16,347 7.34
Turnout 231,001 63.18
Total valid votes 222,840 96.47
Rejected ballots 8,161 3.53
Majority 11,771 5.28
Registered electors 365,609
PML(N) gain from PML(Q)

Election 2018

Further information: Pakistani general election, 2018

General elections were held on 25 July 2018.

General election 2018: NA-91 Sargodha-IV [6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
PML(N) Zulfiqar Ali Bhatti 110,525 40.59
PTI Chaudhry Aamir Sultan Cheema 110,246 40.49
Others Others (eleven candidates) 44,789 16.45
Turnout 272,293 59.46
Rejected ballots 6,733 2.47
Majority 279 0.10
Registered electors 457,921
PML(N) hold Swing N/A

Repolling, February 2019

Following uncovering of evidence of ballot-tempering in an election tribunal, the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) ordered a repolling on 20 contentious polling stations at the request of Aamir Sultan Cheema. The repolling was conducted on February 2, 2019, the result of which PTI's Cheema emerged victorious.[7]

Re-polling on 20 Polling Stations: NA-91 Sargodha-IV [8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
PTI Chaudhry Aamir Sultan Cheema 12,028 79.59 Increase39.10
PML(N) Zulfiqar Ali Bhatti 3,034 20.41 Decrease20.18
Majority 8,894 58.85 Increase58.75
PTI gain from PML(N)

Challenge in the Supreme Court

Bhatti successfully challenged the ECP’s re-polling order in the Supreme Court and he was again declared the winner of this election.[9]

Election 2024

Further information: Pakistani general election, 2024

General elections were held on 8 February 2024. Zulfiqar Ali Bhatti won the election with 121,015 votes.[10]

General election 2024: NA-85 Sargodha-IV
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
PML(N) Zulfiqar Ali Bhatti 121,015 44.63 Increase4.04
Independent Khuda Dad[a] 111,165 41.00 Increase0.51
Others Others (eighteen candidates) 38,976 14.37
Turnout 277,775 54.76 Decrease4.70
Total valid votes 271,156 97.62
Rejected ballots 6,619 2.38
Majority 9,850 3.63 Increase3.53
Registered electors 507,216
PML(N) hold Swing N/A

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. ^ "Election Result NA-67 Sargodha-IV Punjab | Pakistan Election 2013 - geo.tv". Archived from the original on 9 August 2013. Retrieved 28 March 2014.
  4. ^ org, Election site dot. "NA-67 - Pakistan General Election 2018, 2013, 2008, Raja Muhammad Asad Khan, Pakistan Muslim League (N), Ch.Shahbaz Hussain, Pakistan Muslim League, Ali-Uz-Zaman, Pakistan Peoples Party Parliamentarians". electionsite.org. Retrieved 10 August 2018.
  5. ^ "National Assembly of Pakistan". www.na.gov.pk. Retrieved 10 August 2018.
  6. ^ "ECP - Election Commission of Pakistan". www.ecp.gov.pk. Retrieved 10 August 2018.
  7. ^ "PTI's Aamir Sultan bags NA-91 seat in re-polling". ARYNEWS. 2 February 2019. Retrieved 10 February 2019.
  8. ^ "ECP - Election Commission of Pakistan". www.ecp.gov.pk. Retrieved 10 August 2018.
  9. ^ "SC declares PMLN's Bhatti winner from NA-91 Sargodha". www.thenews.com.pk. Retrieved 12 November 2022.
  10. ^ "Election Commission of Pakistan". ecp.gov.pk. Retrieved 17 July 2024.


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