Member of the National Assembly of Pakistan from Wazirabad (2024–2029)
Muhammad Ahmed Chattha (Urdu: محمد احمد چٹھہ), is a Pakistani politician who has been a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan since February 2024.
Political career
Chattha contested the 2013 Pakistani general election from NA-101 Gujranwala-VII as a candidate of Pakistan Muslim League (J) (PML(J)), but was unsuccessful. He received 59,878 votes and was defeated by Iftikhar Cheema, a candidate of Pakistan Muslim League (N) (PML(N)), who polled 99,924 votes.[2]
He contested a 2016 by-election from NA-101 Gujranwala-VII as a candidate of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), but was unsuccessful. He received 81,218 votes and was again defeated by Iftikhar Cheema, a candidate of PML(N).[3]
He contested the 2018 Pakistani general election from NA-79 Gujranwala-I as a candidate of PTI, but was unsuccessful. He received 118,709 votes and was defeated, this time by Nisar Ahmed Cheema, a candidate of PML(N).[4]
He was elected to the National Assembly of Pakistan in the 2024 Pakistani general election from NA-66 Wazirabad as a PTI-backed Independent candidate. He received 160,676 votes while the runner-up Nisar Ahmed Cheema, a candidate of PML(N), received 100,633 votes.[5][6]
He later joined the Sunni Ittehad Council (SIC), along with all of the other PTI-affiliated independents.[7]
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