NA-38 Karak

NA-38 Karak
Constituency
for the National Assembly of Pakistan
RegionKarak District
Electorate486,754 [1]
Current constituency
PartyPakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf
Member(s)Shahid Ahmed Khattak
Created fromNA-15 Karak

NA-38 Karak (این اے-38، کرک) is a constituency for the National Assembly of Pakistan. It covers whole of district Karak. The constituency was formerly known as NA-15 Karak from 1977 to 2018. The name changed to NA-34 Karak after the delimitation in 2018 and to NA-38 Karak after the delimitation in 2022.[2]

Members of Parliament

1977–2002: NA-15 Karak

Election Member Party
1977 M. Haneef Khan PPP
1985 Al-Haj Syed Qasim Shah Independent
1988 Nawabzada Salahuddin Saeed PPP
1990 Nawabzada Salahuddin Saeed IJI
1993 Nawabzada Salahuddin Saeed PML-N
1997 Nawabzada Salahuddin Saeed PML-N

2002–2018: NA-15 Karak

Election Member Party
2002 Shah Abdul Aziz MMA
2008 Mufti Ajmal Khan MMA
2013 Nasir Khan Khattak PTI

2018–2022: NA-34 Karak

Election Member Party
2018 Shahid Ahmed Khattak PTI

2023–present: NA-38 Karak

Election Member Party
2024 Shahid Ahmed Khattak SIC

Elections since 2002

2002 general election

2002 General Election: NA-15 Karak [3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
MMA Shah Abdul Aziz 31,325 32.75
PPPP Masood Sharif Khattak 17,712 18.52
PML-N Rehmat Salam 13,381 13.99
PTI Imran Khan 9,972 10.43
Independent Mufti Ajmal Khan 9,443 9.87
ANP Muhammad Amin Khattak 9,110 9.52
PPP (S) Said Ullah Shah 3,237 3.38
Independent Zakim Khan 1,113 1.17
PkMAP Badshah Jan 193 0.20
Independent Farzana Masood 83 0.09
Independent Muhammad Iqbal 75 0.08
Majority 13,613 14.23
Turnout 95,644 38.74
MMA gain from PML-N

A total of 1,780 votes were rejected.

2008 general election

2008 General Election: NA-15 Karak [4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
MMA Mufti Ajmal Khan 28,665 25.92 −6.83
PML-N Shams ur Rehman Khattak 22,053 19.94 +5.95
PML Muhammad Ayub Khan Khattak 21,497 19.44
Independent Nawabzada Mohsin Ali Khan 21,002 18.99
ANP Sher Nawaz Khattak 14,808 13.39 +3.87
PPPP Sher Qanoos Advocate 2,313 2.09 −16.43
MQM Shahinshah Khuddar 178 0.16
Independent Gul Taz Ali Khattak 72 0.07
Majority 6,612 5.98
Turnout 110,588 38.78 +0.04
MMA hold Swing

A total of 2,636 votes were rejected.

2013 general election

2013 General Election: NA-15 Karak [5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
PTI Nasir Khan Khattak 51,481 32.25
PML-N Rehmat Salam Khattak 29,815 18.68 −1.26
MDM Shah Abdul Aziz 29,224 18.31
Independent Masood Sharif Khan Khattak 15,678 9.82
JUI-F Muhammad Sardar 13,226 8.29
ANP Muhammad Sharif Khattak 7,559 4.74 −8.65
JI Muhammad Tasleem Iqbal 5,105 3.20
PPPP Muhammad Shah Jehan 2,263 1.42 −0.67
Independent Altaf Qadir 1,123 0.71
Independent Muhammad Umer 1,097 0.69
Independent Munir Khan 572 0.36
Independent Asif Noor 453 0.28
Independent Shaki Marjan 409 0.26
PkMAP Rafi Ullah 387 0.24
TTP Muhammad Sadiq 343 0.21
MQM Asad Ullah Shah 327 0.20 +0.04
Independent Shahenshah 211 0.13
Tehrik-e-Masawaat Jamal Khan 99 0.06
JUP-N Shad Mohammad Khan 93 0.06
Independent Altaf Ahmad 83 0.05
Independent Shams ur Rehman Khattak 67 0.04
Millat Party Mohammad Shah Jehan 0 0.00
Majority 21,666 13.57
Turnout 159,615 51.64 +12.86
PTI gain from MMA

A total of 4,284 votes were rejected.

2018 general election

Further information: Pakistani general election, 2018

General elections were held on 25 July 2018.

General election 2018: NA-34 Karak [6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
PTI Shahid Ahmed Khattak 77,270 39.63
MMA Mir Zaqeem Khan 28,548 14.64
PPP Nawabzada Mohsin Ali Khan 28,188 14.46
JUI-S Shah Abdul Aziz 16,954 8.70
PML(N) Rehmat Salam Khattak 14,431 7.40
Independent Gul Sahib Khan 13,626 6.99
Others Others (twelve candidates) 15,963 8.19
Turnout 201,367 49.79
Total valid votes 194,980 96.83
Rejected ballots 6,387 3.17
Majority 48,722 24.99
Registered electors 404,458
PTI hold Swing N/A

2024 general election

Further information: Pakistani general election, 2024

General elections were held on 8 February 2024.[7] Shahid Ahmed Khattak won the election with 117,998 votes.

General election 2024: NA-38 Karak
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Shahid Ahmed Khattak[a] 117,998 54.56 Increase14.93
JUI (F) Shah Abdul Aziz 40,949 18.94 N/A
Independent Nawabzada Mohsin Ali Khan 16,538 7.65 N/A
ANP Hamid Khan Toofan 16,083 7.44 N/A
Others Others (twenty-seven candidates) 24,690 11.42
Turnout 221,005 45.40 Decrease2.29
Total valid votes 216,258 97.85
Rejected ballots 4,747 2.15
Majority 77,049 35.63
Registered electors 486,754

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/frmConstResult.aspx?Const_Id=NA-15&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.