NA-122 Lahore-VI

NA-122 Lahore-VI
Constituency
for the National Assembly of Pakistan
RegionLahore Cantonment Tehsil, Model Town Tehsil (partly), and Shalimar Tehsil (partly) of Lahore District
Electorate570,537
Current constituency
Created2024
PartyPakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf
MemberLatif Khosa
Created fromNA-125 Lahore-VIII, NA-129 Lahore-XII, NA-130 Lahore-XIII

NA-122 Lahore-VI (این اے-122، لاہور-6) is a constituency of the National Assembly of Pakistan, located in Lahore District, Punjab. It was created through the 2023 delimitation and principally comprises Lahore Cantonment Tehsil, along with parts of Model Town Tehsil and Shalimar Tehsil.[1] The predecessor constituency under the 2018 delimitation was designated NA-131 Lahore-IX. At the 2024 general election the registered electorate stood at 570,537.[2]

Members of Parliament

2018 to 2023: NA-131 Lahore-IX

ElectionMemberParty
2018 Imran Khan PTI
By-election 2018 Khawaja Saad Rafique PML-N

2024 to present: NA-122 Lahore-VI

ElectionMemberParty
2024 Latif Khosa PTI[a]

2018 general election

General elections were held on 25 July 2018. Imran Khan, then chairman of PTI, won the seat under the predecessor designation NA-131 Lahore-IX but subsequently vacated it, along with three other constituencies, in favour of NA-95 (Mianwali-I).[3]

General election 2018: NA-131 Lahore-IX[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
PTI Imran Khan 84,313 44.68
PML(N) Khawaja Saad Rafique 83,633 44.32
Others Others (thirteen candidates) 20,765 11.00
Turnout 191,546 52.59
Total valid votes 188,711 98.52
Rejected ballots 2,835 1.48
Majority 680 0.36
Registered electors 364,213
PTI win (new seat)

2018 by-election

A by-election was held on 14 October 2018 following Imran Khan's vacation of the seat. Khawaja Saad Rafique of PML-N won with 60,476 votes.[5]

By-election 2018: NA-131 Lahore-IX
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
PML(N) Khawaja Saad Rafique 60,476 52.51 Increase8.19
PTI Humayun Akhtar Khan 50,445 43.80 Decrease0.88
Others Others (twenty-six candidates) 4,242 3.69
Turnout 116,142 31.76 Decrease20.83
Total valid votes 115,163 99.16 Increase0.64
Rejected ballots 979 0.84 Decrease0.64
Majority 10,031 8.71 Increase9.07
Registered electors 365,677
PML(N) gain from PTI Swing Increase4.54

2024 general election

General elections were held on 8 February 2024. Latif Khosa, standing as an independent candidate with PTI affiliation, won the seat with 117,124 votes.[2]

General election 2024: NA-122 Lahore-VI
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
PTI Latif Khosa[a] 117,124 51.51 Increase7.71
PML(N) Khawaja Saad Rafique 77,913 34.27 Decrease18.24
Others Others (twenty-six candidates) 32,344 14.22
Turnout 231,334 40.55 Increase8.79
Total valid votes 227,381 98.29
Rejected ballots 3,953 1.71 Decrease0.64
Majority 39,211 17.24
Registered electors 570,537

Notes

  1. 1 2 Filed nomination papers as a PTI candidate but was required by the Election Commission of Pakistan to contest as an independent candidate.

References

  1. ↑ Final List of National Assembly Constituencies (PDF). Election Commission of Pakistan. 2018. pp. 36–37. Archived (PDF) from the original on 10 May 2018. Retrieved 16 May 2018.
  2. 1 2 "General Elections 2024". ecp.gov.pk. Election Commission of Pakistan. Archived from the original on 6 January 2024. Retrieved 17 July 2024.
  3. ↑ "Eight additional seats vacated by federal lawmakers before taking oath". geo.tv. Geo Television Network. Archived from the original on 13 August 2018. Retrieved 13 August 2018.
  4. ↑ "ECP: General Election 25 July 2018: NA-131 Lahore-IX". ecp.gov.pk. Election Commission of Pakistan. Retrieved 3 September 2018.
  5. ↑ "General Elections 2024". ecp.gov.pk. Election Commission of Pakistan. Archived from the original on 8 August 2018. Retrieved 19 August 2018.