NA-67 Hafizabad

NA-67 Hafizabad
Constituency
for the National Assembly of Pakistan
RegionHafizabad District
Electorate810,723
Current constituency
Created2024
PartyPakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf
MemberAneeqa Mehdi
Created fromNA-102 Hafizabad-I and NA-103 Hafizabad-II

NA-67 Hafizabad (این اے-67، حافظ آباد) is a constituency of the National Assembly of Pakistan, covering the whole of Hafizabad District in Punjab. It was created through the 2023 delimitation by merging the former constituencies of NA-102 Hafizabad-I and NA-103 Hafizabad-II.[1] An intermediate delimitation in 2018 had combined these two constituencies into NA-87 Hafizabad; the current designation NA-67 was assigned following the 2023 delimitation. At the 2024 general election the registered electorate stood at 810,723.[2]

Members of Parliament

2002 to 2018: NA-102 Hafizabad-I

ElectionMemberParty
2002 Mehdi Hassan Bhatti PML-Q
2008 Saira Afzal Tarar PML-N
2013 Saira Afzal Tarar PML-N

2018 to 2023: NA-87 Hafizabad

ElectionMemberParty
2018 Shaukat Ali Bhatti PTI

2024 to present: NA-67 Hafizabad

ElectionMemberParty
2024 Aneeqa Mehdi PTI[a]

2002 general election

General elections were held on 10 October 2002. The election in the predecessor constituency NA-102 Hafizabad-I was won by Mehdi Hassan Bhatti of PML-Q with 50,824 votes.[3]

General election 2002: NA-102 Hafizabad-I
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
PML(Q) Mehdi Hassan Bhatti 50,824 45.87
PML(N) Muhammad Usman Tarar 43,218 39.01
PPP Ahmad Bilal Tarar 15,079 13.61
Others Others (two candidates) 1,669 1.51
Turnout 114,784 51.78
Total valid votes 110,790 96.52
Rejected ballots 3,994 3.48
Majority 7,606 6.86
Registered electors 221,662

2008 general election

General elections were held on 18 February 2008. Saira Afzal Tarar of PML-N won the predecessor constituency NA-102 Hafizabad-I with 56,313 votes.[4]

General election 2008: NA-102 Hafizabad-I
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
PML(N) Saira Afzal Tarar 56,313 46.66
PML(Q) Shaukat Ali Bhatti 42,808 35.47
PPP Malik Shoukat Hayyat Awan 21,567 17.87
Turnout 125,244 61.20
Total valid votes 120,688 96.36
Rejected ballots 4,556 3.64
Majority 13,505 11.19
Registered electors 204,649

2013 general election

General elections were held on 11 May 2013. Saira Afzal Tarar of PML-N retained the predecessor constituency NA-102 Hafizabad-I with 93,691 votes.[5]

General election 2013: NA-102 Hafizabad-I
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
PML(N) Saira Afzal Tarar 93,691 53.90
Independent Shaukat Ali Bhatti 67,625 38.91
PTI Riaz Ahmad Tarar 5,653 3.25
PPP Hajan Allah Rakhi 3,566 2.05
Others Others (seven candidates) 3,276 1.89
Turnout 178,109 62.62
Total valid votes 173,811 97.59
Rejected ballots 4,298 2.41
Majority 26,066 14.99
Registered electors 284,417

2018 general election

General elections were held on 25 July 2018. Under the 2018 delimitation, NA-102 and NA-103 were merged to form NA-87 Hafizabad. Shaukat Ali Bhatti of PTI won the seat with 165,618 votes.

General election 2018: NA-87 Hafizabad[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
PTI Shaukat Ali Bhatti 165,618 40.92
PML(N) Saira Afzal Tarar 157,453 38.90
TLP Liaquat Abbas 44,130 10.90
Others Others (eleven candidates) 27,957 6.91
Turnout 404,723 59.13
Rejected ballots 9,565 2.37
Majority 8,165 2.02
Registered electors 684,447
PTI gain from PML(N)

The PTI gain is recorded on the basis that PML-N had held both predecessor constituencies, NA-102 and NA-103, before the 2018 delimitation.

2024 general election

General elections were held on 8 February 2024. Aneeqa Mehdi, standing as an independent candidate with PTI affiliation, won the seat with 211,044 votes.

General election 2024: NA-67 Hafizabad
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
PTI Aneeqa Mehdi[a] 211,044 47.02 Increase6.10
PML(N) Saira Afzal Tarar 183,947 40.98 Increase2.08
TLP Syed Atta ul Hasnain 25,722 5.73 Decrease5.17
Others Others (nineteen candidates) 28,155 7.59
Turnout 462,245 57.02 Decrease2.11
Total valid votes 448,868 97.11
Rejected ballots 13,377 2.89
Majority 27,097 6.04 Increase4.02
Registered electors 810,723

See also

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. p. 21. Archived (PDF) from the original on 10 May 2018.
  2. ↑ "General Elections 2024". ecp.gov.pk. Election Commission of Pakistan. Archived from the original on 6 January 2024. Retrieved 6 January 2024.
  3. ↑ "Election Result NA-102 Hafizabad-I Punjab: Pakistan Election 2013". geo.tv. Geo Television Network. Archived from the original on 16 April 2014. Retrieved 19 April 2018.
  4. ↑ "Election result: NA-102". geo.tv. Geo Television Network. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 19 April 2018.
  5. ↑ "Member profile: Saira Afzal Tarar". na.gov.pk. National Assembly of Pakistan. Retrieved 19 April 2018.
  6. ↑ "ECP: General Election 25 July 2018: NA-87 Hafizabad". ecp.gov.pk. Election Commission of Pakistan. Retrieved 11 August 2018.