NA-35 Kohat
Constituency of the National Assembly of Pakistan
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NA-35 Kohat (این اے-35، کوہاٹ) is a constituency for the National Assembly of Pakistan. It covers tho whole of district Kohat. The constituency was formerly known as NA-14 Kohat from 1977 to 2018. The name changed to NA-32 Kohat after the delimitation in 2018 and to NA-35 Kohat after the delimitation in 2022.[2]
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| NA-35 Kohat | |
|---|---|
| Constituency for the National Assembly of Pakistan | |
| |
| Region | Kohat District |
| Electorate | 666,237 [1] |
| Current constituency | |
| Party | Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf |
| Member | Shehryar Afridi |
| Created from | NA-32 Kohat |
Members of Parliament
1988–2002: NA-9 Kohat
| Election | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1988 | Moulvi Naimatullah | IJI | |
| 1990 | Syed Iftikhar Hussain Gillani | PDA | |
| 1993 | Syed Iftikhar Hussain Gillani | PML-N | |
| 1997 | Haji Javed Ibrahim Piracha | PML-N | |
2002–2018: NA-14 Kohat
| Election | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | Mufti Ibrar Sultan | MMA | |
| 2008 | Dilawar Shah | ANP | |
| 2013 | Shehryar Afridi | PTI | |
2018–2023: NA-32 Kohat
| Election | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Shehryar Afridi | PTI | |
2024–present: NA-35 Kohat
| Election | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Shehryar Afridi | PTI | |
Elections since 2002
2002 general election
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 MMA |
Mufti Ibrar Sultan | 46,130 | 48.14 | ||
 PML-Q |
Syed Iftikhar Hussain Gillani | 14,277 | 14.90 | ||
| Independent | Shehryar Khan Afridi | 12,083 | 12.61 | ||
 ANP |
Fazal Rahim Khattak | 11,299 | 11.79 | ||
 PPPP |
Saifullah Khan Khattak Advocate | 7,205 | 7.52 | ||
| PML-N |
Javed Ibrahim Paracha | 3,712 | 2.83 | ||
| National Alliance | Shah Baz Gul Shinwari | 1,520 | 1.59 | ||
| Pak Watan Party | Syed Mazher Ali Shah | 599 | 0.62 | ||
| Majority | 31,853 | 33.24 | |||
| Turnout | 95,825 | 31.40 | |||
| MMA gain from PML-N | |||||
A total of 3,748 votes were rejected.
2008 general election
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ANP |
Dilawar Shah | 30,681 | 31.11 | +19.32 | |
| Independent | Malak Mohammad Asad Khan | 23,030 | 23.35 | ||
| Independent | Syed Iftikhar Hussain Gillani | 17,466 | 17.71 | ||
| MMA |
Molana Abdul Hai | 10,573 | 10.72 | −37.42 | |
| PPPP |
Abdul Rauf Advocate | 8,421 | 8.54 | +1.02 | |
| Independent | Qari Ubaidullah Haidri | 6,774 | 6.87 | ||
| PML-N |
Javaid Ibrahim Paracha | 1,292 | 1.31 | −1.52 | |
| Independent | Pir Hafiz Khurshid Ali Khan | 215 | 0.22 | ||
 MQM |
Shahid Khan Advocate | 166 | 0.17 | ||
| Majority | 7,651 | 7.76 | |||
| Turnout | 98,618 | 28.41 | −2.99 | ||
| ANP gain from MMA | |||||
A total of 3,029 votes were rejected.
2013 general election
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
.svg){kind=small} PTI |
Shehryar Afridi | 68,129 | 40.04 | ||
 JUI-F |
Gohar Mohammad Khan Bangesh | 32,041 | 18.83 | ||
| Independent | Shammim Afridi | 19,135 | 11.25 | ||
| PML-N |
Malik Muhammad Asad Khan | 13,789 | 8.10 | +6.79 | |
| PPPP |
Dilawar Shah | 10,041 | 5.90 | −2.64 | |
| MDM | Ubaid Ullah | 9,209 | 5.41 | ||
| ANP |
Kursheed Begum Saeed | 7,211 | 4.24 | −26.87 | |
| Independent | Badshah Gul | 4,814 | 2.83 | ||
| JI |
Syed Mohammed Faheem | 3,558 | 2.09 | ||
| TTP | Asif Iqbal | 498 | 0.29 | ||
| Independent | Mohammad Ihsanullah | 471 | 0.28 | ||
.svg){kind=small} QWP (S) |
Najeebullah Durrani | 414 | 0.24 | ||
 PkMAP |
Mohammad Nawaz Khan | 312 | 0.18 | ||
| Independent | Nazia Zulfiqar | 254 | 0.15 | ||
| Independent | Sher Rehman | 159 | 0.09 | ||
| MQM |
Abdul Qadeer Khan | 130 | 0.08 | −0.09 | |
| Majority | 36,088 | 21.21 | |||
| Turnout | 170,165 | 42.68 | +14.27 | ||
| PTI gain from ANP | |||||
A total of 5,600 votes were rejected.
2018 general election
General elections were held on 25 July 2018.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PTI | Shehryar Afridi | 82,248 | 43.14 | ||
| MMA | Gohar Muhammad Khan Bangash | 47,412 | 24.87 | ||
| PML(N) | Abbas Khan Afridi | 44,154 | 23.16 | ||
| Others | Others (seven candidates) | 16,844 | 8.83 | ||
| Turnout | 197,343 | 38.95 | |||
| Total valid votes | 190,658 | 96.61 | |||
| Rejected ballots | 6,685 | 3.39 | |||
| Majority | 34,836 | 18.27 | |||
| Registered electors | 506,699 | ||||
| PTI hold | Swing | N/A | |||
2024 general election
General elections were held on 8 February 2024.[7] Shehryar Afridi won the election with 128,594 votes.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PTI | Shehryar Afridi[a] | 128,594 | 52.68 |  9.54 | |
| PML(N) | Abbas Khan Afridi | 59,034 | 24.18 | 1.02 | |
| JUI (F) | Gohar Muhammad Khan Bangash | 44,380 | 18.18 | N/A | |
| Others | Others (fifteen candidates) | 12,111 | 4.96 | ||
| Turnout | 249,848 | 37.50 |  1.45 | ||
| Total valid votes | 244,119 | 97.71 | |||
| Rejected ballots | 5,729 | 2.29 | |||
| Majority | 69,560 | 28.49 | 10.22 | ||
| Registered electors | 666,239 | ||||
See also
Notes
- Filed nomination papers as PTI candidate but ECP allowed him to run as an Independent