NA-1 Upper Chitral-cum-Lower Chitral

Previously, it was recognized as NW-15 Chitral from 1970 to 1977 and NA-24 Chitral from 1977 to 1997. In 2002, it was redefined as NA-32 Chitral. Following the 2018 delimitation, the constituency's name was altered to NA-1 Chitral.^[2]

In the general elections held on 8 February 2024, PTI-backed Independent candidate Abdul Latif won the seat by getting 61,834 votes. He later joined SIC as per party policy.^[3][4][5][6]

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General election 2024: NA-1 Upper Chitral-cum-Lower Chitral

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PTI	Abdul Latif[a]	61,834	38.16	14.75
	JUI (F)	Muhammad Talha Mahmood	42,987	26.53	N/A
	PPP	Fazali Rabbi	23,723	14.64	5.22
	PML(N)	Shahzada Iftikhar Uddin	20,007	12.35	0.44
	JI	Abdul Akbar Chitrali	9,253	5.71	N/A
	ANP	Khadija Bibi	2,411	1.49	1.49
	Others	Others (four candidates)	1,838	1.13
Valid ballots			1,62,053	97.15
Rejected ballots			4,755	2.85
Turnout			1,66,808	53.19	7.78
Majority			18,847	11.63
Registered electors			3,13,550
	PTI gain from JUI (F)

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General elections were held on 25 July 2018.

Contest overview

Shahzada Iftikhar Uddin previously ran twice from this constituency, first in 2002 on Pakistan Muslim League (Q) ticket and then in 2013 on All Pakistan Muslim League ticket. He was runner up in 2002 and winner in 2013. He ran on Pakistan Muslim League (N) ticket in 2018 and lost. Former dictator and president of Pakistan, Pervez Musharraf initially expressed intention to run from this constituency being head of All Pakistan Muslim League but he resigned as APML head thus Mohammad Amjad, his replacement ran from this constituency from APML.^[7][8] Saleem Khan of Pakistan Peoples Party Parliamentarians had been a member of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly from 2008 to 2018 but he ran for National Assembly from this constituency in 2018.

Results

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General election 2018: NA-1 Chitral^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	MMA	Abdul Akbar Chitrali	48,616	29.58	0.41†
	PTI	Abdul Latif	38,481	23.41	4.06
	PPP	Saleem Khan	32,635	19.86	3.95
	PML(N)	Shahzada Iftikhar Uddin	21,016	12.79	10.82
	Others	Others (seven candidates)	18,177	11.06
Turnout			164,355	60.97	2.69
Rejected ballots			5,430	3.30
Majority			10,135	6.17
Registered electors			269,579
	MMA gain from APML

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^†JI and JUI-F contested as part of MMA

General Elections were held on 11 May 2013. Shahzada Iftikhar Uddin won this seat with 29,772 votes.

General Elections were held on 18 February 2008. Shahzada Mohiuddin won this seat with 33,278 votes.

General Elections were held on 10 October 2002. Abdul Akbar Khan won this seat with 36,130 votes.^[12]

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