NA-24 Charsadda-I
Constituency of the National Assembly of Pakistan
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NA-24 Charsadda-I (این اے-24، چارسدہ-١) is a constituency for the National Assembly of Pakistan. The constituency was formerly known as NA-8 (Charsadda-II) from 1977 to 2018. The name changed to NA-23 (Charsadda-I) after the delimitation in 2018 and to NA-24 (Charsadda-I) after the delimitation in 2022.[2]
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| NA-24 Charsadda-I | |
|---|---|
| Constituency for the National Assembly of Pakistan | |
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| Region | Tangi and Shabqadar Tehsils of Charsadda District |
| Electorate | 504,270 [1] |
| Current constituency | |
| Party | Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf |
| Member | Malik Anwar Taj |
| Created from | NA-24 Charsadda-I |
Members of Parliament
1977–2002: NA-8 Charsadda-II
| Election | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1977 | Nasim Wali Khan | PNA | |
| 1985 | Fazal Dad Khan | Independent | |
| 1988 | Abdul Khaliq Khan | ANP | |
| 1990 | Rahmanullah khan | ANP | |
| 1993 | Qazi Fazl Ullah | IJM | |
| 1997 | Haji Rehmanullah | ANP | |
2002–2018: NA-8 Charsadda-II
2018–2022: NA-23 Charsadda-I
| Election | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Malik Anwar Taj | PTI | |
2023–present: NA-24 Charsadda-I
| Election | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Malik Anwar Taj | SIC | |
Elections since 2002
2002 general election
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 PPP (S) |
Aftab Ahmad Khan Sherpao | 42,326 | 67.47 | ||
 ANP |
Iftikhar Khan Matta | 18,346 | 29.24 | ||
| Independent | Haji Sharifullah Khan | 1,105 | 1.76 | ||
| Communist Mazdoor Kissan Party | Shamas Khan | 962 | 1.53 | ||
| Majority | 23,980 | 38.23 | |||
| Turnout | 62,739 | 29.62 | |||
| PPP-S gain from ANP | |||||
A total of 1,673 votes were rejected.
2008 general election
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| QWP |
Aftab Ahmad Khan Sherpao | 30,626 | 39.23 | −28.24 | |
| ANP |
Bashir Khan Umerzai | 29,951 | 38.37 | +9.13 | |
 MMA |
Anwar ul Habib | 12,239 | 15.68 | ||
 PML-N |
Sajjad Ali | 3,940 | 5.05 | ||
| Independent | Syed Zakir Shah Bacha | 1,306 | 1.67 | ||
| Majority | 675 | 0.86 | |||
| Turnout | 78,062 | 30.80 | +1.18 | ||
| PPP-S hold | Swing | ||||
A total of 1,842 votes were rejected.
2013 general election
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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Aftab Ahmad Khan Sherpao | 37,044 | 26.62 | ||
 JUI-F |
Musammir Shah | 33,836 | 24.32 | ||
.svg){kind=small} PTI |
Jehanzeb Khan Dhakki | 30,089 | 21.62 | ||
| ANP |
Muhammad Taimoor Khan | 15,953 | 11.47 | −26.90 | |
| JI |
Abdul Mustaan | 11,034 | 7.93 | ||
| PPPP |
Waseef Ullah Khan | 3,848 | 2.77 | ||
| PML-N |
Sajjad Anwar Khan | 2,678 | 1.92 | −3.13 | |
| Independent | Gul Yousaf | 1,011 | 0.73 | ||
 PkMAP |
Jehangir Khan | 929 | 0.67 | ||
| Independent | Arbab Hussain | 895 | 0.64 | ||
| TTP | Abdul Ali | 594 | 0.43 | ||
 MQM |
Liaqat Ali | 387 | 0.28 | ||
| PML |
Kurshid Ali Khan | 361 | 0.26 | ||
| Independent | Umara Khan | 299 | 0.21 | ||
| APML | Syed Zakir Shah | 183 | 0.13 | ||
| Majority | 3,208 | 2.30 | |||
| Turnout | 139,141 | 43.63 | +12.83 | ||
| QWP gain from PPP-S | |||||
A total of 4,625 votes were rejected.
2018 general election
General elections were held on 25 July 2018.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PTI | Malik Anwar Taj | 59,371 | 35.07 | ||
| MMA | Haji Zafar Ali Khan | 41,391 | 24.45 | ||
| QWP | Aftab Ahmad Khan Sherpao | 33,561 | 19.82 | ||
| ANP | Gulzar Ahmed Khan | 18,433 | 10.89 | ||
| PPP | Manzoor Bashir Ahmed | 13,966 | 8.25 | ||
| Others | Others (two candidates) | 2,568 | 1.52 | ||
| Turnout | 176,069 | 42.18 | |||
| Total valid votes | 169,290 | 96.15 | |||
| Rejected ballots | 6,779 | 3.85 | |||
| Majority | 17,980 | 10.62 | |||
| Registered electors | 417,386 | ||||
| PTI gain from QWP | |||||
2024 general election
General elections were held on 8 February 2024.[7] Malik Anwar Taj won the election with 89,841 votes.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Malik Anwar Taj[a] | 89,841 | 45.98 |  10.91 | |
| JUI (F) | Gohar Ali | 48,264 | 24.93 | N/A | |
| QWP | Aftab Ahmad Khan Sherpao | 34,536 | 17.84 |  1.98 | |
| Others | Others (six candidates) | 20,581 | 10.63 | ||
| Turnout | 198,882 | 39.44 | 2.74 | ||
| Total valid votes | 193,582 | 97.34 | |||
| Rejected ballots | 6,779 | 2.66 | |||
| Majority | 41,217 | 21.29 | 10.67 | ||
| Registered electors | 504,270 | ||||
See also
Notes
- Filed nomination papers as PTI candidate but ECP allowed him to run as an Independent
