NA-56 Rawalpindi-V
Constituency of the National Assembly of Pakistan
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NA-56 Rawalpindi-V (این اے-56، راولپنڈی-5) is a constituency for the National Assembly of Pakistan.[2]
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| NA-56 Rawalpindi-V | |
|---|---|
| Constituency for the National Assembly of Pakistan | |
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| Region | Rawalpindi city area of Rawalpindi District |
| Electorate | 523,733 [1] |
| Current constituency | |
| Party | Pakistan Muslim League (N) |
| Member | Hanif Abbasi |
| Created from | NA-55 Rawalpindi-VI |
Members of Parliament
1970–1977: (NW-28 Rawalpindi-III)
1977–2002: NA-38 (Rawalpindi-III)
| Election | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1977 | Syed Ali Asghar Shah | PPP | |
| 1985 | Shaikh Rasheed Ahmad | Independent | |
| 1988 | Shaikh Rasheed Ahmad | IJI | |
| 1990 | Shaikh Rasheed Ahmad | IJI | |
| 1993 | Shaikh Rasheed Ahmad | PML-N | |
| 1997 | Shaikh Rasheed Ahmad | PML-N | |
2002–2018: NA-55 (Rawalpindi-VI)
2018–2023: NA-62 (Rawalpindi-VI)
| Election | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Sheikh Rasheed Ahmad | AML | |
2024–present: NA-56 Rawalpindi-V
| Election | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Hanif Abbasi | PML-N | |
Election 2002
General elections were held on 10 October 2002. Sheikh Rasheed Ahmad an Independent candidate won by 40,649 votes.[3]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Sheikh Rasheed Ahmad | 40,649 | 42.05 | ||
| PPP | Agha Riaz-Ul-lsIam | 28,885 | 29.88 | ||
| PML(N) | Sardar Muhammad Tariq | 14,405 | 14.90 | ||
| MMA | Tariq Munir Butt | 12,297 | 12.72 | ||
| Others | Others (two candidates) | 423 | 0.45 | ||
| Turnout | 98,833 | 38.77 | |||
| Total valid votes | 96,659 | 97.80 | |||
| Rejected ballots | 2,174 | 2.20 | |||
| Majority | 11,764 | 12.17 | |||
| Registered electors | 254,943 | ||||
Election 2008
The result of general election 2008 in this constituency is given below.
Result
Javed Hashmi succeeded in the election 2008 and became the member of National Assembly.[4]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PML(N) | Javed Hashmi | 76,980 | 58.46 | |||
| PPP | Malik Aamer Fida Paracha | 37,397 | 28.40 | |||
| PML(Q) | Sheikh Rasheed Ahmad | 15,780 | 11.98 | |||
| Others | Others (five candidates) | 1,519 | 1.16 | |||
| Turnout | 133,955 | 40.12 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 131,676 | 98.30 | ||||
| Rejected ballots | 2,279 | 1.70 | ||||
| Majority | 39,583 | 30.06 | ||||
| Registered electors | 333,928 | |||||
| PML(N) gain from Independent | ||||||
By-election 2008
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PML(N) | Pervaiz Khan | 25,237 | 65.00 | ||
| Independent | Ijaz Khan Jazi | 12,205 | 31.44 | ||
| Others | Others (sixteen candidates) | 1,383 | 3.56 | ||
| Turnout | 39,035 | 11.69 | |||
| Total valid votes | 38,825 | 99.46 | |||
| Rejected ballots | 210 | 0.54 | |||
| Majority | 13,032 | 33.56 | |||
| Registered electors | 333,928 | ||||
| PML(N) hold | |||||
By-election 2010
The by-polls were held in February 2010 and Malik Shakeel Awan was elected to the National Assembly of Pakistan from this constituency as a candidate of Pakistan Muslim League (N) (PML-N). He received 63,888 votes and defeated Sheikh Rasheed Ahmad by a great margin.[5]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PML(N) | Malik Shakeel Awan | 63,888 | 53.96 | ||
| AML | Shiekh Rasheed Ahmed | 42,530 | 35.92 | ||
| Independent | Barrister Shaikh Danish Iftikhar | 5,020 | 4.24 | ||
| Independent | Dr. Muhammad Kamal | 3,109 | 2.63 | ||
| PTI | Ijaz Khan Jazi | 3,105 | 2.62 | ||
| Others | Others (sixteen candidates) | 743 | 0.63 | ||
| Turnout | 119,408 | 35.77 | |||
| Total valid votes | 118,395 | 99.15 | |||
| Rejected ballots | 1,013 | 0.85 | |||
| Majority | 21,358 | 18.04 | |||
| Registered electors | 333,872 | ||||
| PML(N) hold | |||||
Election 2013
General elections were held on 11 May 2013. Sheikh Rasheed Ahmad of Awami Muslim League won by 95,643 votes and became the member of National Assembly.[6]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AML | Sheikh Rasheed Ahmad | 88,627 | 49.98 | |||
| PML(N) | Malik Shakeel Ahmed Awan | 75,306 | 42.46 | |||
| Others | Others (twenty one candidates) | 13,408 | 7.56 | |||
| Turnout | 179,865 | 55.51 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 177,341 | 98.60 | ||||
| Rejected ballots | 2,524 | 1.40 | ||||
| Majority | 13,321 | 7.52 | ||||
| Registered electors | 324,022 | |||||
| AML gain from PML(N) | ||||||
Election 2018
General elections were held on 25 July 2018.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AML | Sheikh Rasheed Ahmad | 119,362 | 49.97 | ||
| PML(N) | Daniyal Chaudhary | 91,879 | 38.76 | ||
| Others | Others (ten candidates) | 22,660 | 9.62 | ||
| Turnout | 235,560 | 52.01 | |||
| Rejected ballots | 3,869 | 1.65 | |||
| Majority | 26,407 | 11.21 | |||
| Registered electors | 452,930 | ||||
| AML hold | Swing | N/A | |||
Election 2024
General elections were held on 8 February 2024. Hanif Abbasi won the election with 96,655 votes.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PML(N) | Hanif Abbasi | 96,655 | 44.95 |  6.19 | |
| PTI | Shehryar Riaz[a] | 82,619 | 38.43 | N/A | |
| TLP | Sajjad Akbar Abbasi | 9,432 | 4.39 | 0.56 | |
| JI | Imran Shafique | 7,467 | 3.47 | ||
| AML | Sheikh Rasheed Ahmad | 5,727 | 2.66 |  47.31 | |
| Others | Others (twenty-five candidates) | 13,108 | 6.10 | ||
| Turnout | 219,167 | 41.85 | 10.16 | ||
| Total valid votes | 215,008 | 98.10 | |||
| Rejected ballots | 4,159 | 1.90 | |||
| Majority | 14,036 | 6.53 | |||
| Registered electors | 523,733 | ||||
| PML(N) gain from AML | |||||
See also
Notes
- Filed nomination papers as PTI candidate but ECP allowed him to run as an Independent
