NA-160 Bahawalnagar-I

NA-160 Bahawalnagar-I
Constituency
for the National Assembly of Pakistan
RegionMinchinabad Tehsil and Bahawalnagar Tehsil (partly) of Bahawalnagar District
Electorate441,348 [1]
Current constituency
PartyPakistan Muslim League (N)
Member(s)Abdul Ghaffar Wattoo
Created fromNA-188 Bahawalnagar-I

NA-160 Bahawalnagar-I (این اے-160، بہاولنگر-۱) is a constituency for the National Assembly of Pakistan.[2]

Election 2002

Further information: Pakistani general election, 2002

General elections were held on 10 Oct 2002. Syed Muhammad Asgher Shah of PML-Q won by 77,362 votes.[3]

General election 2002: NA-188 Bahawalnagar-I
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
PML(Q) Syed Muhammad Asghar Shah 77,362 61.31
PPP Mian Muhammad Akram Wattoo 21,733 17.22
MMA Moenu Ud Din Wattoo 19,062 15.11
PML(N) Ahmed Farid Chishti 8,020 6.36
Turnout 130,560 45.09
Total valid votes 126,177 96.64
Rejected ballots 4,383 3.36
Majority 55,629 44.09
Registered electors 289,582

Election 2008

Further information: Pakistani general election, 2008

General elections were held on 18 Feb 2008. Muhammad Akhtar Khadim Alias of PML-Q won by 52,981 votes.[4]

General election 2008: NA-188 Bahawalnagar-I
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
PML(Q) Muhammad Akhter Khadam Alias Khadam Hussain 52,981 37.10
PPP Shokat Ali Joyia Laleka 44,861 31.42
Independent Syed Muhammad Asghar Shah 40,191 28.15
Others Others (two candidates) 4,766 3.33
Turnout 148,341 54.99
Total valid votes 142,799 96.26
Rejected ballots 5,542 3.74
Majority 8,120 5.68
Registered electors 269,766
PML(Q) hold

Election 2013

Further information: Pakistani general election, 2013

General elections were held on 11 May 2013. Syed Muhammad Asghar Shah, an independent candidate, won by 90,537 votes and became the member of National Assembly.[5] He joined PML-N after his election.[6]

General election 2013: NA-188 Bahawalnagar-I
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Syed Muhammad Asghar Shah 90,537 45.79
PML(N) Muhammad Akhter Khadam Alias Khadam Hussain 89,262 45.14
Others Others (eight candidates) 17,939 9.07
Turnout 207,100 68.20
Total valid votes 197,738 95.48
Rejected ballots 9,392 4.52
Majority 1,275 0.65
Registered electors 303,678
Independent gain from PML(Q)

Election 2018

Further information: Pakistani general election, 2018

General elections were held on 25 July 2018.

General election 2018: NA-166 Bahawalnagar-I
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Abdul Ghaffar Wattoo 102,385 46.47
PTI Syed Muhammad Asghar Shah 93,291 42.34
TLP Muhammad Arshad Khan 18,109 8.22
PPP Nazia Ayub 4,128 1.87
Independent Syed Nazar Mehmmod Shah 1,630 0.74
Independent Shah Sawar 786 0.36
Turnout 225,507 63.16
Total valid votes 220,329 97.70
Rejected ballots 5,178 2.30
Majority 9,094 4.13
Registered electors 356,995

Election 2024

Further information: Pakistani general election, 2024

General elections were held on 8 February 2024. Abdul Ghaffar Wattoo won the election with 118,557 votes.[7]

General election 2024: NA-160 Bahawalnagar-I
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
PML(N) Abdul Ghaffar Wattoo 118,557 45.21
Independent Syed Muhammad Asghar Shah 110,492 42.14
TLP Saad Hussain Rizvi 21,967 8.38 Increase0.16
Independent Noor Muhammad Ghifari[a] 8,498 3.24 Decrease39.10
Others Others (seven candidates) 2,717 1.04
Turnout 269,235 61.00 Decrease2.16
Total valid votes 262,231 97.40
Rejected ballots 7,004 2.60
Majority 8,065 3.08
Registered electors 441,348
PML(N) gain from TLP

See also

Notes

  1. ^ Filed nomination papers as PTI candidate but ECP allowed him to run as an Independent

References

  1. ^ "Election Commission of Pakistan". ecp.gov.pk. Archived from the original on 6 January 2024. Retrieved 6 January 2024.
  2. ^ "ECP - Election Commission of Pakistan". www.ecp.gov.pk. Archived from the original on 26 November 2022. Retrieved 25 December 2022.
  3. ^ "Election Result NA-188 Bahawalnagar-I Punjab | Pakistan Election 2013 - geo.tv". Archived from the original on 22 May 2014. Retrieved 22 May 2014.
  4. ^ "Geo.tv: Latest News Breaking Pakistan, World, Live Videos". www.geo.tv. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 23 July 2018.
  5. ^ "National Assembly of Pakistan". www.na.gov.pk. Archived from the original on 30 September 2016. Retrieved 23 July 2018.
  6. ^ "Govt formation enters final stage". www.geo.tv. Archived from the original on 12 April 2018. Retrieved 12 April 2018.
  7. ^ "Election Commission of Pakistan". ecp.gov.pk. Archived from the original on 6 January 2024. Retrieved 17 July 2024.
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