NA-131 (Lahore-IX)

NA-131 (Lahore-IX) (Urdu: این اے-١٣١، لاہور-٩) is a newly-created constituency for the National Assembly of Pakistan. It mainly comprises the Walton Cantonment.[1]

NA-131 (Lahore-IX)
Constituency
for the National Assembly of Pakistan
RegionLahore District
Electorate365,677
Current constituency
Created2018
Member(s)Khawaja Saad Rafique

Members of Parliament

Since 2018: NA-131 (Lahore-IX)

ElectionMemberParty
2018 Imran Khan PTI
By-election 2018 Khawaja Saad Rafique PML (N)

Election 2018

General elections were held on 25 July 2018. Chairman Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf, Imran Khan won the election but vacated this constituency and three others in favor of NA-95 (Mianwali-I).[2]

General election 2018: NA-131 (Lahore-IX)[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
PTI Imran Khan 84,313 44.68
PML(N) Khawaja Saad Rafique 83,633 44.32
Others Others (thirteen candidates) 20,765 11.00
Turnout 191,546 52.59
Total valid votes 188,711 98.52
Rejected ballots 2,835 1.48
Majority 680 0.36
Registered electors 364,213
PTI win (new seat)

By-election 2018

By-elections were held in this constituency on 14 October 2018.[4]

By-election 2018: NA-131 (Lahore-IX)[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
PML(N) Khawaja Saad Rafique 60,476 52.51 8.19
PTI Humayun Akhtar Khan 50,445 43.80 0.88
Others Others (twenty-six candidates) 4,242 3.69
Turnout 116,142 31.76 20.83
Total valid votes 115,163 99.16 0.64
Rejected ballots 979 0.84 0.64
Majority 10,031 8.71 9.07
Registered electors 365,677
PML(N) gain from PTI Swing 4.54

See also

References

  1. Final List of National Assembly Constituencies (PDF). Election Commission of Pakistan. 2018. p. 36. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2018-05-10. Retrieved 2018-05-16.
  2. "Eight additional seats vacated by federal lawmakers before taking oath". www.geo.tv. Archived from the original on 2018-08-13. Retrieved 13 August 2018.
  3. "ECP – Election Commission of Pakistan". www.ecp.gov.pk. Retrieved 3 September 2018.
  4. generator, metatags. "ECP – Election Commission of Pakistan". www.ecp.gov.pk. Archived from the original on 2018-08-08. Retrieved 19 August 2018.
  5. "National Assembly – Google Drive". drive.google.com. Retrieved 23 October 2018.


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