NA-23 (Charsadda-I)

NA-23 (Charsadda-I) (Urdu: این اے-٢٣، 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.

NA-23 (Charsadda-I)
Constituency
for the National Assembly of Pakistan
RegionCharsadda District
Electorate417,386
Current constituency
Member(s)Malik Anwar Taj
Created fromNA-8 (Charsadda-II)

Members of Parliament

1977–2002: NA-8 (Charsadda-II)
ElectionMemberParty
1977Nasim Wali Khan PNA
1985Fazal Dad KhanIndependent
1988Abdul Khaliq KhanANP
1990Rahmanullah khanANP
1993Qazi Fazl UllahIJM
1997Haji RehmanullahANP

2002–2018: NA-8 (Charsadda-II)
ElectionMemberParty
2002Aftab Ahmad Khan Sherpao PPP-S
2008Aftab Ahmad Khan Sherpao PPP-S
2013Aftab Ahmad Khan Sherpao QWP

Since 2018: NA-23 (Charsadda-I)
ElectionMemberParty
2018 Malik Anwar Taj PTI

Elections since 2002

2002 general election
2002 General Election: NA-8 (Charsadda-II) [1]
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
2008 General Election: NA-8 (Charsadda-II) [2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
PPP (S) 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
2013 General Election: NA-8 (Charsadda-II) [3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
QWP Aftab Ahmad Khan Sherpao 37,044 26.62
JUI-F Musammir Shah 33,836 24.32
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
Further information: Pakistani general election, 2018

General elections were held on 25 July 2018.

General election 2018: NA-23 (Charsadda-I)[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
PTI Malik Anwar Taj 59,371 35.07
MMA Haji Zafar Ali Khan 41,391 24.45
QWP Aftab 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

See also

References
  1. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-12-22. Retrieved 2015-12-13.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2015-12-22. Retrieved 2015-12-13.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. http://test1947.ecp.gov.pk/ConstResult.aspx?Const_Id=NA-8&type=NA
  4. "ECP – Election Commission of Pakistan". www.ecp.gov.pk. Retrieved 20 August 2018.
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