NA-79 (Gujranwala-I)

NA-79 (Gujranwala-I) (Urdu: این اے-۱۰۰، گجرانوالہ-۷‎) is a constituency for the National Assembly of Pakistan. It is made up of the Wazirabad Tehsil.

NA-79 (Gujranwala-I)
Constituency
for the National Assembly of Pakistan
RegionGujranwala District
Electorate541,848
Current constituency
Member(s)Nisar Ahmed Cheema
Created fromNA-101 (Gujranwala-VII)
Parliament House, Islamabad

Members of Parliament

Since 2018: NA-79 (Gujranwala-I)
ElectionMemberParty
2018 Nisar Ahmed Cheema PML (N)

Election 2002
Further information: Pakistani general election, 2002

General elections were held on 10 Oct 2002. Hamed Naser Chatta of PML-J won by 69,171 votes.[1]

Election 2008
Further information: Pakistani general election, 2008

General elections were held on 18 Feb 2008. Justice(R) Iftikhar Ahmad Cheema of PML-N won by 71,792 votes.[2]

Election 2013
Further information: Pakistani general election, 2013

General elections were held on 11 May 2013. Justice (R) Iftikhar Ahmed Cheema of PML-N won by 99,924 votes and became the member of National Assembly.[3]

Election 2016

A by-election was held on 22 March 2016 in which Iftikhar Ahmed Cheema of PML (N) won the seat. He secured 82,420 votes defeating his rival Muhammad Ahmed Chattha of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf[4]

Election 2018

General elections were held on 25 July 2018.

General election 2018: NA-79 (Gujranwala-I)[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
PML(N) Nisar Ahmed Cheema 142,545 48.13
PTI Muhammad Ahmed Chattha 118,709 40.08
Others Others (twelve candidates) 29,960 10.12
Turnout 296,174 54.66
Rejected ballots 4,960 1.67
Majority 23,836 8.05
Registered electors 541,848
PML(N) hold Swing N/A

See also

References
  1. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2014-04-16. Retrieved 2014-04-15.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. "GeoTV Geo News Latest News Breaking News Pakistan Live Videos". geo.tv. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 23 March 2016.
  3. "National Assembly of Pakistan". na.gov.pk. Archived from the original on 30 September 2016. Retrieved 23 March 2016.
  4. "PML-N's Iftikhar Cheema wins NA-101 by-polls". Samaa TV. 23 March 2016. Archived from the original on 26 March 2016. Retrieved 23 March 2016.
  5. "ECP - Election Commission of Pakistan". www.ecp.gov.pk. Archived from the original on 4 August 2018. Retrieved 4 August 2018.


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