NA-8 (Malakand Protected Area)

NA-8 (Malakand Protected Area) (Urdu: این اے-۳۵، مالاکنڈ‎) is a constituency for the National Assembly of Pakistan. It covers tho whole of district Malakand. The constituency was formerly known as NA-35 (Malakand) from 1977 to 2018. The name changed to NA-8 (Malakand) after the delimitation in 2018.

NA-8 (Malakand Protected Area)
Constituency
for the National Assembly of Pakistan
RegionMalakand District
Electorate386,449
Current constituency
Member(s)Junaid Akbar
Created fromNA-35 (Malakand Protected Area)

Members of Parliament

1977–2002: NA-35 (Malakand Protected Area)
ElectionMemberParty
1977Zahoor Ahmed PPP
1985M. Nawaz Khokhar Independent
1988Raja Pervez Khan PPP
1990M. Nawaz KhokharIJI
1993M. Nawaz KhokharPML (N)
1997Syed Zafar Ali ShahPML (N)

2002–2018: NA-35 (Malakand Protected Area)
ElectionMemberParty
2002Maulana Muhammad Inayat-ur-Rehman MMA
2008Lal Muhammad Khan PPPP
2013Junaid Akbar PTI

Since 2018: NA-8 (Malakand Protected Area)
ElectionMemberParty
2018 Junaid Akbar PTI

Elections since 2002

2002 general election
2002 General Election: NA-35 (Malakand Protected Area) [1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
MMA Maulana Muhammad Inayat-ur-Rehman 37,663 54.13
PPPP Lal Muhammad Khan 17,538 25.21
ANP Bahr-e-Karam 5,167 7.43
PML-Q Muhammad Riaz Khan 5,161 7.42
PTI Nowsherwan Qasir 2,117 3.04
PML-N Ziaullah 1,930 2.77
Majority 20,125 28.92
Turnout 69,576 34.62
MMA gain from PML-N

A total of 1,915 votes were rejected.

2008 general election
2008 General Election: NA-35 (Malakand Protected Area) [2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
PPPP Lal Muhammad Khan 34,472 61.87 +36.66
MMA Sahibzada Khalid Jan 5,555 9.97 -44.16
PML Muhammad Riaz 5,462 9.80
ANP Ahmadullah 5,427 9.74 +2.31
PML-N Sajjad Ahmad 4,800 8.62 +5.85
Majority 28,917 51.90
Turnout 55,716 31.29 -3.33
PPPP gain from MMA

A total of 2,380 votes were rejected.

2013 general election
2013 General Election: NA-35 (Malakand Protected Area) [2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
PTI Janaid Akbar 51,312 36.92
JUI-F Hafiz Muhammad Saeed 22,329 16.07
PPPP Lal Muhammad Khan 19,081 13.73 -48.14
PML-N Fida Muhammad 18,207 13.10 +4.48
JI Bakhtiar Maani 16,397 11.80
ANP Rahmat Shah Sael 8,709 6.26 -3.48
Tehreek-e-Pasmanada Awam Pakistan Muhammad Ibrar 1,146 0.82
Independent Bacha Hussain 972 0.70
Independent Alamgir 411 0.30
Independent Ijazur Rahman 227 0.16
Independent Alhaj Muhammad Khan 193 0.14
Majority 28,983 20.85
Turnout 138,984 45.95 +14.66
PTI gain from PPPP

A total of 4,362 votes were rejected.

2018 general election
Further information: Pakistani general election, 2018

General elections were held on 25 July 2018.

Contest overview

Chairman of Pakistan Peoples Party, Bilawal Bhutto Zardari contested from this constituency and lost the election. Junaid Akbar of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf was elected from this constituency in 2013 and retained the seat.

Results
General election 2018: NA-8 (Malakand Protected Area)[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
PTI Junaid Akbar 81,310 43.61 6.69
PPP Bilawal Bhutto Zardari 43,724 23.45 9.72
MMA Gul Naseeb Khan 31,379 16.83 11.04†
Others Others (ten candidates) 24,065 12.91
Turnout 186,429 48.24 2.29
Rejected ballots 5,591 3.00
Majority 37,586 20.16
Registered electors 386,449
PTI hold Swing N/A

†JI and JUI-F contested as part of MMA

See also

References
  1. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-12-22. Retrieved 2017-04-27.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. http://test1947.ecp.gov.pk/ConstResult.aspx?Const_Id=NA-35&type=NA
  3. "ECP – Election Commission of Pakistan". www.ecp.gov.pk. Retrieved 16 August 2018.
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