Rana Afzaal Hussain

Rana Afzaal Hussain (Urdu: رانا افضال حسین‎; born 2 July 1947) is a Pakistani politician who had been a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan, from 2008 to May 2018.

Rana Afzaal Hussain
Member of the National Assembly of Pakistan
In office
2008 – 31 May 2018
ConstituencyNA-131 (Sheikhupura-I)
Personal details
Born (1947-07-02) 2 July 1947
NationalityPakistani
Political partyPakistan Muslim League (N)
RelativesRana Tanveer Hussain (brother)[1]

Early life

He was born on 2 July 1947.[2]

Political career

He ran for the seat of the National Assembly of Pakistan as an independent candidate from NA-131 (Sheikhupura-I) in 2002 Pakistani general election but was unsuccessful. He received 3,075 votes and lost the seat to Zulfiqar Ahmad Dhillon.[3]

He was elected to the National Assembly as a candidate of Pakistan Muslim League (N) (PML-N) from Constituency NA-131 (Sheikhupura-I) in by-election held in June 2008.[4] He received 119,180 votes and defeated Zulfiqar Ahmed Dhillon.[5] The seat became vacant after Rana Tanveer Hussain who won the 2008 election, vacated it to retain the seat in NA-132.[1]

He was re-elected to the National Assembly as a candidate of PML-N from Constituency NA-131 (Sheikhupura-I) in 2013 Pakistani general election.[6][7][8][9] He received 73,742 votes and defeated an independent candidate, Umer Aftab Dhillon. In the same election, he also ran for the seat of the National Assembly as an independent candidate from Constituency NA-132 (Sheikhupura-II) but was unsuccessful. He received 1,231 votes and lost the seat to Rana Tanveer Hussain.[10]

References
  1. "Sheikhupura by-election". DAWN.COM. 24 June 2008. Archived from the original on 7 April 2017. Retrieved 6 April 2017.
  2. "Detail Information". 19 April 2014. Archived from the original on 19 April 2014. Retrieved 9 July 2017.CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  3. "2002 election result" (PDF). ECP. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 January 2018. Retrieved 12 May 2018.
  4. "PML-N, PPP make gains". DAWN.COM. 28 June 2008. Archived from the original on 7 April 2017. Retrieved 6 April 2017.
  5. "2008 election result" (PDF). ECP. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 January 2018. Retrieved 12 May 2018.
  6. "PPP, PML-N major winners". The Nation. Archived from the original on 6 March 2017. Retrieved 5 March 2017.
  7. "PML-N lines up NA candidates in Punjab". The Nation. Archived from the original on 6 March 2017. Retrieved 5 March 2017.
  8. "N sweeps 24 seats of Sialkot, Narowal". The Nation. Archived from the original on 10 August 2017. Retrieved 5 March 2017.
  9. "N gets lion's share of Sh'pura, Attock seats". The Nation. Archived from the original on 6 March 2017. Retrieved 5 March 2017.
  10. "2013 election result" (PDF). ECP. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 February 2018. Retrieved 12 May 2018.


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