NA-16 Abbottabad-I (این اے-16، ایبٹ آباد-١) is a constituency for the National Assembly of Pakistan. The constituency was formerly known as NA-17 (Abbottabad-I) from 1977 to 2018. The name changed to NA-16 Abbottabad-II after the delimitation in 2018 and to NA-16 (Abbottabad-I) after the delimitation in 2022.[2]

NA-16 Abbottabad-I
Constituency
for the National Assembly of Pakistan
RegionAbbottabad Tehsil (partly), Havelian Tehsil and Lora Tehsil of Abbottabad District
Electorate554,426[1]
Current constituency
PartyIndependent
Member(s)Ali Asghar Khan
Created fromNA-17 (Abbottabad-I)

Members of Parliament

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1977–2002: NA-17 (Abbottabad-I)

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Election Member Party
1977 Haji Faqir M. Khan PNA
1985 Ayub Khan Allai Independent
1988 Fazle Haq IJI
1990 Maulvi M. Amin JUI (F)
1993 Malik Said Ahmed Independent
1997 Aurangzeb Independent

2002–2018: NA-17 (Abbottabad-I)

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Election Member Party
2002 Amanullah Khan Jadoon PML (Q)
2008 Sardar Mehtab Ahmed Khan PML (N)
2013 Dr Muhammad Azhar Khan Jadoon PTI

2018–2022: NA-16 Abbottabad-II

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Election Member Party
2018 Ali Khan Jadoon PTI

2024–present: NA-16 Abbottabad-I

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Election Member Party
2024 Ali Asghar Khan IND

Elections since 2002

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2002 general election

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2002 General Election: NA-17 (Abbottabad-I) [3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
  PML-Q Amanullah Khan Jadoon 44,716 40.92
Independent Muhammad Azhar Jadoon 30,949 28.33
  MMA Al-Haj Habib-ur-Rehman Abbasi 21,383 19.57
Qaumi Jamhoori Party Ali Asghar Khan 4,687 4.29
  PPPP Sardar Ibrar Ahmad 3,646 3.34
Hazara Qaumi Mahaz Asif Malik Advocate 3,384 3.10
Independent Syed Ejaz Hussain Shah 489 0.45
Majority 13,767 12.59
Turnout 109,254 39.62
PML(Q) gain from Independent

A total of 3,375 votes were rejected.

2008 general election

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2008 General Election: NA-17 (Abbottabad-I) [4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
  PML-N Sardar Mehtab Ahmed Khan 58,041 44.07
Independent Muhammad Azhar Jadoon 36,668 27.84 −0.49
  PML Amanullah Khan Jadoon 34,947 26.53
  MMA Professor Raja Aurangzeb Khan 1,465 1.11 −18.46
  MQM Ghulam Mustafa Sumsam Qureshi 589 0.45
Majority 21,373 16.23
Turnout 131,710 42.72 +3.10
PML(N) gain from PML (Q)

A total of 2,681 votes were rejected.

2013 general election

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2013 General Election: NA-17 (Abbottabad-I) [4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
  PTI Muhammad Azhar Jadoon 96,549 51.42
  PML-N Sardar Mehtab Ahmed Khan 69,721 37.13 −6.94
Independent Ayaz Khan Jadoon 8,349 4.45 −23.39
  JI Habib ur Rehman Abbasi 4,408 2.35
  JUI-F Tariq Sultan 3,504 1.87
Tehreek-e-Suba Hazara Fida Hussain 2,076 1.11
  PPPP Sardar Muhammad Gulzar Abbasi 1,107 0.59
  PML (S) Safdar Zaman 890 0.47
  MQM Sarfaraz Khan 526 0.28 −0.17
TTP Raja Izat Ali 340 0.18
Independent Zahoor Ahmed Chaudry 283 0.15
Majority 26,828 14.29
Turnout 187,753 56.48 +13.76
PTI gain from PML (N)

A total of 3,932 votes were rejected.

2018 general election

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General elections were held on 25 July 2018.

General election 2018: NA-16 (Abbottabad-II)[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
PTI Ali Khan Jadoon 85,203 48.62  2.80
PML(N) Mahabat Khan 54,879 31.32  5.81
Others Others (sixteen candidates) 35,146 20.06
Turnout 179,604 49.84  6.64
Rejected ballots 4,376 2.43
Majority 30,324 16.88
Registered electors 360,392
PTI hold Swing N/A

2024 general election

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General elections were held on 8 February 2024.[6] Ali Asghar Khan won the election with 105,300 votes.[7]

General election 2024: NA-16 (Abbottabad-I)[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Ali Asghar Khan[a] 105,300 43.52  5.10
PML(N) Murtaza Javed Abbasi 86,621 35.80  4.48
Independent Mehtab Abbasi 23,566 9.74 N/A
Others Others (fourteen candidates) 26,461 10.94
Turnout 249,295 44.96  4.88
Rejected ballots 7,347 2.95
Majority 18,679 7.72  9.16
Registered electors 554,426

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ Filed nomination papers as PTI candidate but ECP allowed him to run as an Independent

References

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  1. ^ "Election Commission of Pakistan". ecp.gov.pk. Retrieved 2024-01-06.
  2. ^ "ECP - Election Commission of Pakistan". www.ecp.gov.pk. Retrieved 2022-12-25.
  3. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-12-22. Retrieved 2016-05-16.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  4. ^ a b "ECP – Election Commission of Pakistan". test1947.ecp.gov.pk. Retrieved 19 April 2018.
  5. ^ "ECP – Election Commission of Pakistan". www.ecp.gov.pk. Retrieved 16 August 2018.
  6. ^ "Election Commission of Pakistan". ecp.gov.pk. Retrieved 2024-04-12.
  7. ^ "NA-16 Election Result 2024 Abbottabad 1, Candidates List". www.geo.tv. Retrieved 2024-10-16.
  8. ^ "NA-16 Abbottabad 1".
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