NA-15 Mansehra-cum-Torghar

NA-15 Mansehra-cum-Torghar (این اے-15، مانسہرہ-کم-تورغر) is a constituency for the National Assembly of Pakistan. It covers part of the district of Mansehra and the entire district of Torghar. The constituency was formerly known as NA-21 (Mansehra-II) from 1977 to 2018 which covered the same area, Torghar being part of Mansehra district until 2011. The name changed to NA-14 (Mansehra-cum-Torghar) after the delimitation in 2018.[2]

NA-15 Mansehra-cum-Torghar
Constituency
for the National Assembly of Pakistan
RegionOghi Tehsil, Darband Tehsil, Tanawal Tehsil, Baffa Pakhal Tehsil (partly) and Mansehra Tehsil (partly) of Mansehra District
Torghar District
Electorate645,049 [1]
Current constituency
PartyIndependent
Member(s)Shahzada Muhammad Gushtasap Khan
Created fromNA-14 Mansehra-II

Members of Parliament edit

1970–2002: Mansehra-II edit

Election Member Party
1970 Ghulam Ghaus Hazarvi Swati JUI
Election Member Party
1977 Fakhar Uz Zaman Khan Swati (Chief of Agror) PNA
1985 Nawabzada Salahuddin Saeed Khan Independent
1988 Nawabzada Salah-ud-din Saeed Khan Independent
Election Member Party
1990 Nawabzada Salah-ud-din Saeed Khan IJI
1993 Nawabzada Salahuddin Saeed Khan PML-N
1997 Nawabzada Salah-ud-din Saeed Khan PML-N

2002–2018: NA-21 Mansehra-II edit

Election Member Party
2002 Maulana Abdul Malik MMA
2008 Laiq Muhammad Khan Swati MMA
2013 Muhammad Safdar Awan PML (N)

2018-2022: NA-14 Mansehra-cum-Torghar edit

Election Member Party
2018 Muhammad Sajjad Awan PML (N)

2024-Present: NA-15 Mansehra-cum-Torghar edit

Election Member Party
2024 Shahzada Muhammad Gushtasap Khan IND

Detailed results edit

2002 general election edit

2002 General Election: NA-21 (Mansehra-II) [3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
  MMA Maulana Abdul Malik 46,311 44.62
Independent Faiz Muhammad Khan 25,771 24.83
  PML-Q Nawabzada Salahuddin Saeed 24,557 23.66
  PML-N Tahir Ali 7,158 6.89
Majority 20,540 19.79
Turnout 103,797 34.04
MMA gain from PML (N)

A total of 1,836 votes were rejected.

2008 general election edit

2008 General Election: NA-21 (Mansehra-II) [4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
  MMA Laiq Muhammad Khan 36,629 26.56 -18.06
  PML-Q Zar Gul Khan 31,774 23.03
  PML-N Tahir Ali 29,911 21.68 +14.79
  PPPP Nawabzada Sala-ud-din Saeed 28,234 20.47
Independent Professor Dr Ali Asghar Shah 4,500 3.26
Independent Niaz Muhammad Khan 3,482 2.53
Independent Maulana Rabnawaz Tahir 1,977 1.43
Independent Baram Khan 635 0.46
Independent Amjad Salar Khan 555 0.40
Independent Muhammad Miskeen 251 0.18
Majority 4,855 3.53
Turnout 137,948
MMA hold Swing

2013 general election edit

2013 General Election: NA-21 (Mansehra-II) [5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
  PML-N Captain R Muhammad Safdar 91,013 52.75 +31.07
  JUI-F Laiq Muhammad Khan 43,342 25.12
  PTI Nawabzada Salahuddin Saeed 25,615 14.85
Independent Maulana Rabnawaz Tahir 4,832 2.80 +1.37
  JI Maulana Abdul Malik 3,219 1.87
Independent Shoukat Ali Khan 2,152 1.25
Independent Dr Muhammad Azam 1,040 0.60
Independent Lady Doctor Shaheen Zameer 814 0.47
  MQM Muhammad Yaqoob 510 0.29
Majority 47,671 27.63
Turnout 172,537 45.13
PML (N) gain from MMA

A total of 5,660 votes were rejected.

2018 general election edit

General elections were held on 25 July 2018.

General election 2018: NA-14 (Mansehra-cum-Torghar)[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
PML(N) Muhammad Sajjad Awan 74,889 35.32  17.43
PTI Zar Gul Khan 59,638 28.13  13.28
MMA Kifayatullah 45,449 21.44  5.55
Others Others (seven candidates) 24,000 11.32
Turnout 212,009 41.49  3.64
Rejected ballots 8,033 3.79
Majority 15,251 7.19
Registered electors 510,931
PML(N) hold Swing N/A

JI and JUI-F contested as part of MMA

2024 general election edit

General elections were held on 8 February 2024.[7]

General election 2024: NA-15 Mansehra-cum-Torghar
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Shahzada Muhammad Gushtasap Khan[a] 105,259 44.12  15.99
PML(N) Nawaz Sharif 80,413 33.71  1.61
MMA Kifayatullah 29,938 12.55
PPP Zar Gul Khan 5,443 2.28
TLP Tahir Riaz 4,423 1.85  1.22
JI Muhammad Khalid 4,125 1.73
Others Others (nine candidates) 6,955 2.92
Turnout 246,760 38.41  3.08
Total valid votes 238,656 96.72
Rejected ballots 9,104 3.28
Majority 24,846 7.19
Registered electors 645,049
Independent gain from PML(N)

See also edit

References edit

  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 2015-12-13.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  4. ^ http://test1947.ecp.gov.pk/ConstResult.aspx?Const_Id=NA-21&type=NA[dead link]
  5. ^ "ECP – Election Commission of Pakistan". test1947.ecp.gov.pk. Retrieved 19 April 2018.
  6. ^ "ECP – Election Commission of Pakistan". www.ecp.gov.pk. Archived from the original on 3 August 2018. Retrieved 3 August 2018.
  7. ^ "Election Commission of Pakistan". ecp.gov.pk. Retrieved 2024-04-12.

Notes edit

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

External links edit