NA-196 Qambar Shahdadkot-I

NA-196 Qambar Shahdadkot-I (این اے-196، قمبرشہدادکوٹ-1) is a newly-created constituency for the National Assembly of Pakistan. It mainly comprises the Qubo Saeed Khan Taluka, Shahdadkot Taluka, Sijawal Junejo Taluka, and Miro Khan Taluka.[2][3] It was created in the 2018 delimitation after the constituency overlapping between Qambar Shahdadkot District and Larkana District was ended.[4]

NA-196 Qambar Shahdadkot-I
Constituency
for the National Assembly of Pakistan
RegionQubo Saeed Khan, Shahdadkot, Sijawal Junejo, Mirokhan Tehsils and Qambar Tehsil (partly) of Qambar Shahdadkot District
Electorate417,740 [1]
Current constituency
Created2018
Created fromNA-206 (Larkana-III)
NA-207 (Larkana-IV)

Election 2018 edit

General elections are scheduled to be held on 25 July 2018.

General election 2018: NA-202 Qambar Shahdadkot-I [5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
PPP Aftab Shaban Mirani 72,159 56.39
MMA Nasir Mehmood 36,046 28.17
PTI Musarrat Shah 9,631 7.52
Independent Sultan Ahmed Khan khuhawar 2,328 1.81
Independent Akhtar Hussain shaikh 2,269 1.77
Independent Rabb Nawaz tunio 1,282 1,00
Independent Mir Imran Ali 1,092 0.85
Independent Nazzer Hussain Magsi 954 0.74
PPP (SB) Sarfraz Ahmed 794 0.62
Independent Liaqat ali 476 0.37
Independent Muzafar Ali Brohi 440 0.34
Independent Ayyaz Hussain 304 0.23
Independent Saifullah Abro 106 0.08
Turnout 127,951 42.72
Majority 36,113 28.22

Election 2024 edit

General elections were held on 8 February 2024.[6] Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, the chairman of the Pakistan People's Party (PPP) won the election with 85,370 votes, but decided to vacate it in favour of NA-194 Larkana-I.[7]

General election 2024: NA-196 Qambar Shahdadkot-I
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
PPP Bilawal Bhutto Zardari 85,370 63.06  6.76
JUI (F) Nasir Mehmood 34,499 25.48 N/A
Others Others (eleven candidates) 15,510 11.46
Turnout 145,735 34.89  7.83
Total valid votes 135,379 92.89
Rejected ballots 10,356 7.11
Majority 50,871 37.58  9.36
PPP hold

By-election 2024 edit

A by-election was held on 21 April 2024.[7]

2024 Pakistani by-elections: NA-196 Qambar Shahdadkot-I
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
PPP Khursheed Ahmed Junejo 91,581 96.42
TLP Muhammad Ali 2,763 2.91
Independent Javed Ali 499 0.52
Independent Buland Junejo 142 0.15
Turnout 96,572 22.79
Total valid votes 94,985 98.36
Rejected ballots 1,587 1.64
Majority 88,818 93.51
Registered electors 423,781
PPP hold

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. ^ Final List of National Assembly Constituencies (PDF). Election Commission of Pakistan. 2018. p. 59. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2018-05-10. Retrieved 2018-05-18.
  4. ^ "Larkana district to retain two NA, four provincial assembly seats". Pakistan Today. 6 March 2018. Archived from the original on 14 May 2018.
  5. ^ "ECP – Election Commission of Pakistan". www.ecp.gov.pk. Archived from the original on 6 July 2018. Retrieved 21 July 2018.
  6. ^ "Election Commission of Pakistan". ecp.gov.pk. Retrieved 2024-04-12.
  7. ^ a b "By-polls on 6 NA, 17 PA seats on April 21". The News International. 2024-03-14. Retrieved 2024-04-14.