NA-31 Peshawar-IV (این اے-30، پشاور-٤) is a constituency for the National Assembly of Pakistan.[2]

NA-31 Peshawar-IV
Constituency
for the National Assembly of Pakistan
DistrictPeshawar city (partly) and Canonment areas of Peshawar District
ProvinceKhyber Pakhtunkhwa
Electorate399,278 [1]
Current constituency
Created1970
PartyIndependent
Member(s)Sher Ali Arbab
Created fromNA-1 (Peshawar-I)
NA-2 (Peshawar-II)
NA-3 (Peshawar-III)

Area edit

During the delimitation of 2018, NA-31 (Peshawar-IV) acquired areas from three former constituencies namely NA-1 (Peshawar-I), NA-2 (Peshawar-II), and NA-3 (Peshawar-III) with most areas coming from NA-2 (Peshawar-II), the areas of Peshawar which are part of this constituency are listed below alongside the former constituency name from which they were acquired:

Areas acquired from NA-1 (Peshawar-I)
  • Bhana Mari
Areas acquired from NA-2 (Peshawar-II)
Areas acquired from NA-3 Peshawar-III

Members of Parliament edit

1970–1977: NW-2 Peshawar-II edit

Election Member Party
1970 Ghulam Faruque Khan Khattak[5][6] NAP

1977–2002: NA-2 Peshawar-II edit

Election Member Party
1977 Arbab Jehangir Khan Khalil PPP
1985 Muhammad Salim Khan Khalil[7] Independent
1988 Bahadur Khan[8] PPP
1990 Arbab Jehangir Khan Khalil[9] ANP
1993 Arbab Jehangir Khan Khalil[10] PPP
1997 Arbab Jehangir Khan Khalil ANP

2002–2018: NA-2 Peshawar-II edit

Election Member Party
2002 Mulana Rehmat Ullah MMA
2008 Arbab Alamgir Khan Khalil PPPP
2013 Hamid-ul-Haq PTI

2018-2022: NA-30 Peshawar-IV edit

Election Member Party
2018 Sher Ali Arbab PTI

2023-present: NA-31 Peshawar-IV edit

Election Member Party
2024 Sher Ali Arbab IND

1985 general election edit

The 1985 General Election was held as a non-party based election. Seleem Khan Khalil won this election.

1985 General Election: Peshawar-II
Party Candidate Votes %
Independent Salem Khan Khalil Winner N/A
Independent Col (R) Niaz Mohammad Arbab Runner up N/A

2002 general election edit

2002 General Election: NA-2 (Peshawar-II)[11][12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
MMA Maulana Rehmat Ullah 37,728 67.37 N/A
PPP Dr. Arbab Alamgir Khan Khalil 15,771 28.16 N/A
PAT Khalid Ayub

1,575

2.81

N/A

QWP Abdul Manan Akhunzada Advocate

926

1.66

N/A

Majority 21,957 39.21 N/A
Turnout 56,000 26.49 N/A
MMA gain from ANP Swing N/A

A total of 1,367 votes were rejected.

2008 general election edit

2008 General Election: NA-2 (Peshawar-II)[13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
  PPPP Dr. Arbab Alamgir Khan Khalil 34,443 45.15 +16.99
  ANP Arbab Najeeb Ullah Khan Khalil 23,992 31.45
  MMA Maulana Rehmat Ullah* 7,346 9.63 -57.74
Independent Asif Ullah Qasmi 5,326 6.98
  PML-N Syed Zahoor Shah 3,103 4.07
  PML Malik Najab Gul Khalil Advocate 1,560 2.04
Independent Dr Taj Muhammad Khan 210 0.27
Independent Muhammad Atteq ur Rehman 174 0.23
Independent Haji Aftab Muhammad 139 0.18
Majority 10,451 13.70
Turnout 76,293 24.73 -1.76
PPPP gain from MMA

A total of 2,003 votes were rejected.

2013 general election edit

The 2013 General Election was held on May 11, 2013, and Engineer Hamid Ul Haq standing for PTI succeeded to the National Assembly after winning 79,125 votes. Ul Haq beat former Federal Minister for Communication Arbab Alamgir Khan of the PPPP.

2013 General Election: NA-2 (Peshawar-II) [14]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
  PTI Hamid Ul Haq 79,125 55.71
  JUI-F Muhammad Saeed Jan 18,787 13.23
  ANP Arbab Najeeb Ullah Khan 12,137 8.55 -22.90
  PPPP Arbab Alamgir Khan 10,666 7.51 -37.64
  JI Muhammad Iqbal Khalil 8,020 5.65
  PML-N Abdul Bari 5.159 3.63 -0.44
MDM Qazi Saif Ullah Jan 3,477 2.45
  QWP (S) Malik Haider Khan 2,242 1.58
Independent Intizar Ali Khan Khalil 577 0.41
Independent Ishaq Hussain 448 0.31
Independent Muhammad Atiq ur Rehman 419 0.29
Independent Saleem Khan 275 0.19
Independent Iqtidar Ahmad Afridi 263 0.19
Independent Khadim Hussain 162 0.11
Independent Muhammad Ibrahim Khalil 156 0.11
Independent Aasir Sheraz 61 0.04
Independent Safeer Ullah 57 0.04
Majority 60,338 42.48
Turnout 142,031 43.45 +18.72
PTI gain from PPPP

A total of 2,408 votes were rejected.

2018 general election edit

General elections were held on 25 July 2018.

General election 2018: NA-30 (Peshawar-IV)[15]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
PTI Sher Ali Arbab 73,781 60.27
MMA Arbab Najeebullah Khan 18,111 14.80
PPP Arbab Alamgir Khan 14,593 11.92
ANP Muhammad Alamgir Khan Khalil 11,514 9.41
Others Others (four candidates) 4,413 3.60
Turnout 125,547 40.64  2.81
Total valid votes 122,412 97.50
Rejected ballots 3,135 2.50
Majority 55,670 45.47
Registered electors 308,891
PTI hold Swing N/A

2024 general election edit

General elections were held on 8 February 2024.[16] Sher Ali Arbab won the election with 82,985 votes.

General election 2024: NA-31 Peshawar-IV
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Sher Ali Arbab[a] 82,985 58.00  2.27
PPP Arbab Alamgir Khan 22,543 15.76  3.84
JUI (F) Muhammad Saeed Jan 14,560 10.18 N/A
ANP Syed Haroon Shah 10,101 7.06  2.35
Others Others (four candidates) 12,889 9.01
Turnout 146,190 36.61  4.03
Total valid votes 143,078 97.87
Rejected ballots 3,114 2.13
Majority 60,442 42.24  3.23
Registered electors 399,278

See also edit

Notes edit

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

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. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2018-05-10. Retrieved 2018-08-23.
  4. ^ The Gazette of Pakistan (PDF). Election Commission of Pakistan. 2013. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2018-06-15. Retrieved 2018-08-23.
  5. ^ "Election result 1970 for NA-2". Dawn. Archived from the original on 2014-09-03. Retrieved August 28, 2014.
  6. ^ "Constituency Profile – Election Pakistan". electionpakistan.com. Archived from the original on 2018-04-01. Retrieved 23 August 2018.
  7. ^ "Election result 1985 for NA-2". The News International. Archived from the original on 2013-07-19. Retrieved September 5, 2014.
  8. ^ "Election result 1980 for NA-2". The Express Tribune. Archived from the original on 2014-08-31. Retrieved August 28, 2014.
  9. ^ "Election result 1990 for NA-2". The Express Tribune. Archived from the original on 2014-08-31. Retrieved August 28, 2014.
  10. ^ "Election result 1993 for NA-2". The Express Tribune. Archived from the original on 2014-08-31. Retrieved August 28, 2014.
  11. ^ "Election result 2002 for NA-2". Pakistani Election. Archived from the original on 2014-07-14. Retrieved July 8, 2014.
  12. ^ "Election result 2002 for NA-2". Geo TV. Archived from the original on 2014-09-03. Retrieved August 28, 2014.
  13. ^ "Election result 2008 for NA-2". ECP. Archived from the original on 2012-11-15. Retrieved October 13, 2012.
  14. ^ "Election result 2013 for NA-2". ECP. Archived from the original on 2014-06-07. Retrieved April 13, 2014.
  15. ^ "ECP – Election Commission of Pakistan". www.ecp.gov.pk. Retrieved 23 August 2018.
  16. ^ "Election Commission of Pakistan". ecp.gov.pk. Retrieved 2024-04-12.

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