PK-21 Bajaur-III (پی کے-21 باجوڑ-3) is a constituency for the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan.It was created in 2018 after merger of FATA with Khyber Pakhtunkhwa before 2019 elections.[1][2][3][4]

PK-21 Bajaur-III
Constituency
for the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly
RegionBarang and Utmankhel Tehsils and Khar Tehsil (partly) of Bajaur District
Current constituency
Created2018
PartyJamaat-e-Islami Pakistan
Member(s)Sirajuddin Khan
Created fromPK-102 Bajaur-III (2018-2023)
PK-20 Bajaur-III (2023-)

Members of Assembly edit

2019-2023: PK-102 Bajaur-III edit

Election Member Party
2019 Sirajuddin Khan Jamaat-e-Islami Pakistan

Election 2019 edit

After merger of FATA with Khyber Pakhtunkhwa provincial elections were held for the very first time. Jamaat-e-Islami Pakistan candidate Sirajuddin Khan won the seat by getting 19,144 votes.[5][6]

Provincial election 2019: PK-102 Bajaur-III
Party Candidate Votes %
JI Sirajuddin Khan 19,144 28.75
PTI Hamid ur Rehman 13,517 20.92
Independent Khalid Khan 12,667 19.03
JUI (F) Sultan Muhammad 9,248 13.89
ANP Sheikh Jahanzada 6,760 10.15
Independent Rahim dad Khan 2,720 4.09
PPP Saeed Ur Rehman 1,247 1.87
Independent Others (5 Independents) 1,276 1.92
Turnout 67,834 31.30
Valid ballots 66,579 98.15
Rejected ballots 1,255 1.85
Majority 5,627 8.45
Registered electors 2,16,719
JI win (new seat)

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "ECP - Election Commission of Pakistan". www.ecp.gov.pk. Retrieved 2022-12-25.
  2. ^ "By District | KP Assembly". www.pakp.gov.pk. Retrieved 2022-12-06.
  3. ^ "ECP - Election Commission of Pakistan". www.ecp.gov.pk. Retrieved 2022-12-06.
  4. ^ Hashim, Asad. "Historic election held in Pakistan's former tribal districts". www.aljazeera.com. Retrieved 2022-12-12.
  5. ^ "Constituency Profile". Election Pakistan. Retrieved 2022-11-30.
  6. ^ Shah, Waseem Ahmad (2019-08-04). "Tehreek-i-Insaf to bag three tribal districts reserved seats in PA". DAWN.COM. Retrieved 2022-12-12.

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