PP-261 Rahim Yar Khan-VII

PP-261 Rahim Yar Khan-VII (پی پی-261، رحیم یار خان-7) is a Constituency of Provincial Assembly of Punjab.[1][2]

PP-261 Rahim Yar Khan-VII
Constituency
for the Provincial Assembly of Punjab
RegionR.Y.K Tehsil (partly) including Kot Samaba town of Rahim Yar Khan District
Current constituency
Created fromPP-291 Rahimyar Khan-VII (2002-2018)
PP-261 Rahim Yar Khan-VII (2018-)

General elections 2024

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Provincial election 2024: PP-261 Rahim Yar Khan-VII
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Jam Aman Ullah[a] 42,434 36.28
PPP Makhdoom Muhammad Irtiza 23,638 20.21
Independent Makhdoom Afkar UI Hassan 20,568 17.58
PML(N) Makhdoom Moeen Uddin Ali 13,653 11.67
TLP Sultan Mehmood 7,298 6.24
Independent Makhdoom Hassan Raza Hashmi 4,618 3.95
Others Others (ten candidates) 4,758 4.07
Turnout 120,768 50.50
Total valid votes 116,967 96.85
Rejected ballots 3,801 3.15
Majority 18,796 16.07
Registered electors 239,153
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By Elections 2018

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By-elections held on October 14, 2018, Fawaz Ahmad won this seat on the PTI ticket.[3]

By Election 2018 : PP-261 Rahim Yar Khan VII[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
PTI Fawaz Ahmad 29526 52.9
PPP Makhdoom Hassan Raza Hashmi 14995 26.87
PML(N) Muhammad Tariq 9934 17.8
TLP Iftikhar Hussain 859 1.53
Independent Ghulam Haider 391 0.7
Independent Muhammad Waqas 100 0.17
Turnout 56850 30.31
Total valid votes 55805 98.16
Rejected ballots 1045 1.83
Registered electors 187,510

General elections 2018

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In the general elections held on July 25, 2018, Hashim Jawan Bakht won two seats (PP-259 and PP-261) on the PTI ticket.[4] However, he vacated the PP-261 seat. Consequently, in the by-elections held on October 14, 2018, Fawaz Ahmad won this seat on the PTI ticket.[3]

General Election 2018 : PP-261 Rahim Yar Khan VII[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
PTI Makhdum Hashim Jawan Bakht 38051 36.83
PPP Makhdoom Muhammad Irtaza 28664 27.74
Independent Abdul Rouf 15394 14.9
PML(N) Makhdoom Imad Uddin Hashmi 12501 12.1
TLP Iftikhar Hussain 4125 3.99
Independent Muhammad Asad Ghaffar 1175 1.13
Independent Nazeer Ahmed 817 0.79
Independent Syed Hasnain Raza 717 0.69
Independent Malik Naveed Khawar Muslim 637 0.61
MMA Muhammad Waheed Arshad 626 0.6
Independent Masud Sadiq 418 0.4
Independent Muhammad Tariq 130 0.12
Independent Makhdoom Tahir Rasheed Ud Din 55 0.05
Turnout 106786 57.68
Total valid votes 103310 96.74
Rejected ballots 3476 3.25
Registered electors 185,121

General elections 2013

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Contesting Candidates Party Affiliation Votes Polled

General elections 2008

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Contesting Candidates Party Affiliation Votes Polled

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. ^ "ECP - Election Commission of Pakistan". www.ecp.gov.pk. Retrieved 2022-12-25.
  2. ^ "Punjab Assembly | Members - Members' Directory". www.pap.gov.pk. Retrieved 2022-12-25.
  3. ^ a b c "Punjab Bye Election 2018 on 14-10-2018". Archived from the original on 13 September 2021.
  4. ^ a b "Election Commission of Pakistan - Notification" (PDF). www.ecp.gov.pk. 2018-08-10. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 January 2024.
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