NA-62_(Rawalpindi-VI)
NA-56 Rawalpindi-V
Constituency of the National Assembly of Pakistan
NA-56 Rawalpindi-V (این اے-56، راولپنڈی-5) is a constituency for the National Assembly of Pakistan.[2]
| NA-56 Rawalpindi-V | |
|---|---|
| Constituency for the National Assembly of Pakistan | |
| Region | Rawalpindi city area of Rawalpindi District |
| Electorate | 523,733 [1] |
| Current constituency | |
| Party | Pakistan Muslim League (N) |
| Member(s) | Hanif Abbasi |
| Created from | NA-55 Rawalpindi-VI |
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1970–1977: (NW-28 Rawalpindi-III)
1977–2002: NA-38 (Rawalpindi-III)
| Election | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1977 | Syed Ali Asghar Shah | PPP | |
| 1985 | Shaikh Rasheed Ahmad | Independent | |
| 1988 | Shaikh Rasheed Ahmad | IJI | |
| 1990 | Shaikh Rasheed Ahmad | IJI | |
| 1993 | Shaikh Rasheed Ahmad | PML-N | |
| 1997 | Shaikh Rasheed Ahmad | PML-N | |
2002–2018: NA-55 (Rawalpindi-VI)
| Election | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | Shaikh Rasheed Ahmad | Independent | |
| 2008 | Makhdoom Muhammad Javed Hashmi | PML-N | |
| 2008 by-election | Pervaiz Khan | PML-N | |
| 2010 by-election | Malik Shakeel Awan | PML-N | |
| 2013 | Sheikh Rasheed Ahmad | AML | |
2018-2023: NA-62 (Rawalpindi-VI)
2024-present: NA-56 Rawalpindi-V
General elections were held on 10 Oct 2002. Sheikh Rasheed Ahmad an Independent candidate won by 60,649 votes.[3]
The result of general election 2008 in this constituency is given below.
Result
Javed Hashmi succeeded in the election 2008 and became the member of National Assembly.[4]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PML-N | Javed Hashmi | 87,645 | 75% | |
| PPPP | Malik Amir Fida Paracha | 37,397 | 28 | |
| PML-Q | Shaikh Rasheed Ahmad | 15,780 | 12 | |
| Others | Others | 1,519 | 1 | |
The by-polls were held in February 2010 and Malik Shakeel Awan was elected to the National Assembly of Pakistan from this constituency as a candidate of Pakistan Muslim League (N) (PML-N). He received 63,888 votes and defeated Sheikh Rasheed Ahmad by a great margin.[5]
General elections were held on 11 May 2013. Sheikh Rasheed Ahmad of Awami Muslim League won by 95,643 votes and became the member of National Assembly.[6]
General elections were held on 25 July 2018.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AML | Sheikh Rasheed Ahmad | 119,362 | 49.97 | ||
| PML(N) | Daniyal Chaudhary | 91,879 | 38.76 | ||
| Others | Others (ten candidates) | 22,660 | 9.62 | ||
| Turnout | 235,560 | 52.01 | |||
| Rejected ballots | 3,869 | 1.65 | |||
| Majority | 26,407 | 11.21 | |||
| Registered electors | 452,930 | ||||
| AML hold | Swing | N/A | |||
General elections were held on 8 February 2024. Hanif Abbasi won the election with 96,655 votes.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PML(N) | Hanif Abbasi | 96,655 | 44.95 |  6.19 | |
| Independent | Shehryar Riaz[lower-alpha 1] | 82,619 | 38.43 | N/A | |
| Others | Others (twenty-eight candidates) | 35,734 | 16.62 | ||
| Turnout | 219,167 | 41.85 |  10.16 | ||
| Total valid votes | 215,008 | 98.10 | |||
| Rejected ballots | 4,159 | 1.90 | |||
| Majority | 14,036 | 6.53 | |||
| Registered electors | 523,733 | ||||
| PML(N) gain from AML | |||||
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- "PML-N's Shakil trounces Sheikh Rashid". Dawn (newspaper). 25 February 2010. Retrieved 23 April 2022.
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- Election result's official website
- Delimitation 2018 official website Election Commission of Pakistan
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