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NA-5 Upper Dir

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NA-5 Upper Dir
Constituency
for the National Assembly of Pakistan
RegionUpper Dir District
Electorate590,433 [1]
Current constituency
PartySunni Ittehad Council
Member(s)Sahibzada Sibghatullah
Created fromNA-33 (Upper Dir-cum-Lower Dir)

NA-5 Upper Dir (Urdu: این اے-۵، دیر بالا) is a constituency for the National Assembly of Pakistan. It comprises the whole district of Upper Dir. The area was formerly part of NA-33 (Upper Dir-cum-Lower Dir) constituency from 1977 to 2018. That constituency also included parts of the district of Lower Dir. The constituency for Upper Dir was named NA-5 (Upper Dir).[2]

Members of Parliament

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1977–1985: NA-26 Dir

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Election Member Party
1977 Sahibzada Saifullah Pakistan National Alliance

1985–1997: NA-25 Dir

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Election Member Party
1985 Maulana Muhammad Inayat-ur-Rehman IND
1988 Sahibzada Fathullah IJI
1990 Najmuddin Khan PDA
1993 Sahibzada Fathullah PIF
1997 Inayat Khan PML(N)

2002–2018: NA-33 (Upper Dir-cum-Lower Dir)

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Election Member Party
2002 Molana Asad Ullah MMA
2008 Najmuddin Khan PPP
2013 Sahabzada Tariq Ullah JI

Since 2018: NA-5 (Upper Dir)

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Election Member Party
2018 Sahibzada Sibghatullah PTI
2024 Sahibzada Sibghatullah SIC

Election 2002

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General Elections were held on 10 October 2002. Molana Asad Ullah won this seat with 39,362 votes

General Election 2002: NA-33 (Upper Dir-cum-Lower-Dir) [3]
Party Candidate Votes %
MMA Molana Asad Ullah 39,362 54.72
PPP Muhammad Anwar Khan Advocate 24,259 33.72
QWP Barrister Muhammad Islam Khan 4,184 5.82
ANP Gul Zamin Said 3,268 4.54
PTI Sultan Ali Shah 861 1.20
Valid ballots 71,934 96.54
Rejected ballots 2,581 3.46
Turnout 74,515 32.26
Majority 15,103 21.00
MMA gain from Independent

Election 2008

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2008 General Election: NA-33 (Upper Dir-cum-Lower-Dir) [4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
PPPP Najmuddin Khan 27,594 39.47 +5.75
Independent Sahibzada Sibghatullah 19,910 28.48
ANP Naveed Anjum Khan 8,124 11.62 +7.08
PML-N Mohmmad-ul-Mulk (Akhon Zada) 6,508 9.31
PML Farhad Ali Khan 5,606 8.02
MMA Molana Fazal Azim 1,572 2.25 −52.47
Independent Dr Bahramand Khan 395 0.56
Independent Maulana Said Jalal 118 0.17
Independent Saleem-ur-Rehman Advocate 84 0.12
Majority 7,684 10.99
Turnout 69,911 26.75 −5.51
PPPP gain from MMA

A total of 2,020 votes were rejected.

Election 2013

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2013 General Election: NA-33 (Upper Dir-cum-Lower-Dir) [4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
JI Sahabzada Tariq Ullah 42,582 36.88
PPPP Najmuddin Khan 26,803 23.21 −16.26
PML-N Malak Muhammad Zeb Khan 17,343 15.02 +5.71
PTI Muhammad Nawaz 15,397 13.33
JUI-F Maulana Fazil Azeem 6,567 5.69
ANP Naveed Anjum Khan 4,262 3.69 −7.93
PML Umar Zeb Khan 1,322 1.14 −6.88
Independent Muhammad Ameer Khan 447 0.39
APML Muhammad Zeb 441 0.38
Tehreek-e-Pasmanada Awam Pakistan Farooq Ahmad 309 0.27
Majority 15,779 13.67
Turnout 115,473 32.14 +5.39
JI gain from PPPP

A total of 4,360 votes were rejected.

Election 2018

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General elections were held on 25 July 2018.

General election 2018: NA-5 (Upper Dir)[5][6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
PTI Sahibzada Sibghatullah 66,545 30.81 Increase17.48
MMA Sahabzada Tariq Ullah 57,776 26.75 Decrease15.82
PPP Najmuddin Khan 53,967 24.99 Increase1.78
Others Others (seven candidates) 29,495 13.67
Turnout 215,920 48.26 Increase16.12
Rejected ballots 8,137 3.78
Majority 8,769 4.06
Registered electors 447,414
PTI gain from JI

JI and JUI-F contested as part of MMA

Election 2024

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General elections were held on 8 February 2024.[7] Sahibzada Sibghatullah won the election with 91,165 votes.[8]

General election 2024: NA-5 Upper Dir
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Sahibzada Sibghatullah[a] 91,165 44.28 Increase13.47
JI Sahabzada Tariq Ullah 49,066 23.83 N/A
PPP Najmuddin Khan 38,027 18.47 Decrease6.52
Others Others (eight candidates) 27,631 13.42
Turnout 214,908 36.40 Decrease11.86
Rejected ballots 9,019 4.20
Majority 42,099 20.45 Increase16.39
Registered electors 590,433

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. ^ "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. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-12-22. Retrieved 2017-04-25.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  4. ^ a b http://test1947.ecp.gov.pk/ConstResult.aspx?Const_Id=NA-33&type=NA [dead link]
  5. ^ "ECP – Election Commission of Pakistan". www.ecp.gov.pk. Retrieved 15 August 2018.
  6. ^ "NA-5 Results – Election 2018 Results – – Candidates List – Constituency Details – Geo.tv". www.geo.tv. Retrieved 15 August 2018.
  7. ^ "Election Commission of Pakistan". ecp.gov.pk. Retrieved 2024-04-12.
  8. ^ "NA-5 Election Result 2024 Upper Dir, Candidates List". www.geo.tv. Retrieved 2024-10-16.
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