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NA-255 Sohbat Pur-cum-Jaffarabad-cum-Usta Muhammad-cum-Nasirabad

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NA-255 Sohbat Pur-cum-Jaffarabad-cum-Usta Muhammad
Constituency
for the National Assembly of Pakistan
RegionSohbatpur District
Jafarabad District
Usta Muhammad District
Nasirabad District (partly)
Electorate310,782
Current constituency
Created2022
PartyPakistan Muslim League (N)
Member(s)Mir Khan Muhammad Jamali
Created fromNA-261

NA-255 Sohbat Pur-cum-Jaffarabad-cum Usta Muhammad-cum-Nasirabad (این اے-255، صحبت پور-کم-جعفر آباد-کم-اوستا محمد-کم-نصیر آباد) is a constituency of the National Assembly of Pakistan, comprising Jafarabad, Sohbatpur, and Usta Muhammad from the province of Balochistan. The constituency was formerly known as NA-261. In the 2018 Elections, Nasirabad was removed from it to form the current constituency.[1][2]

Assembly segments

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Constituency number Constituency District Current MPA Party
15 PB-15 Sohbatpur Sohbatpur Saleem Ahmed BAP
16 PB-16 Jafarabad Jafarabad Umar Khan Jamali Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf
17 PB-17 Jafarabad-cum-Usta Muhammad Usta Muhammad Jan Muhammad Khan Jamali BAP

Members of Parliament

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2018–2023: NA-261 Jafarabad-cum-Sohbatpur

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Election Member Party
2018 Mir Khan Muhammad Jamali PTI

2024–present: NA-255 Sohbat Pur-cum-Jaffarabad-cum-Usta Muhammad-cum-Nasirabad

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Election Member Party
2024 Mir Khan Muhammad Jamali PML(N)

Election 2018

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General elections were scheduled to be held on 25 July 2018.

General election 2018: NA-261 Jafarabad-cum-Sohbatpur [3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
PTI Mir Khan Muhammad Jamali 45,222 40.89
PPP Mir Changez Khan Jamali 27,563 24.92
BAP Zahoor Hussain Khan 22,284 20.15
Others Others (seven candidates) 15,524 14.04
Turnout 120,848 38.89
Total valid votes 110,593 91.51
Rejected ballots 10,255 8.49
Majority 17,659 14.61
Registered electors 310,782
PTI gain from N/A

Election 2024

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General elections were held on 8 February 2024. Mir Khan Muhammad Jamali won the election with 45,404 votes.

General election 2024: NA-255 Sohbat Pur-cum-Jaffarabad-cum-Usta Muhammad-cum-Nasirabad
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
PML(N) Mir Khan Muhammad Jamali 45,404 24.85 N/A
PPP Mir Changez Khan Jamali 39,398 21.56 Decrease3.36
Independent Javed Jamali 23,415 12.82 N/A
Independent Nisar Ahmed 18,367 10.05 N/A
Independent Muhammad Arif Murad[a] 13,492 7.38 Decrease33.51
JI Muhammad Rafiq 10,340 5.66 N/A
Others Others (forty candidates) 32,288 17.67
Turnout 199,178 37.40 Decrease1.49
Total valid votes 182,704 91.73
Rejected ballots 16,474 8.27
Majority 6,006 3.29
Registered electors 532,537
PML(N) gain from PTI

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 25 December 2022.
  2. ^ Final List of National Assembly Constituencies (PDF). Election Commission of Pakistan. 2018. p. 71. Archived (PDF) from the original on 10 May 2018. Retrieved 18 May 2018.
  3. ^ "ECP – Election Commission of Pakistan". www.ecp.gov.pk. Archived from the original on 28 July 2018. Retrieved 27 July 2018.