NA-5 Upper Dir#Election 2018

{{Short description|Constituency of the National Assembly of Pakistan}}

{{Infobox constituency

|type=

|name=NA-5 Upper Dir

|year=

|abolished=

|parl_name=National Assembly of Pakistan

|party=Sunni Ittehad Council|member=Sahibzada Sibghatullah

|image=NA-5 Upper Dir (2024).svg

|map1=

|map2=

|map3=

|region=Upper Dir District

|elects_howmany=

|electorate=590,433 {{Cite web |title=Election Commission of Pakistan |url=https://ecp.gov.pk/general-elections-2024 |access-date=2024-01-06 |website=ecp.gov.pk}}

|previous=NA-33 (Upper Dir-cum-Lower Dir)

|next=

}}

NA-5 Upper Dir ({{langx|ur|{{nq|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).{{Cite web |title=ECP - Election Commission of Pakistan |url=https://www.ecp.gov.pk/frmGenericPage.aspx?PageID=3308 |access-date=2022-12-25 |website=www.ecp.gov.pk}}

Members of Parliament

=1977–1985: NA-26 Dir=

class="wikitable"
colspan="2"|ElectionMemberParty
style="background-color: {{party color|Pakistan National Alliance}}" |

|1977

|Sahibzada Saifullah

|Pakistan National Alliance

= 1985–1997: NA-25 Dir =

class="wikitable"
colspan="2"|ElectionMemberParty
style="background-color: {{party color|Independent}}" |

|1985

Maulana Muhammad Inayat-ur-Rehman

|IND

style="background-color: {{party color|Islami Jamhoori Ittehad}}" |

|1988

|Sahibzada Fathullah

|IJI

style="background-color: {{party color|Pakistan Peoples Party}}" |

|1990

|Najmuddin Khan

|PDA

style="background-color: {{party color|Jamaat-e-Islami}}" |

|1993

|Sahibzada Fathullah

|PIF

style="background-color: {{party color|Pakistan Muslim League (N)}}" |

|1997

|Inayat Khan

|PML(N)

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

class="wikitable"
colspan="2"|ElectionMemberParty
style="background-color: {{party color|MMA}}" |2002Molana Asad Ullah

| MMA

style="background-color: {{party color|PPPP}}" |2008Najmuddin Khan

| PPP

style="background-color: {{party color|Jamaat-e-Islami}}" |2013Sahabzada Tariq Ullah

| JI

=Since 2018: NA-5 (Upper Dir)=

class="wikitable"
colspan="2"|ElectionMemberParty
style="background-color: {{party color|PTI}}" |

|2018

| Sahibzada Sibghatullah

| PTI

style="background-color: {{party color|Sunni Ittehad Council}}" |

|2024

|Sahibzada Sibghatullah

|SIC

Election 2002

{{further|Pakistani general election, 2002}}

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

{{Election box begin no change |title=General Election 2002: NA-33 (Upper Dir-cum-Lower-Dir) {{Cite web |url=http://test1947.ecp.gov.pk/Documents/General%20Election%202002/National.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=2017-04-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151222124528/http://test1947.ecp.gov.pk/Documents/General%20Election%202002/National.pdf |archive-date=2015-12-22 |url-status=dead }}}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change

|party = Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal

|candidate = Molana Asad Ullah

|votes = 39,362

|percentage = 54.72

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change

|party = Pakistan Peoples Party

|candidate = Muhammad Anwar Khan Advocate

|votes = 24,259

|percentage = 33.72

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change

|party = Qaumi Watan Party

|candidate = Barrister Muhammad Islam Khan

|votes = 4,184

|percentage = 5.82

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change

|party = Awami National Party

|candidate = Gul Zamin Said

|votes = 3,268

|percentage = 4.54

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change

|party = Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf

|candidate = Sultan Ali Shah

|votes = 861

|percentage = 1.20

|change =

}}

{{Election box valid no change|

|votes = 71,934

|percentage = 96.54

}}

{{Election box rejected no change|

|votes = 2,581

|percentage = 3.46

}}

{{Election box turnout no change

|votes = 74,515

|percentage = 32.26

}}

{{Election box majority no change

|votes = 15,103

|percentage = 21.00

}}

{{Election box gain with party link no swing

|winner = Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal

|loser = Independent (politician)

}}

{{Election box end}}

Election 2008

{{Election box begin|title=2008 General Election: NA-33 (Upper Dir-cum-Lower-Dir) http://test1947.ecp.gov.pk/ConstResult.aspx?Const_Id=NA-33&type=NA {{Dead link|date=September 2022}}}}

{{Election box candidate|

|party = 20px PPPP

|candidate = Najmuddin Khan

|votes = 27,594

|percentage = 39.47

|change = +5.75

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Independent (politician)|candidate=Sahibzada Sibghatullah|votes=19,910|percentage=28.48|change=}}

{{Election box candidate|

|party = 20px ANP

|candidate = Naveed Anjum Khan

|votes = 8,124

|percentage = 11.62

|change = +7.08

}}

{{Election box candidate|

|party = 20px PML-N

|candidate = Mohmmad-ul-Mulk (Akhon Zada)

|votes = 6,508

|percentage = 9.31

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate|

|party = 20px PML

|candidate = Farhad Ali Khan

|votes = 5,606

|percentage = 8.02

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate|

|party = 20px MMA

|candidate = Molana Fazal Azim

|votes = 1,572

|percentage = 2.25

|change = -52.47

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Independent (politician)|candidate=Dr Bahramand Khan|votes=395|percentage=0.56|change=}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Independent (politician)|candidate=Maulana Said Jalal|votes=118|percentage=0.17|change=}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Independent (politician)|candidate=Saleem-ur-Rehman Advocate|votes=84|percentage=0.12|change=}}

{{Election box majority||votes=7,684|percentage=10.99|change=}}

{{Election box turnout||votes=69,911|percentage=26.75|change=-5.51}}

{{Election box gain|

|winner = PPPP

|loser = MMA

|swing =

}}

{{Election box end}}

A total of 2,020 votes were rejected.

Election 2013

{{Election box begin |title=2013 General Election: NA-33 (Upper Dir-cum-Lower-Dir) }}

{{Election box candidate|

|party = 20px JI

|candidate = Sahabzada Tariq Ullah

|votes = 42,582

|percentage = 36.88

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate|

|party = 20px PPPP

|candidate = Najmuddin Khan

|votes = 26,803

|percentage = 23.21

|change = -16.26

}}

{{Election box candidate|

|party = 20px PML-N

|candidate = Malak Muhammad Zeb Khan

|votes = 17,343

|percentage = 15.02

|change = +5.71

}}

{{Election box candidate|

|party = 20px PTI

|candidate = Muhammad Nawaz

|votes = 15,397

|percentage = 13.33

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate|

|party = 20px JUI-F

|candidate = Maulana Fazil Azeem

|votes = 6,567

|percentage = 5.69

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate|

|party = 20px ANP

|candidate = Naveed Anjum Khan

|votes = 4,262

|percentage = 3.69

|change = -7.93

}}

{{Election box candidate|

|party = 20px PML

|candidate = Umar Zeb Khan

|votes = 1,322

|percentage = 1.14

|change = -6.88

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Independent (politician)|candidate=Muhammad Ameer Khan|votes=447|percentage=0.39|change=}}

{{Election box candidate|

|party =APML

|candidate = Muhammad Zeb

|votes = 441

|percentage = 0.38

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate|

|party = Tehreek-e-Pasmanada Awam Pakistan

|candidate = Farooq Ahmad

|votes = 309

|percentage = 0.27

|change =

}}

{{Election box majority||votes=15,779|percentage=13.67|change=}}

{{Election box turnout||votes=115,473|percentage=32.14|change=+5.39}}

{{Election box gain|

|winner = JI

|loser = PPPP

|swing =

}}

{{Election box end}}

A total of 4,360 votes were rejected.

Election 2018

{{further|Pakistani general election, 2018}}

General elections were held on 25 July 2018.

{{Election box begin |title=General election 2018: NA-5 (Upper Dir){{cite web|url=https://www.ecp.gov.pk/ConstResult.aspx?Const_Id=NA-5&type=NA&Election_ID=10070&Election=GENERAL+ELECTION+25+JUL+2018|title=ECP – Election Commission of Pakistan|website=www.ecp.gov.pk|access-date=15 August 2018}}{{cite web|url=https://www.geo.tv/election/NA-5|title=NA-5 Results – Election 2018 Results – – Candidates List – Constituency Details – Geo.tv|website=www.geo.tv|access-date=15 August 2018}}}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf|candidate=Sahibzada Sibghatullah|votes=66,545|percentage=30.81|change={{increase}}17.48}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal|candidate=Sahabzada Tariq Ullah|votes=57,776|percentage=26.75|change={{decrease}}15.82}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Pakistan Peoples Party|candidate=Najmuddin Khan|votes=53,967|percentage=24.99|change={{increase}}1.78}}

{{Election box candidate

|party = Others

|candidate = Others (seven candidates)

|votes = 29,495

|percentage = 13.67

|change =

}}

{{Election box turnout|votes=215,920|percentage=48.26|change={{increase}}16.12}}

{{Election box rejected

|votes = 8,137

|percentage = 3.78

|change =

}}

{{Election box majority|votes=8,769|percentage=4.06|change=}}

{{Election box registered electors

|reg. electors = 447,414

}}

{{Election box gain with party link no swing

|winner = Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf

|loser = Jamaat-e-Islami

}}

{{Election box end}}

JI and JUI-F contested as part of MMA

Election 2024

{{further|Pakistani general election, 2024}}

General elections were held on 8 February 2024.{{Cite web |title=Election Commission of Pakistan |url=https://ecp.gov.pk/general-elections-2024 |access-date=2024-04-12 |website=ecp.gov.pk}} Sahibzada Sibghatullah won the election with 91,165 votes.{{Cite web |title=NA-5 Election Result 2024 Upper Dir, Candidates List |url=https://www.geo.tv/election/NA-5 |access-date=2024-10-16 |website=www.geo.tv |language=en}}{{Election box begin |title=General election 2024: NA-5 Upper Dir}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|party=Independent politician|candidate=Sahibzada Sibghatullah{{efn|Filed nomination papers as PTI candidate but ECP allowed him to run as an Independent|name=Candidate status}}|votes=91,165|percentage=44.28|change={{increase}}13.47}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Jamaat-e-Islami|candidate=Sahabzada Tariq Ullah|votes=49,066|percentage=23.83|change=N/A}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Pakistan Peoples Party|candidate=Najmuddin Khan|votes=38,027|percentage=18.47|change={{decrease}}6.52}}

{{Election box candidate

|party = Others

|candidate = Others (eight candidates)

|votes = 27,631

|percentage = 13.42

|change =

}}

{{Election box turnout|votes=214,908|percentage=36.40|change={{decrease}}11.86}}

{{Election box rejected

|votes = 9,019

|percentage = 4.20

|change =

}}

{{Election box majority|votes=42,099|percentage=20.45|change={{increase}}16.39}}

{{Election box registered electors

|reg. electors = 590,433

}}

{{Election box end}}

See also

Notes

References

{{Reflist}}