NA-61 Jhelum-II

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

{{Use Pakistani English|date=August 2024}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2024}}

{{Infobox constituency

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|name=NA-61 Jhelum-II

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|parl_name=National Assembly of Pakistan

|party=Pakistan Muslim League (N)|member=Chaudhry Farrukh Altaf

|image=NA-61 Jhelum-II (2024).svg

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|region=Pind Dadan Khan Tehsil, Dina Tehsil (partly) and Jhelum Tehsil (partly) including Jhelum city Jhelum District

|elects_howmany=

|electorate=517,583 {{Cite web |title=Election Commission of Pakistan |url=https://ecp.gov.pk/general-elections-2024 |access-date=2024-01-06 |website=ecp.gov.pk}}

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NA-61 Jhelum-II ({{nastaliq|این اے-61، جہلم-٢}}) is a constituency for the National Assembly of Pakistan.{{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

=1970–1977: NW-33 Jhelum-II=

class="wikitable"
colspan="2"|ElectionMemberParty
style="background-color: {{party color|Pakistan Peoples Party}}" |1970Mohammad Amir Khan

| PPP

style="background-color: {{party color|Pakistan Peoples Party}}" |1974 by-electionNazar Hussain KiyaniPPP

=1970–1977: NW-34 Jhelum-III=

class="wikitable"
colspan="2"|ElectionMemberParty
style="background-color: {{party color|Pakistan Peoples Party}}" |1970Malik Muhammad Sadiq

| PPP

=1977–1988: NA-45 Jhelum-II=

class="wikitable"
colspan="2"|ElectionMemberParty
style="background-color: {{party color|Pakistan Peoples Party}}" |1977Sardar Khizar Hayat Khan

| PPP

style="background-color: {{party color|Independent}}" |1985Malik Abdul MajeedIndependent

=1977–1988: NA-46 Jhelum-III=

class="wikitable"
colspan="2"|ElectionMemberParty
style="background-color: {{party color|Pakistan Peoples Party}}" |1977Masood-ul-Hassan Bhatti

| PPP

style="background-color: {{party color|Independent}}" |1985Raja Muhammad AfsarIndependent

=1988–2002: NA-46 Jhelum-II=

class="wikitable"
colspan="2"|ElectionMemberParty
style="background-color: {{party color|Islamic Democratic Alliance}}" |1988Iqbal Mehdi

| IJI

style="background-color: {{party color|Islamic Democratic Alliance}}" |1990Iqbal MehdiIJI
style="background-color: {{party color|Pakistan Muslim League (N)}}" |1993Iqbal MehdiPML-N
style="background-color: {{party color|Pakistan Muslim League (N)}}" |1997Iqbal MehdiPML-N

=2002–2018: NA-63 Jhelum-II=

class="wikitable"
colspan="2"|ElectionMemberParty
style="background-color: {{party color|Pakistan Muslim League (N)}}" |2002Raja Muhammad Asad Khan

| PML-N

style="background-color: {{party color|Pakistan Muslim League (N)}}" |2008Raja Muhammad Asad KhanPML-N
style="background-color: {{party color|Pakistan Muslim League (N)}}" |2013

|Iqbal Mehdi

|PML-N

style="background-color: {{party color|Pakistan Muslim League (N)}}" |2016

|Nawabzada Raja Matloob Mehdi

|PML-N

=2018–2023: NA-67 Jhelum-II=

class="wikitable"
colspan="2"|ElectionMemberParty
style="background-color: {{party color|Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf}}" |2018Fawad Chaudhry

| PTI

= 2024–present: NA-61 Jhelum-II =

class="wikitable"
colspan="2"|ElectionMemberParty
style="background-color: {{party color|Pakistan Muslim League (N)}}" |2024Chaudhry Farrukh Altaf

| PML(N)

Election 2002

{{further|Pakistani general election, 2002}}

General elections were held on 10 Oct 2002. Raja Muhammad Asad Khan of PML-N won by 46,722 votes.{{cite web |url=http://election2013.geo.tv/constituency/results/63/NA-63.html |title=Election Result NA-63 Jhelum-II Punjab | Pakistan Election 2013 - geo.tv |access-date=2014-03-27 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130809003338/http://election2013.geo.tv/constituency/results/63/NA-63.html |archive-date=2013-08-09 }}

{{Election box begin|title=General election 2002: NA-63 Jhelum-II}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|party=Pakistan Muslim League (N)|candidate=Raja Muhammad Asad Khan|votes=46,722|percentage=32.71|change=}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Pakistan Muslim League (Q)|candidate=Nawabzada Syed Shamas Haider|votes=39,933|percentage=27.96|change=}}{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Pakistan People's Party|candidate=Saeed-Ul- Hassan Zaidi|votes=26,353|percentage=18.45|change=}}{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Pakistan Peoples Party (Shaheed Bhutto)|candidate=Dr. Ghulam Hussain|votes=11,569|percentage=8.10|change=}}{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Pakistan Awami Tehreek|candidate=Anwar Khan Afridi|votes=6,587|percentage=4.61|change=}}{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal|candidate=Raja Muhammad Nawaz Kayani|votes=4,286|percentage=3.00|change=}}{{Election box candidate|party=Others|candidate=Others (five candidates)|votes=7,368|percentage=5.17|change=.}}

{{Election box turnout|votes=147,407|percentage=50.09|change=}}

{{Election box total valid|votes=142,818|percentage=96.89|change=}}

{{Election box rejected|votes=4,589|percentage=3.11|change=}}

{{Election box majority|votes=6,789|percentage=4.75|change=}}

{{Election box registered electors|reg. electors=294,278}}

{{Election box end}}

Election 2008

{{further|Pakistani general election, 2008}}

The result of general election 2008 in this constituency is given below.

= Result =

Raja Muhammad Asad Khan succeeded in the election 2008 and became the member of National Assembly.{{cite web|title=Election result 2008 for NA-63|url=http://www2.ecp.gov.pk/vsite/ElectionResult/Search.aspx?constituency=NA&constituencyid=NA-63|publisher=ECP|access-date=November 8, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121115230019/http://www2.ecp.gov.pk/vsite/ElectionResult/Search.aspx?constituency=NA&constituencyid=NA-63|archive-date=November 15, 2012|url-status=dead|df=mdy-all}}

{{Election box begin|title=General election 2008: NA-63 Jhelum-II}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|party=Pakistan Muslim League (N)|candidate=Raja Muhammad Asad Khan|votes=79,662|percentage=50.11|change=}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Pakistan Muslim League (Q)|candidate=Ch. Shahbaz Hussain|votes=51,666|percentage=32.50|change=}}{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Pakistan People's Party|candidate=Ali-Uz-Zaman|votes=24,476|percentage=15.40|change=}}{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent politician|candidate=Mahmood Hussain Azad|votes=3,181|percentage=1.99|change=}}

{{Election box turnout|votes=163,014|percentage=43.06|change=}}

{{Election box total valid|votes=158,985|percentage=97.53|change=}}

{{Election box rejected|votes=4,029|percentage=2.47|change=}}

{{Election box majority|votes=27,996|percentage=17.61|change=}}

{{Election box registered electors|reg. electors=378,616}}{{Election box hold with party link without swing|winner=Pakistan Muslim League (N)}}

{{Election box end}}

Election 2013

{{further|Pakistani general election, 2013}}

General elections were held on 11 May 2013. Nawabzada Raja Iqbal Mehdi Khan of PML-N won by 116,013 votes and became the member of National Assembly.{{cite web|url=http://www.na.gov.pk/en/profile.php?uid=733|title=National Assembly of Pakistan|website=www.na.gov.pk|access-date=5 August 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160430114902/http://www.na.gov.pk/en/profile.php?uid=733|archive-date=30 April 2016|url-status=live|df=dmy-all}}{{Election box begin|title=General election 2013: NA-63 Jhelum-II}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|party=Pakistan Muslim League (N)|candidate=Malik Iqbal Mehdi Khan|votes=116,013|percentage=57.01|change=}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf|candidate=Mirza Saeed Mehmood Baig|votes=42,805|percentage=21.04|change=}}{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Pakistan Muslim League (Q)|candidate=Fawad Ahmad|votes=34,072|percentage=16.85|change=}}

{{Election box candidate|party=Others|candidate=Others (ten candidates)|votes=10,591|percentage=5.10|change=}}

{{Election box turnout|votes=208,754|percentage=53.95|change=}}

{{Election box total valid|votes=203,481|percentage=97.47|change=}}

{{Election box rejected|votes=5,273|percentage=2.53|change=}}

{{Election box majority|votes=73,208|percentage=35.97|change=}}

{{Election box registered electors|reg. electors=386,957}}{{Election box hold with party link without swing|winner=Pakistan Muslim League (N)}}

{{Election box end}}

By-election 2016

By-election were held on 31 Aug 2016. Nawabzada Raja Matloob Mehdi of PML-N won by 81,612 votes and became the member of National Assembly.{{cite web|url=http://www.electionpakistani.com/ge2013/bye-elections/NA-63-Jhelum.htm|title=NA 63 Jhelum Bye Election Result 2016|last=MASK|website=www.electionpakistani.com|access-date=5 August 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180126074319/http://www.electionpakistani.com/ge2013/bye-elections/NA-63-Jhelum.htm|archive-date=26 January 2018|url-status=live|df=dmy-all}}

Election 2018

{{further|Pakistani general election, 2018}}

General elections were held on 25 July 2018.

{{Election box begin |title=General election 2018: NA-67 Jhelum-II {{cite web|url=https://www.ecp.gov.pk/ConstResult.aspx?Const_Id=NA-67&type=NA&Election_ID=10070&Election=GENERAL+ELECTION+25+JUL+2018|title=ECP – Election Commission of Pakistan|website=www.ecp.gov.pk|access-date=5 August 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180805234528/https://www.ecp.gov.pk/ConstResult.aspx?Const_Id=NA-67&type=NA&Election_ID=10070&Election=GENERAL+ELECTION+25+JUL+2018|archive-date=5 August 2018|url-status=live|df=dmy-all}}}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf|candidate=Fawad Chaudhry|votes=93,102|percentage=44.40|change=}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Pakistan Muslim League (N)|candidate=Raja Matloob Mehdi|votes=82,475|percentage=39.34|change=}}

{{Election box candidate

|party = Others

|candidate = Others (thirteen candidates)

|votes = 29,685

|percentage = 14.16

|change =

}}

{{Election box turnout|votes=209,671|percentage=51.87|change=}}

{{Election box rejected

|votes = 4,409

|percentage = 2.10

|change =

}}

{{Election box majority|votes=10,607|percentage=5.06|change=}}

{{Election box registered electors

|reg. electors = 404,212

}}

{{Election box gain with party link no swing

|winner = Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf

|loser = Pakistan Muslim League (N)

}}

{{Election box end}}

Election 2024

{{further|Pakistani general election, 2024}}

General elections were held on 8 February 2024. Chaudhry Farrukh Altaf won the election with 88,100 votes.{{Election box begin|title=General election 2024: NA-61 Jhelum-II}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|party=Pakistan Muslim League (N)|candidate=Chaudhry Farrukh Altaf|votes=88,100|percentage=37.24|change={{decrease}}2.10}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent politician|candidate=Shaukat Iqbal Mirza{{efn|Filed nomination papers as PTI candidate but ECP allowed him to run as an Independent|name=Candidate status}}|votes=84,636|percentage=35.78|change={{decrease}}8.62}}{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan|candidate=Imran Haider|votes=28,238|percentage=11.94|change={{increase}}3.93}}{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Pakistan Peoples Party|candidate=Syed Amir Hamza Peerzada|votes=13,294|percentage=5.62|change=N/A}}{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent politician|candidate=Mushtaq Ahmed|votes=10,294|percentage=4.35|change={{increase}}3.84}}

{{Election box candidate|party=Others|candidate=Others (eight candidates)|votes=12,003|percentage=5.07|change=}}

{{Election box turnout|votes=246,224|percentage=47.57|change={{decrease}}4.30}}

{{Election box total valid|votes=236,565|percentage=96.08|change=}}

{{Election box rejected|votes=9,659|percentage=3.92|change=}}

{{Election box majority|votes=3,464|percentage=1.46|change=}}

{{Election box registered electors|reg. electors=517,583}}

{{Election box gain with party link no swing|winner=Pakistan Muslim League (N)|loser=Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf}}

{{Election box end}}

See also

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References

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