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Pakistani politician
SenatorSaud Majeed
Member of the Senate of Pakistan
In office
May 2015 – March 2021
Member of the National Assembly of Pakistan
In office
2008–2013
ConstituencyNA-187 (Bahawalpur-V)
Personal details
NationalityPakistani
Political partyPakistan Muslim League (N)

Chaudhry Saud Majeed (Punjabi, Urdu: سعود مجید) is a Pakistani politician who had been a member of Senate of Pakistan since May 2015. Previously he had been a Member of the National Assembly of Pakistan from 2008 to 2013. He is the youngest son of late Chaudhry Abdul Majeed Arain (first mayor of Bahawalpur and former Member of Provincial Assembly). He attended the prestigious Sadiq Public School in Bahawalpur, Pakistan, and obtained his Master’s of Business Administration degree from the University of Cardiff in Wales, UK.

Political career

He ran for the seat of the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab as a candidate of Pakistan Muslim League (J) from Constituency PP-276 (Bahawalpur-X) in 2002 Pakistani general election but was unsuccessful. He received 11,136 votes and lost the seat to Muhammad Afzal, a candidate of Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP).

He was elected to the National Assembly of Pakistan as a candidate for Pakistan Muslim League (N) (PML-N) for the Constituency NA-187 (Bahawalpur-V) in 2008 Pakistani general election. He received 77,860 votes and defeated Pervaiz Elahi. In the same election, he ran for the seat of the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab from Constituency PP-276 (Bahawalpur-X) as a candidate of PML-N but was unsuccessful. He received 29,040 votes and lost the seat to Muhammad Afzal, a candidate of Pakistan Muslim League (Q) (PML-Q).

He ran for the seat of the National Assembly as a candidate for PML-N for NA-187 (Bahawalpur-V) in 2013 Pakistani general election but was unsuccessful. He received 88,872 votes and lost the seat to Tariq Bashir Cheema. In the same election, he ran for the seat of the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab from Constituency PP-276 (Bahawalpur-X) as an independent candidate but was unsuccessful. He received 166 votes and lost the seat to Muhammad Afzal, a candidate of PML-Q.

He was elected to the Senate of Pakistan as candidate of PML-N in May 2015.

References

  1. "2002 election result" (PDF). ECP. Archived (PDF) from the original on 22 January 2018. Retrieved 22 January 2018.
  2. Correspondent, The Newspaper's (7 April 2013). "NA 187: Nominations of Cheema, Majeed accepted". DAWN.COM. Archived from the original on 10 August 2017. Retrieved 28 January 2018. {{cite news}}: |last1= has generic name (help)
  3. "How towering figures tumbled". DAWN.COM. 23 February 2008. Archived from the original on 9 April 2017. Retrieved 28 January 2018.
  4. "As Pakistan goes to polls: Take a peek at some major NA constituencies". DAWN.COM. 10 May 2013. Archived from the original on 5 March 2017. Retrieved 28 January 2018.
  5. "2008 election result" (PDF). ECP. Archived (PDF) from the original on 5 January 2018. Retrieved 25 May 2018.
  6. "2013 election result" (PDF). ECP. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 February 2018. Retrieved 3 February 2018.
  7. "N candidate elected senator unopposed". The Nation. Archived from the original on 28 January 2018. Retrieved 28 January 2018.
  8. "PML-N's Saud Majeed elected as senator, unopposed | Pakistan | Dunya News". dunyanews.tv. Archived from the original on 28 January 2018. Retrieved 28 January 2018.


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