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NA-1 Upper Chitral-cum-Lower Chitral این اے-۱ چترال بالا-بمع-چترال زیریں
Constituency for the National Assembly of Pakistan
District	Upper Chitral Lower Chitral
Province	Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Electorate	313,550
Current constituency
Member(s)	Vacant
Created from	NA-1 Chitral

NA-1 Upper Chitral-cum-Lower Chitral (Template:Lang-ur), is a constituency for the National Assembly of Pakistan, covering the entire districts of Upper and Lower Chitral.

Historical composition

Previously, it was recognized as NW-15 Chitral from 1970 to 1977 and NA-24 (Chitral) from 1977 to 1997. In 2002, it was redefined as NA-32 (Chitral). Following the 2018 delimitation, the constituency's name was altered to NA-1 (Chitral).

Members of Parliament

1977–2002: NA-24 Chitral

2002–2018: NA-32 Chitral

2018: NA-1 Chitral

Since 2024: NA-1 Upper Chitral-cum-Lower Chitral

Election 2024

General elections are scheduled to be held on 8 February 2024.10 candidates including 4 Independents are contesting.

Election 2018

General elections were held on 25 July 2018.

Contest overview

Shahzada Iftikhar Uddin previously ran twice from this constituency, first in 2002 on Pakistan Muslim League (Q) ticket and then in 2013 on All Pakistan Muslim League ticket. He was runner up in 2002 and winner in 2013. He ran on Pakistan Muslim League (N) ticket in 2018 and lost. Former dictator and president of Pakistan, Pervez Musharraf initially expressed intention to run from this constituency being head of All Pakistan Muslim League but he resigned as APML head thus Mohammad Amjad, his replacement ran from this constituency from APML. Saleem Khan of Pakistan Peoples Party Parliamentarians had been a member of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly from 2008 to 2018 but he ran for National Assembly from this constituency in 2018.

Results

General election 2018: NA-1 Chitral

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	MMA	Abdul Akbar Chitrali	48,616	29.58	0.41
	PTI	Abdul Latif	38,481	23.41	4.06
	PPP	Saleem Khan	32,635	19.86	3.95
	PML(N)	Shahzada Iftikhar Uddin	21,016	12.79	10.82
	Others	Others (seven candidates)	18,177	11.06
Turnout			164,355	60.97	2.69
Rejected ballots			5,430	3.30
Majority			10,135	6.17
Registered electors			269,579
	MMA gain from APML

JI and JUI-F contested as part of MMA

Election 2013

General Elections were held on 11 May 2013. Shahzada Iftikhar Uddin won this seat with 29,772 votes.

Election 2008

General Elections were held on 18 February 2008. Shahzada Mohiuddin won this seat with 33,278 votes.

Election 2002

General Elections were held on 10 October 2002. Abdul Akbar Khan won this seat with 36,130 votes.

See also

• NA-266 Killa Abdullah-cum-Chaman
• NA-2 Swat-I

References

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. https://www.dawn.com/news/1806393
4. "Pervez Musharraf to contest elections from NA-1 Chitral – Daily Pakistan Observer -Daily Pakistan Observer –". pakobserver.net. Archived from the original on 5 July 2018. Retrieved 8 August 2018.
5. "Pervez Musharraf resigns as APML chairman – The Express Tribune". tribune.com.pk. 22 June 2018. Retrieved 8 August 2018.
6. "ECP – Election Commission of Pakistan". www.ecp.gov.pk. Retrieved 8 August 2018.
7. "Election Commission of Pakistan: List of Elections with their Bye Elections".
8. "Election Commission of Pakistan: List of Elections with their Bye-Elections".
9. "NA-32 Chitral Detail Election Result 2002". Election Pakistani. Retrieved 30 June 2021.
10. "Constituency-Wise Detailed Results" (PDF).

External links

• Election result's official website

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