NA-53 (Islamabad-II)

NA-53 (Islamabad-II) (Urdu: این اے-53، اسلام آباد-2‎) is a constituency for the National Assembly of Pakistan.

NA-53 (Islamabad-II)
Constituency
for the National Assembly of Pakistan
RegionIslamabad Capital Territory
Electorate313,141
Current constituency
Member(s)Ali Nawaz Awan
Created fromNA-48 (Islamabad-I)
NA-49 (Islamabad-II)

Area

The constituency mostly consists of urban areas of Islamabad in addition to Bhara Kahu.[1] During the 2018 delimitation, this constituency took areas from two former constituencies namely NA-48 (Islamabad-I) and NA-49 (Islamabad-II), the areas with their respective former constituencies are shown below:

Areas acquired from NA-48 (Islamabad-I)
  • Sectors E-7, F-7, G-7, G-8, G-9, H-8, H-9, I-8, and I-9
Areas acquired from NA-49 (Islamabad-II)

Members of Parliament

Since 2018: NA-53 (Islamabad-II)
ElectionMemberParty
2018Imran Khan PTI
By-election 2018Ali Nawaz Awan PTI

Election 2018

General elections were held on 25 July 2018. Chairman Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf, Imran Khan won the election but vacated this constituency and three others in favor of NA-95 (Mianwali-I).[4]

General election 2018: NA-53 (Islamabad-II)[5]
Party Candidate Votes %
PTI Imran Khan 92,891 53.09
PML (N) Shahid Khaqan Abbasi 44,314 25.33
PPP Syed Sibtul Haider Bukhari 17,970 10.27
MMA Mian Muhammad Aslam 6,745 3.85
TLP Muhammad Afnan Umar Baloch 5,144 2.94
Others Others (twenty-eight candidates) 7,912 4.52
Turnout 176,456 56.53
Total valid votes 174,976 99.15
Rejected ballots 1,480 0.85
Majority 48,577 27.76
Registered electors 312,142
PTI win (new seat)

By-election 2018

By-elections were held in this constituency on 14 October 2018.[6]

By-election 2018: NA-53 (Islamabad-II)[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
PTI Ali Nawaz Awan 50,943 58.47 5.38
PML (N) Raja Waqar Mumtaz 32,313 37.09 11.76
Others Others (nine candidates) 3,864 4.44
Turnout 87,903 28.07 28.46
Total valid votes 87,120 99.11 0.04
Rejected ballots 783 0.89 0.04
Majority 18,630 21.38 6.38
Registered electors 313,141
PTI hold Swing 3.19
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See also

References
  1. "Imran Khan to face off against Abbasi for NA-53 – The Express Tribune". tribune.com.pk. 13 June 2018. Archived from the original on 14 June 2018. Retrieved 14 June 2018.
  2. Final List of National Assembly Constituencies (PDF). Election Commission of Pakistan. 2018. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2018-05-10. Retrieved 2018-05-18.
  3. The Gazette of Pakistan (PDF). Election Commission of Pakistan. 2013. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2018-06-15. Retrieved 2018-06-14.
  4. "Eight additional seats vacated by federal lawmakers before taking oath". www.geo.tv. Archived from the original on 2018-08-13. Retrieved 13 August 2018.
  5. "ECP – Election Commission of Pakistan". www.ecp.gov.pk. Archived from the original on 29 July 2018. Retrieved 29 July 2018.
  6. "ECP – Election Commission of Pakistan". www.ecp.gov.pk. Archived from the original on 2018-08-08. Retrieved 19 August 2018.
  7. "National Assembly – Google Drive". drive.google.com. Retrieved 23 October 2018.


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