NA-48 Islamabad-III

NA-48 Islamabad-III (این اے-48، اسلام آباد-3) is a constituency for the National Assembly of Pakistan.^[2]

NA-48 Islamabad-III
Constituency for the National Assembly of Pakistan
Region	Rawat Town, Ghauri Town and rural areas of Islamabad Capital Territory
Electorate	292,380 [1]
Current constituency
Created	2018
Party	Pakistan Muslim League (N)
Member(s)	Khurram Shehzad Nawaz
Created from	NA-52 Islamabad-I

Area

This constituency consists of mostly rural areas of Islamabad Capital Territory including the residential compartments alongside Islamabad Expressway running up to Rawat and ending at the borders of Rawalpindi. Bani Gala is split into this constituency and NA-53 (Islamabad-II). These areas were previously part of now-abolished constituency of NA-49 Islamabad-II before the delimitation of 2018.^[3]

On a more granular basis, following areas are included in this constituency:

• Sihala
• Rawat
• Alipur and Farash
• Jandala
• Muhrian
• Kuri
• Pind Begwal
• Maira Begwal CH
• Tumair
• Tarlai Kalan
• Ghauri Town
• Bahria Town (Phase 1-6)
• PWD Housing Society
• Korang Town
• Tarlai Khurd^[4][5]

Members of Parliament

1977-2002: NA-35 Islamabad

Election		Member	Party
	1977	Zahoor Ahmad	PPP
	1985	Haji Muhammad Nawaz Khokhar	IND
	1988	Raja Pervaiz Khan	PPP
	1990	Haji Muhammad Nawaz Khokar	IJI
	1993	Haji Muhammad Nawaz Khokar	PML-N
	1997	Syed Zafar Ali Shah	PML-N

2018–2023: NA-52 Islamabad-I

Election		Member	Party
	2018	Khurram Shehzad Nawaz	PTI

2024–present: NA-48 Islamabad-III

Election		Member	Party
	2024	Khurram Shehzad Nawaz	PML(N)

Election 2002

Further information: 2002 Pakistani general election in Islamabad

General elections were held on 10 October 2002. Nayyar Hussain Bukhari of the Pakistan People's Party (PPP) won by 47,884 votes.^[6]

General election 2002: NA-49 Islamabad-II

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PPP	Nayyar Hussain Bukhari	47,884	44.65
	Independent	Mustafa Nawaz Khokhar	30,016	27.99
	PML(N)	Tariq Fazal Chaudhry	16,832	15.70
	PTI	Rab Nawaz Ch.	7,540	7.03
	PAT	Raja Muhammad Yamin Abbasi	2,009	1.87
	Others	Others (five candidates)	2,960	2.76
Turnout			108,496	55.31
Total valid votes			107,241	98.84
Rejected ballots			1,255	1.16
Majority			17,868	16.66
Registered electors			196,177

Election 2008

Further information: 2008 Pakistani general election in Islamabad

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

Result

Dr. Tariq Fazal Chaudhary succeeded in the election 2008 and became the member of National Assembly.^[7]

General election 2008: NA-49 Islamabad-II

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PML(N)	Tariq Fazal Chaudhry	45,482	33.54
	PPP	Nayyar Hussain Bukhari	44,726	32.99
	PML(Q)	Mustafa Nawaz Khokhar	34,546	25.48
	Independent	Malik Tabarak Hussain	8,294	6.12
	Others	Others (seven candidates)	2,543	1.87
Turnout			136,574	56.23
Total valid votes			135,591	99.28
Rejected ballots			983	0.72
Majority			756	0.55
Registered electors			242,877
	PML(N) gain from PPP

Election 2013

Further information: 2013 Pakistani general election in Islamabad

General elections were held on 11 May 2013. Tariq Fazal Chudhary of PML-N easily defended his berth in the National Assembly and was hence re-elected.^[8]

General election 2013: NA-49 Islamabad-II

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PML(N)	Tariq Fazal Chaudhry	94,106	43.90
	PTI	Ch. Ilyas Meharban	57,383	26.77
	PPP	Mustafa Nawaz Khokhar	44,984	20.99
	Others	Others (twenty three candidates)	17,890	8.34
Turnout			215,770	64.56
Total valid votes			214,364	99.35
Rejected ballots			1,406	0.65
Majority			36,723	17.13
Registered electors			334,241
	PML(N) hold

Election 2018

Further information: 2018 Pakistani general election in Islamabad

General elections were held on 25 July 2018.

General election 2018: NA-52 Islamabad-I^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PTI	Khurram Shehzad Nawaz	64,690	42.93
	PPP	Muhammad Afzal Khokhar	34,072	22.61
	PML(N)	Tariq Fazal Chaudhry	33,519	22.24
	TLP	Rizwan Ahmed	11,984	7.95
	Others	Others (five candidates)	3,897	2.59
Turnout			150,692	64.26
Rejected ballots			2,530	1.68
Majority			30,618	20.32
Registered electors			234,508
	PTI gain from PML(N)

Election 2024

Further information: 2024 Pakistani general election in Islamabad

General elections were held on 8 February 2024.^[10] Khurram Shehzad Nawaz won the election with 69,701 votes.

General election 2024: NA-48 Islamabad-III

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Khurram Shehzad Nawaz	69,701	38.37	N/A
	Independent	Muhammad Ali Bokhari[a]	59,865	32.95	9.98
	Independent	Mustafa Nawaz Khokhar	18,573	10.22	N/A
	TLP	Azhar Mehmood	13,201	7.27	0.68
	Others	Others (thirty-two candidates)	20,324	11.19
Turnout			182,875	61.11	3.15
Rejected ballots			1,211	0.66
Majority			9,836	5.41
Registered electors			299,247
	Independent gain from PTI

See also

• NA-47 Islamabad-II
• NA-49 Attock-I

Notes

1. Filed nomination papers as PTI candidate but ECP allowed him to run as an Independent

References

1. "Election Commission of Pakistan". ecp.gov.pk. Retrieved 6 January 2024.
2. "ECP - Election Commission of Pakistan". www.ecp.gov.pk. Retrieved 25 December 2022.
3. "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.
4. Final List of National Assembly Constituencies (PDF). Election Commission of Pakistan. 2018. Archived (PDF) from the original on 10 May 2018. Retrieved 18 May 2018.
5. The Gazette of Pakistan (PDF). Election Commission of Pakistan. 2013. Archived (PDF) from the original on 15 June 2018. Retrieved 14 June 2018.
6. "Election Result NA-49 Islamabad-II Islamabad | Pakistan Election 2013 - geo.tv". Archived from the original on 25 March 2014. Retrieved 25 March 2014.
7. "Election result 2008 for NA-49". ECP. Archived from the original on November 15, 2012. Retrieved October 17, 2012.
8. "National Assembly of Pakistan". www.na.gov.pk. Archived from the original on 18 September 2016. Retrieved 12 June 2018.
9. "ECP – Election Commission of Pakistan". www.ecp.gov.pk. Archived from the original on 2 August 2018. Retrieved 1 August 2018.
10. "Election Commission of Pakistan". ecp.gov.pk. Retrieved 12 April 2024.

External links

• Delimitation 2018 official website Election Commission of Pakistan