NA-128 Lahore-XII

NA-128 Lahore-XII ( این اے-128، لاہور-12) is a newly-created constituency for the National Assembly of Pakistan. It mainly comprises the Model Town Tehsil along with areas of Lahore Cantonment Tehsil, Walton Cantonment and Lahore City Tehsil.^[2][3]

NA-128 Lahore-XII
Constituency for the National Assembly of Pakistan
Region	Lahore City area of Lahore District
Electorate	678,006 [1]
Current constituency
Created	2018
Party	Istehkam-e-Pakistan Party
Member(s)	Aun Chaudhry
Created from	NA-122 (Lahore-V) NA-126 (Lahore-IX)

Members of Parliament

2018–2023: NA-130 Lahore-VIII

Election		Member	Party
	2018	Shafqat Mahmood	PTI

2024–present: NA-128 Lahore-XII

Election		Member	Party
	2024	Aun Chaudhry	IPP

Election 2018

General elections were held on 25 July 2018.

General election 2018: NA-130 Lahore-VIII ^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PTI	Shafqat Mahmood	127,405	50.51
	PML(N)	Khawaja Ahmed Hassan	104,625	41.48
	Others	Others (eight candidates)	20,228	8.01
Turnout			256,446	52.99
Total valid votes			252,258	98.37
Rejected ballots			4,188	1.63
Majority			22,780	9.03
Registered electors			483,914

Election 2024

General elections were held on 10 February 2024.

Independent journalists such as Secunder Kermani expected PTI-backed independent Salman Akram Raja to overwhelmingly win the seat, on the basis of voter interviews.^[5] However, while Form 45 from the Election Commission of Pakistan showed Raja with a decisive lead, Form 47 reported Aun Chaudhry of Istehkam-e-Pakistan Party as having won 172,576 votes to Raja's 159,024 votes. Raja, PTI supporters, and independent journalists claimed the ECP Form 47 results showed clear evidence of rigging by the Pakistan Army, and the Lahore High Court issued a stay on a final declaration of the results by ECP until a hearing could be fixed to investigate the matter.^[6][7] The ECP had officially withdrawn the notification of Chaudhry's victory, but published it again a couple of days later.^[8][9]

General election 2024: NA-128 Lahore-XII ^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	IPP	Aun Chaudhry	172,578	45.77
	Independent	Salman Akram Raja[a]	159,026	42.18	8.33
	Others	Others (twenty candidates)	45,434	12.05
Turnout			381,466	56.27	3.28
Total valid votes			377,038	98.84
Rejected ballots			4,428	1.16
Majority			13,552	3.59
Registered electors			678,006
	IPP gain from PTI

See also

• NA-127 Lahore-XI
• NA-129 Lahore-XIII

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. Final List of National Assembly Constituencies (PDF). Election Commission of Pakistan. 2018. pp. 35–36. Archived (PDF) from the original on 10 May 2018. Retrieved 16 May 2018.
3. "ECP - Election Commission of Pakistan". www.ecp.gov.pk. Retrieved 25 December 2022.
4. "ECP – Election Commission of Pakistan". www.ecp.gov.pk. Archived from the original on 26 July 2018. Retrieved 3 September 2018.
5. https://twitter.com/SecKermani/status/1755878571489263654 ^{[bare URL]}
6. Desk, BR Web (9 February 2024). "LHC bars ECP from issuing NA-128 results on Salman Akram Raja's plea". Brecorder. Retrieved 8 March 2024. {{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)
7. https://twitter.com/umairjav/status/1755876047663321413 ^{[bare URL]}
8. "Election Commission of Pakistan". ecp.gov.pk. Retrieved 8 March 2024.
9. "ECP withdraws Aun Ch's victory notification on NA-128". The Nation. 16 February 2024. Retrieved 8 March 2024.
10. "ECP – Election Commission of Pakistan". www.ecp.gov.pk. Archived from the original on 26 July 2018. Retrieved 3 September 2018.