NA-46 Islamabad-I

NA-46 Islamabad-I (این اے-46، اسلام آباد-1) is a constituency for the National Assembly of Pakistan.^[2]

NA-46 Islamabad-I
Constituency for the National Assembly of Pakistan
Region	Islamabad City area of Islamabad Capital Territory
Electorate	350,581 [1]
Current constituency
Party	Pakistan Muslim League (N)
Member(s)	Anjum Aqeel Khan
Created from	NA-54 Islamabad-II

Area

The constituency consists of a mix of urban and rural areas of Islamabad Capital Territory from Sector G-10 to Tarnol and also includes Sector I-10.^[3] During 2018 delimitation, NA-49 (Islamabad-II) constituency was divided between this constituency and NA-53 (Islamabad-II). On the granular basis, the following areas of Islamabad are included in this constituency:

• Tarnol
• Golra Sharif
• Sectors E-8, E-9, E-10, F-8, F-9, F-10, G-10, H-10, and I-10^[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

2002–2018: NA-48 Islamabad-I

Election		Member	Party
	2002	Mian Muhammad Aslam	MMA
	2008	Anjum Aqeel Khan	PML-N
	2013	Javed Hashmi	PTI
	2013 By-election	Asad Umar	PTI

2018–2023: NA-54 Islamabad-III

Election		Member	Party
	2018	Asad Umar	PTI

2024–present: NA-46 Islamabad-I

Election		Member	Party
	2024	Anjum Aqeel Khan	PML(N)

Election 2002

Further information: Pakistani general election, 2002

General elections were held on 10 October 2002. Mian Muhammad Aslam of Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal won by 40,365 votes.^[6]

General election 2002: NA-48 Islamabad-I

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	MMA	Mian Muhammad Aslam	40,365	46.08
	PPP	Dr. Babar Awan	28,775	32.85
	PTI	Sahibzada Ahmad Raza Khan Kasuri	5,310	6.06
	PML(Q)	Munawar Mughal	3,915	4.47
	PML(N)	Syed Zafar Ali Shah	3,893	4.44
	Independent	Alamgir Khan	2,479	2.83
	Others	Others (twelve candidates)	2,864	3.27
Turnout			88,227	47.07
Total valid votes			87,601	99.29
Rejected ballots			626	0.71
Majority			11,590	13.23
Registered electors			187,426

Election 2008

Further information: Pakistani general election, 2008

The result of general election 2008 in this constituency is given below. Anjum Aqeel Khan succeeded in the election 2010 and became the member of National Assembly.^[7]

General election 2008: NA-48 Islamabad-I

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PML(N)	Anjum Aqeel Khan	61,480	58.88
	PPP	Dr. Syed Israr Hussain	26,485	25.37
	PML(Q)	Rizwan Sadiq Khan	10,483	10.04
	Others	Others (twenty candidates)	5,961	5.71
Turnout			104,957	43.75
Total valid votes			104,409	99.48
Rejected ballots			548	0.52
Majority			34,995	33.51
Registered electors			239,924
	PML(N) gain from MMA

Election 2013

Further information: Pakistani general election, 2013

Javed Hashmi succeeded in the 2013 general election and became the member of National Assembly.^[7]

General election 2013: NA-48 Islamabad-I

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PTI	Javed Hashmi	73,878	42.66
	PML(N)	Anjum Aqeel Khan	52,205	30.14
	JI	Mian Muhammad Aslam	25,048	14.46
	Others	Others (forty-eight candidates)	22,058	12.74
Turnout			174,231	59.64
Total valid votes			173,189	99.40
Rejected ballots			1,042	0.60
Majority			21,673	12.52
Registered electors			292,142
	PTI gain from PML(N)

By-election 2013

The seat fell vacant after Javed Hashmi choose to retain his Multan constituency. A re-election was held on 22 August 2013 in which Asad Umar secured a win with 48,073 votes his closest rival was PML-N Chaudhary Muhammad Ashraf Gujjar who came second at 41,186 votes^[8]

By-election 2013: NA-48 Islamabad-I

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PTI	Asad Umar	48,073	51.01
	PML(N)	Chaudhary Muhammad Ashraf Gujjar	41,186	43.70
	Others	Others (twenty candidates)	4,990	5.29
Turnout			94,257	32.11
Total valid votes			94,249	99.99
Rejected ballots			8	0.01
Majority			6,887	7.31
Registered electors			293,525
	PTI hold

Election 2018

Further information: Pakistani general election, 2018

General elections were held on 25 July 2018. Asad Umar managed to retain his seat he won in the 2013 by-election.

General election 2018: NA-54 Islamabad-III ^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PTI	Asad Umar	56,945	47.98
	PML(N)	Anjum Aqeel Khan	32,991	27.80
	Independent	Hafeez-ur-Rehman Tipu	8,279	6.98
	MMA	Mian Muhammad Aslam	7,320	6.17
	PPP	Raja Imran Ashraf	4,019	3.39
	TLP	Sajid Mehmood	3,637	3.06
	Independent	Zubair Farooq Khan	2,415	2.03
	Others	Others (twenty candidates)	2,141	1.80
Turnout			118,679	54.24
Rejected ballots			932	0.79
Majority			23,954	20.18
Registered electors			218,795
	PTI hold		Swing

Election 2024

Further information: 2024 Pakistani general election in Islamabad

General elections were held on 8 February 2024.^[10] Anjum Aqeel Khan won the election with 82,536 votes.

General election 2024: NA-46 Islamabad-I

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PML(N)	Anjum Aqeel Khan	82,536	51.18	28.38
	Independent	Amir Mughal[a]	46,313	28.72	19.26
	JI	Mian Muhammad Aslam	12,017	7.45	N/A
	Others	Others (forty candidates)	20,401	12.65
Turnout			162,306	46.30	7.94
Rejected ballots			1,039	0.64
Majority			36,223	22.46
Registered electors			350,581
	PML(N) gain from PTI

See also

• NA-45 Dera Ismail Khan-II
• NA-47 Islamabad-II

Notes

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