NA-60 Jhelum-I

NA-60 Jhelum-I (این اے-60، جہلم-١) is a constituency for the National Assembly of Pakistan.^[2]

NA-60 Jhelum-I
Constituency for the National Assembly of Pakistan
Region	Sohawa Tehsil, Dina Tehsil (partly) and Jhelum Tehsil (partly) Jhelum District
Electorate	538,897 [1]
Current constituency
Created	2018
Party	Pakistan Muslim League (N)
Member(s)	Bilal Azhar Kayani
Created from	NA-62 (Jhelum-I)

Members of Parliament

1970–1977: NW-32 Jhelum-I

Election		Member	Party
	1970	Ghulam Hussain	PPP

1977–1988: NA-44 Jhelum-I

Election		Member	Party
	1977	Ghulam Hussain	PPP
	1985	Raja Muhammad Afzal Khan	Independent

1988–2002: NA-45 Jhelum-I

Election		Member	Party
	1988	Raja Muhammad Afzal Khan	IJI
	1990	Chaudhry Muhammad Altaf Hussain	PDA
	1993	Raja Muhammad Afzal Khan	PML-N
	1997	Raja Muhammad Afzal Khan	PML-N

2002–2018: NA-62 Jhelum-I

Election		Member	Party
	2002	Chaudhry Shahbaz Hussain	PML-Q
	2008	Raja Muhammad Safdar Khan	PML-N
	2013	Chaudhry Khadim Hussain	PML-N

2018–2023: NA-66 Jhelum-I

Election		Member	Party
	2018	Chaudhry Farrukh Altaf	PTI

2024–present: NA-60 Jhelum-I

Election		Member	Party
	2024	Bilal Azhar Kayani	PML(N)

Election 2002

Further information: Pakistani general election, 2002

General elections were held on 10 Oct 2002. Chaudhry Shahbaz Hussain of PML-Q won by 75,217 votes.^[3]

General election 2002: NA-62 Jhelum-I

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PML(Q)	Ch. Shahbaz Hussain	75,217	50.80
	PML(N)	Raja Muhammad Safdar	51,618	34.87
	PPP	Sohail Zafar	15,133	10.22
	MMA	Raja Muhammad Zia Ashraf	4,391	2.97
	Others	Others (two candidates)	1,694	1.14
Turnout			150,881	52.01
Total valid votes			148,053	98.13
Rejected ballots			2,828	1.87
Majority			23,599	15.93
Registered electors			290,079

Election 2008

Further information: Pakistani general election, 2008

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

Result

Raja Muhammad Safdar succeeded in the election 2008 and became the member of National Assembly.^[4]

General election 2008: NA-62 Jhelum-I

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PML(N)	Raja Muhammad Safdar	92,479	51.31
	PML(Q)	Ch. Shahbaz Hussain	61,524	34.13
	PPP	Ch. Sohail Zafar	20,080	11.14
	Others	Others (two candidates)	6,159	3.39
Turnout			186,376	50.36
Total valid votes			180,242	96.71
Rejected ballots			6,134	3.29
Majority			30,955	17.18
Registered electors			370,090
	PML(N) gain from PML(Q)

Election 2013

Further information: Pakistani general election, 2013

General elections were held on 11 May 2013. Chaudhry Khadim Hussain of PML-N won by 102,230 votes and became the member of National Assembly.^[5]

General election 2013: NA-62 Jhelum-I

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PML(N)	Chaudhry Khadim Hussain	102,230	47.37
	PTI	Chaudhary Muhammad Saqlain	62,880	29.13
	PML(Q)	Chaudhry Farrukh Altaf	36,842	17.07
	Others	Others (ten candidates)	13,878	6.43
Turnout			222,410	57.11
Total valid votes			215,830	97.04
Rejected ballots			6,580	2.96
Majority			39,350	18.24
Registered electors			389,451
	PML(N) hold

Election 2018

Further information: Pakistani general election, 2018

General elections were held on 25 July 2018.

General election 2018: NA-66 Jhelum-I ^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PTI	Chaudhry Farrukh Altaf	112,356	39.96
	PML(N)	Chaudhary Nadeem Khadim	92,912	33.05
	TLP	Khalid Tanveer	29,556	10.51
	Independent	Ch Muhammad Saqlain	26,072	9.27
	Others	Others (five candidates)	8,750	3.12
Turnout			281,159	51.94
Rejected ballots			11,513	4.09
Majority			19,444	6.91
Registered electors			541,296
	PTI gain from PML(N)

Election 2024

Further information: Pakistani general election, 2024

General elections were held on 8 February 2024. Bilal Azhar Kayani won the election with 99,973 votes.

General election 2024: NA-60 Jhelum-I

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PML(N)	Bilal Azhar Kayani	99,973	43.09	10.04
	Independent	Hassan Adeel[a]	90,579	39.04	0.92
	Independent	Zahid Akhtar	24,296	10.47	N/A
	Others	Others (fifteen candidates)	17,155	7.39
Turnout			237,717	44.11	7.83
Total valid votes			232,003	97.60
Rejected ballots			5,714	2.40
Majority			9,394	4.05
Registered electors			538,897
	PML(N) gain from PTI

See also

• NA-59 Chakwal-cum-Talagang
• NA-61 Jhelum-II

Notes

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