NA-66 Wazirabad

NA-66 Wazirabad (این اے-66، وزیرآباد) is a constituency for the National Assembly of Pakistan. It is made up of the Wazirabad District.^[2]

NA-66 Wazirabad
Constituency for the National Assembly of Pakistan
Region	Wazirabad District
Electorate	646,872 [1]
Current constituency
Member(s)	Vacant
Created from	NA-101 Gujranwala-VII

Members of Parliament

1970–1977: NW-72 Gujranwala-III

Election		Member	Party
	1970	Ghulam Haider Cheema	PPP

1977–1988: NA-98 Gujranwala-I

Election		Member	Party
	1977	Ghulam Haider Cheema	PPP
	1985	Hamid Nasir Chattha	IND

1988–2002: NA-74 Gujranwala-I

Election		Member	Party
	1988	Ghulam Sarwar Cheema	PPP
	1990	Hamid Nasir Chattha	IJI
	1993		PML (J)
	1997	Ghulam Sarwar Cheema	PML (N)

2002–2018: NA-101 Gujranwala-VII

Election		Member	Party
	2002	Hamid Nasir Chattha	PML (J)
	2008	Iftikhar Ahmed Cheema	PML (N)
	2013
	2016

2018–2023: NA-79 Gujranwala-I

Election		Member	Party
	2018	Nisar Ahmed Cheema	PML (N)

2024–present: NA-66 Wazirabad

Election		Member	Party
	2024	Muhammad Ahmed Chattha	SIC

Election 2002

Further information: Pakistani general election, 2002

General elections were held on 10 Oct 2002. Hamid Nasir Chattha of PML-J won by 69,171 votes.^[3]

General election 2002: NA-101 Gujranwala-VII

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PML(J)	Hamid Nasir Chatha	69,171	48.10
	PPP	Asma Shahnawaz Cheema	64,355	44.75
	Independent	Shoukat Hayat Chatha	7,169	4.99
	Others	Others (two candidates)	3,126	2.16
Turnout			148,718	49.14
Total valid votes			143,821	96.71
Rejected ballots			4,897	3.29
Majority			4,816	3.35
Registered electors			302,628

Election 2008

Further information: Pakistani general election, 2008

General elections were held on 18 Feb 2008. Justice (R) Iftikhar Ahmad Cheema of PML-N won by 71,792 votes.^[4]

General election 2008: NA-101 Gujranwala-VII

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PML(N)	Iftikhar Ahmad Cheema	71,792	44.59
	PML(Q)	Hamid Nasir Chatha	48,813	30.32
	PPP	Asma Shahnawaz Cheema	37,554	23.32
	Others	Others (two candidates)	2,851	1.77
Turnout			165,902	43.93
Total valid votes			161,010	97.05
Rejected ballots			4,892	2.95
Majority			22,979	14.27
Registered electors			377,640
	PML(N) gain from PML(J)

Election 2013

Further information: Pakistani general election, 2013

General elections were held on 11 May 2013. Justice (R) Iftikhar Ahmed Cheema of PML-N won by 99,924 votes and became the member of National Assembly.^[5]

General election 2013: NA-101 Gujranwala-VII

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PML(N)	Iftikhar Ahmad Cheema	99,924	50.35
	PML(J)	Muhammad Ahmad Chatha	60,795	30.63
	PML(Q)	Ch. Sajid Hussain Chatha	13,886	7.00
	PTI	Ch. Muhammad Shahnawaz Cheema	11,592	5.84
	Others	Others (thirteen candidates)	12,260	6.18
Turnout			204,854	58.19
Total valid votes			198,457	96.88
Rejected ballots			6,397	3.12
Majority			39,129	19.72
Registered electors			352,057
	PML(N) hold

By-election 2016

A by-election was held on 22 March 2016 in which Iftikhar Ahmed Cheema of PML (N) won the seat. He secured 82,420 votes defeating his rival Muhammad Ahmed Chattha of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf^[6]

By-election 2016: NA-101 Gujranwala-VII

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PML(N)	Iftikhar Ahmad Cheema	82,887	49.02
	PTI	Muhammad Ahmed Chattha	81,218	48.04
	Others	Others (thirteen candidates)	4,970	2.94
Turnout			185,169	47.97
Total valid votes			169,075	91.31
Rejected ballots			16,094	8.69
Majority			1,669	0.98
Registered electors			386,016
	PML(N) hold

Election 2018

General elections were held on 25 July 2018.

General election 2018: NA-79 Gujranwala-I ^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PML(N)	Nisar Ahmed Cheema	142,545	48.13
	PTI	Muhammad Ahmed Chattha	118,709	40.08
	Others	Others (twelve candidates)	29,960	10.12
Turnout			296,174	54.66
Rejected ballots			4,960	1.67
Majority			23,836	8.05
Registered electors			541,848
	PML(N) hold		Swing	N/A

Election 2024

Further information: Pakistani general election, 2024

General elections were held on 8 February 2024. Muhammad Ahmed Chattha won the election with 160,850 votes.

General election 2024: NA-66 Wazirabad^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Muhammad Ahmed Chattha[a]	160,850	52.81	12.73
	PML(N)	Nisar Ahmed Cheema	100,684	33.06	15.07
	TLP	Muhammad Akram	18,974	6.23	1.77
	Others	Others (twenty-four candidates)	24,070	7.90
Turnout			313,767	48.51	6.15
Total valid votes			304,578	97.07
Rejected ballots			9,189	2.93
Majority			60,166	19.75
Registered electors			646,872

By-election 2025

A by-election will be held on 18 September 2025 due to the disqualification of Muhammad Ahmed Chattha, the previous member from this seat.^[9]

See also

• NA-65 Gujrat-IV
• NA-67 Hafizabad

Notes

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