NA-68 Mandi Bahauddin-I

NA-68 Mandi Bahauddin-I (این اے-68 منڈی بہاؤدین-۱) is a constituency for the National Assembly of Pakistan.^[2]

NA-68 Mandi Bahauddin-I
Constituency for the National Assembly of Pakistan
Region	Mandi Bahauddin Tehsil (partly) including Mandi Bahauddin city and Phalia Tehsil (partly) including Qadirabad village of Mandi Bahauddin District
Electorate	613,167 [1]
Current constituency
Created	2023
Seats	1
Party	Sunni Ittehad Council
Member(s)	Imtiaz Ahmed Chaudhary
Created from	NA-108 Mandi Bahauddin-I

Members of Parliament

2018–2023: NA-85 Mandi Bahauddin-I

Election		Member	Party
	2018	Imtiaz Ahmed Chaudhary	PTI

2024–present: NA-68 Mandi Bahauddin-I

Election		Member	Party
	2024	Imtiaz Ahmed Chaudhary	SIC

Election 2002

Further information: Pakistani general election, 2002

General elections were held on 10 Oct 2002. Ijaz Ahmed Chaudhry of PML-Q won by 70,675 votes.^[3]

General election 2002: NA-108 Mandi Bahauddin-I

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PML(Q)	Muhammad Ijaz Ahmed Chaudhary	70,060	40.36
	PPP	Zafarullah Tarar	60,424	34.81
	MMA	Syed Muhammad Mafooz Mushadi	37,422	21.56
	Others	Others (four candidates)	5,690	3.27
Turnout			178,948	49.22
Total valid votes			173,596	97.01
Rejected ballots			5,352	2.99
Majority			9,636	5.55
Registered electors			363,575

Election 2008

Further information: Pakistani general election, 2008

General elections were held on 18 Feb 2008. Muhammad Tariq Tarar of PPP won by 73,981 votes.^[4]

General election 2008: NA-108 Mandi Bahauddin-I

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PPP	Muhammad Tariq Tarar	73,951	40.49
	PML(N)	Muhammad Ijaz Ahmed Chaudhary	67,769	37.10
	PML(Q)	Zafarullah Tarar	39,789	21.78
	Others	Others (two candidates)	1,150	0.63
Turnout			187,713	55.44
Total valid votes			182,659	97.31
Rejected ballots			5,054	2.69
Majority			6,182	3.39
Registered electors			338,597
	PPP gain from PML(Q)

Election 2013

Further information: Pakistani general election, 2013

General elections were held on 11 May 2013. Muhammad Ijaz Ahmed Chaudhary (independent) won by 85,009 votes and became the member of National Assembly.^[5]

Ijaz Chaudhary left his National Assembly seat and joined PTI on November 29, 2014.^[6]

He was disqualified in fake degree case by the Supreme Court of Pakistan on 14 April 2015.^[7]

General election 2013: NA-108 Mandi Bahauddin-I

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Muhammad Ijaz Ahmed Chaudhary	85,009	35.48
	PML(N)	Mumtaz Ahmed Tarar	73,789	30.79
	PPP	Muhammad Tariq Tarar	29,883	12.47
	PTI	Zafarullah Tarar	25,406	10.60
	JI	Muhammad Riaz Farooq Sahi	18,270	7.62
	Others	Others (twelve candidates)	7,272	3.94
Turnout			245,625	57.05
Total valid votes			239,629	97.56
Rejected ballots			5,996	2.44
Majority			11,220	4.69
Registered electors			430,517
	Independent gain from PPP

By-election 2015

By elections were held on 8 June 2015 and Mumtaz Ahmed Tarar of PML-N won the slot with 70,638 votes.^[8]

By-election 2015: NA-108 Mandi Bahauddin-I

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PML(N)	Mumtaz Ahmed Tarar	75,402	41.81
	PTI	Muhammad Tariq Tarar	38,987	21.62
	PPP	Asif Bashir Bhagat	29,475	16.34
	JI	Muhammad Riaz Farooq Sahi	11,284	6.26
	PML(Q)	Ch. Hamza Nasir Iqbal	10,546	5.85
	Others	Others (six candidates)	14,647	8.12
Turnout			183,672	42.59
Total valid votes			180,341	98.19
Rejected ballots			3,331	1.81
Majority			36,415	20.19
Registered electors			431,269
	PML(N) gain from Independent

Election 2018

General elections were held on 25 July 2018.

General election 2018: NA-85 Mandi Bahauddin-I ^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PTI	Imtiaz Ahmed Chaudhary	99,996	36.65
	PML(N)	Chaudhary Mushahid Raza	80,387	29.46
	PPP	Asif Bashir Bhagat	47,049	17.24
	Others	Others (ten candidates)	33,134	12.14
Turnout			272,840	53.45
Rejected ballots			12,274	4.51
Majority			19,609	7.19
Registered electors			510,468
	PTI gain from PML(N)

Election 2024

Further information: Pakistani general election, 2024

General elections were held on 8 February 2024. Imtiaz Ahmed Chaudhary won the election with 166,229 votes.

General election 2024: NA-68 Mandi Bahauddin-I

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Imtiaz Ahmed Chaudhary[a]	166,229	55.81	19.16
	PML(N)	Mushahid Raza	71,008	23.84	5.62
	PPP	Asif Bashir Bhagat	20,394	6.85	10.39
	TLP	Muhammad Akram Tahir	16,561	5.56	0.72
	Others	Others (twenty candidates)	23,679	7.95
Turnout			307,057	50.08	3.37
Total valid votes			297,871	97.01
Rejected ballots			9,186	2.99
Majority			95,221	31.97	24.78
Registered electors			613,167

See also

• NA-67 Hafizabad
• NA-69 Mandi Bahauddin-II

Notes

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