Constituency NA-261

Constituency NA-261 (Pishin-cum-Ziarat) (Urdu: این اے-۲۶١، پشين-چاغىزيارت) was a constituency for the National Assembly of Pakistan.

Constituency NA-261 (Pishin-cum-Ziarat)
Former constituency for the National Assembly of Pakistan
Region	Karachi District
Former constituency
Abolished	2018
Replaced by	NA-258 (Loralai-cum-Musakhel-cum-Ziarat-cum-Duki-cum-Harnai) NA-262 (Pishin)

Election 2002

Further information: Pakistani general election, 2002

General elections were held on 10 Oct 2002. Haji Gul Muhammad Dummar of Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal won by 37,022 votes.^[1]

General election 2002: NA-261 Pishin-Ziarat

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	MMA	Gul Muhammad Dummar	37,022	52.13
	PMAP	Dr. Kaleemullah Khan	17,599	24.78
	PML(Q)	Khalid Khan Kakar	12,914	18.19
	ANP	Nizamuddin Kakar	1,162	1.64
	Others	Others (eight candidates)	2,319	3.26
Turnout			75,061	27.72
Total valid votes			71,016	94.61
Rejected ballots			4,045	5.39
Majority			19,423	27.35
Registered electors			270,777

Election 2008

Further information: Pakistani general election, 2008

General elections were held on 18 Feb 2008. Molvi Agha Muhammad of Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal won by 30,611 votes.^[2]

General election 2008: NA-261 Pishin-Ziarat

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	MMA	Agha Muhammad	30,611	37.41
	PML(Q)	Muhammad Samar Khan Kakar	23,350	28.54
	Independent	Syed Muhammad Fazal Agha	10,385	12.69
	Independent	Dr. Taj Muhammad	5,231	6.39
	PPP	Muhammad Yaqoob Ziaratwal	4,178	5.11
	ANP	Abdul Rasheed Nasir	2,355	2.88
	PML(N)	Akhundzada Badruddin	1,980	2.42
	Independent	Syed Fazal Muhammad Agha	1,220	1.49
	Others	Others (nine candidates)	2,510	3.07
Turnout			85,011	28.57
Total valid votes			81,820	96.25
Rejected ballots			3,191	3.75
Majority			7,261	8.87
Registered electors			297,591

Election 2013

Further information: Pakistani general election, 2013

General elections were held on 11 May 2013. Moulvi Agha Muhammad of JUI-F won by 48,712 votes and became the member of National Assembly.^[3]

General election 2013: NA-261 Pishin-Ziarat

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JUI (F)	Agha Muhammad	48,712	36.79
	PMAP	Muhammad Essa Roshan	48,188	36.40
	JUINP	Malik Abdul Qayum Kakar	24,679	18.64
	ANP	Nizamuddin Kakar	4,274	3.23
	PTI	Nawab Khan Dumer	2,920	2.21
	Others	Others (twelve candidates)	3,629	2.73
Turnout			136,313	54.93
Total valid votes			132,402	97.13
Rejected ballots			3,911	2.87
Majority			524	0.39
Registered electors			248,179