NA-53 Rawalpindi-II

NA-53 Rawalpindi-II (این اے-53، راولپنڈی-2) is a constituency for the National Assembly of Pakistan.^[2]

NA-53 Rawalpindi-II
Constituency for the National Assembly of Pakistan
Region	Rawalpindi Tehsil (partly) of Rawalpindi District
Electorate	357,199 [1]
Current constituency
Party	Pakistan Muslim League (N)
Member(s)	Qamar-ul-Islam Raja
Created from	NA-52 (Rawalpindi-III)

Area

The constituency consists of Gulzar-e-Quaid, Dhoke Lalyal, Railway Housing Scheme 1-A Chaklala, Dhok Chaudrian, Shakrial, Lalazar, Sher Zaman Colony, Morgah, Gulrez, Safari Villas, Police Foundation, Media Town, Lalkurti, Kotha Kalan, Gulshan Abad, Bahria Town (1,2,3,7,8), Rawat, Kalar Syedah, Munawar, Zulfiqar, Chak Beli Khan, Pindori and Army Officers colony.

Members of Parliament

1970–1977: NW-28 Rawalpindi-III

Election		Member	Party
	1970	Habib Ahmad	PPP

1977–2002: NA-38 Rawalpindi-III

Election		Member	Party
	1977	Syed Ali Asghar Shah	PPP
	1985	Shaikh Rasheed Ahmad	Independent
	1988	Shaikh Rasheed Ahmad	IJI
	1990	Shaikh Rasheed Ahmad	IJI
	1993	Shaikh Rasheed Ahmad	PML-N
	1997	Shaikh Rasheed Ahmad	PML-N

2002–2018: NA-52 Rawalpindi-III

Election		Member	Party
	2002	Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan	PML-N
	2008	Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan	PML-N
	2008 by-election	Muhammad Safdar	PML-N
	2013	Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan	PML-N

2018–2023: NA-59 Rawalpindi-III

Election		Member	Party
	2018	Ghulam Sarwar Khan	PTI

2024–present: NA-53 Rawalpindi-II

Election		Member	Party
	2024	Qamar-ul-Islam Raja	PML-N

Detailed results

Election 2002

Further information: Pakistani general election, 2002

General elections were held on 10 Oct 2002. Chaudhary Nisar Ali Khan of PML-N won by 73,671 votes.^[3]

General election 2002: NA-52 Rawalpindi-III

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PML(N)	Chaudhary Nisar Ali Khan	73,671	51.05
	PML(Q)	Muhammad Nasir Raja	56,645	39.25
	PPP	Muhammad Saghir Khokhar	11,684	8.10
	Independent	Sakhawat Hussain	2,310	1.60
Turnout			150,008	48.89
Total valid votes			144,310	96.20
Rejected ballots			5,698	3.80
Majority			17,026	11.80
Registered electors			306,853

Election 2008

Further information: Pakistani general election, 2008

Nisar Ali Khan successfully retained his native National Assembly seat in elections 2008.^[4]

General election 2008: NA-52 Rawalpindi-III

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PML(N)	Chaudhary Nisar Ali Khan	97,747	50.61
	PML(Q)	Muhammad Nasir Raja	54,988	28.47
	PPP	Khurram Pervaiz Raja	38,052	19.70
	Others	Others (six candidates)	2,351	1.22
Turnout			196,521	52.28
Total valid votes			193,138	98.28
Rejected ballots			3,383	1.72
Majority			42,759	22.14
Registered electors			375,934
	PML(N) hold

By-Election 2008

By-Election 2008: NA-52 Rawalpindi-III

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PML(N)	Muhammad Safdar	54,917	69.36
	PML(Q)	Muhammad Nasir Raja	22,773	28.76
	Others	Others (five candidates)	1,485	1.88
Turnout			79,175	21.06
Total valid votes			79,175	100
Rejected ballots			0	0
Majority			32,144	40.60
Registered electors			375,934
	PML(N) hold

Election 2013

Further information: Pakistani general election, 2013

General elections were held on 11 May 2013. Nisar Ali Khan of PML-N was yet again successful in retaining his native National Assembly Constituency and he won it with a huge margin. National Assembly.

General election 2013: NA-52 Rawalpindi-III

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PML(N)	Chaudhary Nisar Ali Khan	133,143	52.04
	PTI	Ajmal Sabir Raja	69,769	27.27
	PML(Q)	Muhammad Basharat Raja	43,866	17.15
	Others	Others (twelve candidates)	9,050	3.54
Turnout			260,157	57.15
Total valid votes			255,828	98.34
Rejected ballots			4,329	1.66
Majority			63,374	24.77
Registered electors			455,186
	PML(N) hold

Election 2018

Further information: Pakistani general election, 2018

General elections were held on 25 July 2018.

General election 2018: NA-59 Rawalpindi-III ^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PTI	Ghulam Sarwar Khan	89,055	42.41
	Independent	Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan	66,369	31.61
	PML(N)	Qamar-ul-Islam Raja	21,754	10.36
	TLP	Malik Muhammad Taj	14,320	6.82
	Others	Others (six candidates)	10,815	5.15
Turnout			209,974	58.78
Rejected ballots			7,661	3.65
Majority			22,686	10.80
Registered electors			357,199
	PTI gain from PML(N)

Election 2024

Further information: Pakistani general election, 2024

General elections were held on 8 February 2024. Qamar-ul-Islam Raja won the election with 72,006 votes.

General election 2024: NA-53 Rawalpindi-II

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PML(N)	Qamar-ul-Islam Raja	72,006	34.64	24.28
	Independent	Ajmal Sabir Raja[a]	58,480	28.14	14.27
	Independent	Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan	44,074	21.21	10.40
	TLP	Muhammad Taimoor Khalid	21,522	10.36	3.54
	Others	Others (seventeen candidates)	11,759	5.66
Turnout			213,022	53.07	5.71
Total valid votes			207,841	97.57
Rejected ballots			5,181	2.43
Majority			13,526	6.51
Registered electors			401,376
	PML(N) gain from PTI

See also

• NA-52 Rawalpindi-I
• NA-54 Rawalpindi-III

Notes

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