NA-54 Rawalpindi-III

NA-54 Rawalpindi-III (این اے-54، راولپنڈی-3) is a constituency for the National Assembly of Pakistan.^[2]

NA-54 Rawalpindi-III
Constituency for the National Assembly of Pakistan
Region	Wah Cantonment and Taxila Tehsil and Adiala of Rawalpindi Tehsil in Rawalpindi District
Electorate	466,344 [1]
Current constituency
Party	Pakistan Muslim League (N)
Member(s)	Aqeel Malik
Created from	NA-53 Rawalpindi-IV

Members of Parliament

1970–1977: NW-29 Rawalpindi-IV

Election		Member	Party
	1970	Raja Abdul Aziz Bhatti	PPP

1977–2002: NA-39 Rawalpindi-IV

Election		Member	Party
	1977	Nazar Hussain Kiyani	PPP
	1985	Raja Shahid Zafar	Independent
	1988	Raja Shahid Zafar	PPP
	1990	Muhammad Ijaz-ul-Haq	IJI
	1993	Muhammad Ijaz-ul-Haq	PML-N
	1997	Muhammad Ijaz-ul-Haq	PML-N

2002–2018: NA-53 Rawalpindi-IV

Election		Member	Party
	2002	Ghulam Sarwar Khan	PML-Q
	2008	Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan	PML-N
	2013	Ghulam Sarwar Khan	PTI

2018–2023: NA-63 Rawalpindi-VII

Election		Member	Party
	2018	Ghulam Sarwar Khan	PTI
	By-election 2018	Mansoor Hayat Khan	PTI

2024–present: NA-54 Rawalpindi-III

Election		Member	Party
	2024	Aqeel Malik	PML(N)

Election 2002

Further information: Pakistani general election, 2002

General elections were held on 10 Oct 2002. Ghulam Sarwar Khan an Independent candidate won by 66,900 votes.^[3]

General election 2002: NA-53 Rawalpindi-IV

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Ghulam Sarwar Khan	66,900	46.03
	PML(N)	Ch. Nisar Ali Khan	57,110	39.30
	Independent	Faisal Iqbal	9,984	6.87
	PPP	Sardar Shoaib Mumtaz Khan	6,673	4.59
	PAT	Syed Guftar Hussain Shah	3,596	2.47
	Others	Others (three candidates)	1,072	0.74
Turnout			148,646	50.99
Total valid votes			145,335	97.77
Rejected ballots			3,311	2.23
Majority			9,790	6.73
Registered electors			291,549

Election 2008

Further information: Pakistani general election, 2008

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

Result

Nisar Ali Khan succeeded in the election 2008 and became the member of National Assembly.^[4]

General election 2008: NA-53 Rawalpindi-IV

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PML(N)	Chaudhary Nisar Ali Khan	72,257	41.19
	PML(Q)	Ghulam Sarwar Khan	49,068	27.97
	Independent	Faisal Iqbal	21,713	12.38
	PPP	Sardar Shoaib Mumtaz Khan	18,388	10.48
	Independent	Ch. Muhammad Kamran Ali Khan	13,390	7.63
	Others	Others (two candidates)	593	0.35
Turnout			179,918	52.32
Total valid votes			175,409	97.49
Rejected ballots			4,509	2.51
Majority			23,189	13.22
Registered electors			343,853
	PML(N) gain from Independent

Election 2013

Further information: Pakistani general election, 2013

Result

Ghulam Sarwar Khan of PTI succeeded in the election 2013 and became the member of National Assembly.^[5]

General election 2013: NA-53 Rawalpindi-IV

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PTI	Ghulam Sarwar Khan	110,593	46.65
	PML(N)	Chaudhary Nisar Ali Khan	102,430	43.20
	PPP	Syed Intikhab Hussain Shah	14,870	6.27
	Others	Others (ten candidates)	9,204	3.88
Turnout			237,097	62.05
Total valid votes			237,097	100
Rejected ballots			0	0.00
Majority			8,163	3.45
Registered electors			382,115
	PTI gain from PML(N)

Election 2018

Further information: Pakistani general election, 2018

General elections were held on 25 July 2018. Ghulam Sarwar Khan of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf won the election but vacated this constituency in favor of NA-59 (Rawalpindi-III).^[6]

General election 2018: NA-63 Rawalpindi-VII^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PTI	Ghulam Sarwar Khan	100,986	47.67
	Independent	Chaudhary Nisar Ali Khan	65,767	31.05
	PML(N)	Sardar Mumtaz Khan	22,966	10.84
	Others	Others (five candidates)	22,107	10.44
Turnout			215,669	58.14
Total valid votes			211,826	98.22
Rejected ballots			3,843	1.78
Majority			35,219	16.62
Registered electors			370,967
	PTI hold		Swing	N/A

By-election 2018

Further information: 2018 Pakistani by-elections

By-elections were held in this constituency on 14 October 2018.^[8]

By-election 2018: NA-63 Rawalpindi-VII^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PTI	Mansoor Hayat Khan	71,782	59.26	11.59
	PML(N)	Aqeel Malik	45,490	37.55	26.71
	Others	Others (three candidates)	3,859	3.19
Turnout			122,690	33.01	25.13
Total valid votes			121,131	98.73	0.51
Rejected ballots			1,559	1.27	0.51
Majority			26,292	21.71	5.09
Registered electors			371,713
	PTI hold		Swing	N/A

Election 2024

Further information: Pakistani general election, 2024

General elections were held on 8 February 2024. Aqeel Malik won the election with 85,930 votes.

General election 2024: NA-54 Rawalpindi-III

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Aqeel Malik	85,930	37.25	N/A
	Independent	Azra Masood[a]	73,729	31.96	27.30
	Independent	Chaudhary Nisar Ali Khan	19,106	8.28	N/A
	IPP	Ghulam Sarwar Khan	16,891	7.32	N/A
	TLP	Tahir Mehmood	13,282	5.76	3.61
	Others	Others (twenty-five candidates)	21,766	9.43
Turnout			235,928	50.59
Total valid votes			230,704	97.79
Rejected ballots			5,224	2.21
Majority			12,201	5.29
Registered electors			466,344
	Independent gain from PTI

See also

• NA-53 Rawalpindi-II
• NA-55 Rawalpindi-IV

Notes

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