NA-97 Faisalabad-III

NA-97 Faisalabad-III (این اے-97، فیصل آباد-۳) is a constituency for the National Assembly of Pakistan. In addition to the areas of the former NA-77, the constituency represents all of Tandlianwala Tehsil apart from the town of Mamu Kanjan, which is in NA-104.^[2][3]

NA-97 Faisalabad-III
Constituency for the National Assembly of Pakistan
Region	Tandlianwala Tehsil of Faisalabad District
Electorate	491,703[1]
Current constituency
Party	Sunni Ittehad Council
Member(s)	Saadullah Khan Baloch
Created from	NA-77 Faisalabad-III

Members of Parliament

2018–2023: NA-103 (Faisalabad-III)

Election		Member	Party
	By-election 2018	Ali Gohar Khan	PML (N)

2024–present: NA-97 Faisalabad-III

Election		Member	Party
	2024	Saadullah Khan Baloch	SIC

Election 2002

Further information: Pakistani general election, 2002

General elections were held on 10 Oct 2002. Chaudhry Muhammad Asim Nazir of PML-Q won by 63,296 votes.^[4]

General election 2002: NA-77 Faisalabad-III

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PML(Q)	Muhammad Asim Nazir	63,296	50.02
	PML(N)	Muhammad Akram Ch.	26,542	20.97
	PPP	Khizar Abbas	25,125	19.85
	MMA	Rai Muhammad Akram Khan Kharal	9,176	7.25
	Others	Others (three candidates)	2,413	1.91
Turnout			130,722	47.07
Total valid votes			126,552	96.81
Rejected ballots			4,171	3.19
Majority			36,754	29.05
Registered electors			277,749

Election 2008

Further information: Pakistani general election, 2008

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

Result

Muhammad Asim Nazir succeeded in the election 2008 and became the member of National Assembly.^[5]

General election 2008: NA-77 Faisalabad-III

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PML(Q)	Muhammad Asim Nazir	63,776	46.05
	PML(N)	Muhammad Tallal Ch.	49,807	35.96
	PPP	Sajjad Ahmad Awan	23,959	17.30
	Others	Others (eight candidates)	948	0.69
Turnout			141,806	58.97
Total valid votes			138,490	97.66
Rejected ballots			3,316	2.34
Majority			13,969	10.09
Registered electors			240,482
	PML(Q) hold

Election 2013

Further information: Pakistani general election, 2013

General elections were held on 11 May 2013.^[6]

General election 2013: NA-77 Faisalabad-III

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PML(N)	Muhammad Asim Nazir	98,057	55.89
	PML(Q)	Zaheer Ud Din	58,680	33.45
	PTI	Rai Naeem Asad Kharal	10,444	5.95
	Others	Others (fifteen candidates)	8,263	4.71
Turnout			181,111	61.46
Total valid votes			175,444	96.87
Rejected ballots			5,667	3.13
Majority			39,377	22.44
Registered electors			294,667
	PML(N) gain from PML(Q)

Election 2018

Further information: Pakistani general election, 2018

Electoral process was scheduled to be held on 25 July 2018, but got postponed due to suicide of a candidate.^[7]

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-103 Faisalabad-III ^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PML(N)	Ali Gohar Khan	77,539	38.03	−19.47
	PTI	Saadullah Khan Baloch	66,627	32.68	+26.68
	PPP	Shahadat Ali Khan	25,113	12.32
	Independent	Zulfiqar Ali	20,242	9.93
	Others	Others (seven candidates)	14,367	7.04
Turnout			209,995	48.00
Total valid votes			203,888	97.09
Rejected ballots			6,107	2.91
Majority			10,912	5.35
Registered electors			437,460
	PML(N) hold		Swing	N/A

Election 2024

Further information: Pakistani general election, 2024

General elections were held on 8 February 2024. Saadullah Khan Baloch won the election with 72,846 votes.^[10]

General election 2024: NA-97 Faisalabad-III

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Saadullah Khan Baloch[a]	72,846	30.02	2.66
	PML(N)	Ali Gohar Khan	70,532	29.07	8.96
	PPP	Muhammad Khan Nadeem	32,651	13.46	1.14
	IPP	Humayun Akhtar Khan	30,447	12.55
	TLP	Hafiz Abid Hussain	10,442	4.30
	JI	Mudasser Ahmad Shah	6,902	2.85
	Others	Others (sixteencandidates)	18,802	7.75
Turnout			251,820	51.21	3.21
Total valid votes			242,622	96.35
Rejected ballots			9,198	3.65
Majority			2,314	0.95
Registered electors			491,703

See also

• NA-96 Faisalabad-II
• NA-98 Faisalabad-IV

Notes

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