NA-196 Qambar Shahdadkot-I

NA-196 Qambar Shahdadkot-I (این اے-196، قمبرشہدادکوٹ-1) is a newly-created constituency for the National Assembly of Pakistan. It mainly comprises the Qubo Saeed Khan Taluka, Shahdadkot Taluka, Sijawal Junejo Taluka, and Miro Khan Taluka.^[2][3] It was created in the 2018 delimitation after the constituency overlapping between Qambar Shahdadkot District and Larkana District was ended.^[4]

NA-196 Qambar Shahdadkot-I
Constituency for the National Assembly of Pakistan
Region	Qubo Saeed Khan, Shahdadkot, Sijawal Junejo, Mirokhan Tehsils and Qambar Tehsil (partly) of Qambar Shahdadkot District
Electorate	417,740[1]
Current constituency
Created	2018
Party	Pakistan People's Party
Member(s)	Khursheed Ahmed Junejo
Created from	NA-206 (Larkana-III) NA-207 (Larkana-IV)

Assembly Segments

Constituency number	Constituency	District	Current MPA	Party
14	PS-14 Qambar Shahdadkot-I	Qambar Shahdadkot District	Mir Nadir Ali Khan Magsi		PPP
15	PS-15 Qambar Shahdadkot-II		Nisar Khuhro

Election 2018

Further information: Pakistani general election, 2018

General elections were held on 25 July 2018.

General election 2018: NA-202 Qambar Shahdadkot-I^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PPP	Aftab Shaban Mirani	72,159	56.39
	MMA	Nasir Mehmood	36,046	28.17
	PTI	Musarrat Shah	9,631	7.52
	Independent	Sultan Ahmed Khan khuhawar	2,328	1.81
	Independent	Akhtar Hussain shaikh	2,269	1.77
	Independent	Rabb Nawaz tunio	1,282	1,00
	Independent	Mir Imran Ali	1,092	0.85
	Independent	Nazzer Hussain Magsi	954	0.74
	PPP(SB)	Sarfraz Ahmed	794	0.62
	Independent	Liaqat ali	476	0.37
	Independent	Muzafar Ali Brohi	440	0.34
	Independent	Ayyaz Hussain	304	0.23
	Independent	Saifullah Abro	106	0.08
Turnout			138,633	42.73
Total valid votes			127,895	92.25
Rejected ballots			10,738	7.75
Majority			36,113	28.22
Registered electors			324,402

Election 2024

Further information: Pakistani general election, 2024

General elections were held on 8 February 2024.^[6] Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, the chairman of the Pakistan People's Party (PPP) won the election with 85,370 votes, but decided to vacate it in favour of NA-194 Larkana-I.^[7]

General election 2024: NA-196 Qambar Shahdadkot-I

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PPP	Bilawal Bhutto Zardari	85,370	63.06	6.76
	JUI (F)	Nasir Mehmood	34,499	25.48	N/A
	Others	Others (eleven candidates)	15,510	11.46
Turnout			145,735	34.89	7.84
Total valid votes			135,379	92.89
Rejected ballots			10,356	7.11
Majority			50,871	37.58	9.36
	PPP hold

By-election 2024

Further information: 2024 Pakistani by-elections

A by-election was held on 21 April 2024. Khursheed Ahmed Junejo won the election with 91,581 votes.^[7][8]

2024 Pakistani by-elections: NA-196 Qambar Shahdadkot-I

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PPP	Khursheed Ahmed Junejo	91,581	96.42	33.36
	TLP	Muhammad Ali	2,763	2.91	0.91
	Independent	Javed Ali	499	0.52
	Independent	Buland Junejo	142	0.15
Turnout			96,572	22.79	12.10
Total valid votes			94,985	98.36
Rejected ballots			1,587	1.64
Majority			88,818	93.51	55.93
Registered electors			423,781
	PPP hold

See also

• NA-195 Larkana-II
• NA-197 Qambar Shahdadkot-II