NA-22 Mardan-II

NA-22 Mardan-II (این اے-22 مردان-۲) is a constituency for the National Assembly of Pakistan. The constituency was formerly known as NA-9 (Mardan-I) from 1977 to 2018. The name changed to NA-21 (Mardan-II) after the delimitation in 2018 and to NA-22 (Mardan-II) after the delimitation in 2022.^[2]

NA-22 Mardan-II
Constituency for the National Assembly of Pakistan
Region	Garhi Kapoora Tehsil and Mardan Tehsil (partly), including Mardan city and Cantonment area, of Mardan District
Electorate	419,713 [1]
Current constituency
Party	Sunni Ittehad Council
Member(s)	Atif Khan
Created from	NA-21 (Mardan-II)

Members of Parliament

1977–2002: NA-9 Mardan-I

Election		Member	Party
	1977	Ali Gohar Khan	PNA
	1985	Yaqub Khan Jadoon	Independent
	1988	Maulvi Niamatullah	IJI
	1990	Syed Iftikhar Hussain Gillani	PDA
	1993	Syed Iftikhar Hussain Gillani	PML-N
	1997	Javed Ibrahim Paracha	PML-N

2002–2018: NA-9 Mardan-I

Election		Member	Party
	2002	Shuja ul Mulk	MMA
	2008	Himayat Ullah Mayar	ANP
	2013	Amir Haider Khan	ANP

2018–2022: NA-21 Mardan-II

Election		Member	Party
	2018	Haider Khan Hoti	ANP

2023–present: NA-22 Mardan-II

Election		Member	Party
	2024	Atif Khan	SIC

Elections since 2002

2002 general election

2002 General Election: NA-9 (Mardan-I) ^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	MMA	Shajaul Mulk	54,479	70.14
	Independent	Abbas Sarfaraz Khan	15,376	19.80
	PPPP	Murad Khan	5,077	6.54
	Independent	Sarfaraz Khan	1,417	1.82
	PTI	Yousaf Shah	1,049	1.35
	Independent	Iqbal Khan	270	0.35
Majority			39,103	50.34
Turnout			77,668	35.90
	MMA gain from PML-N

A total of 1,722 votes were rejected.

2008 general election

2008 General Election: NA-9 (Mardan-I) ^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	ANP	Himayat Ullah Mayar	30,770	53.93
	Jamiat Ulama-e-Islam Nazryati	Moulana Shuja ul Mulk	24,621	43.16
	Independent	Muhammad Sarfraz Khan	519	0.91
	Independent	Syed Umer alias Member	373	0.65
	Independent	Zulqurnain	282	0.49
	Independent	Muhammad Nawab alias Chona	193	0.34
	Independent	Yasir Ali	111	0.20
	Independent	Abid Khan	93	0.16
	Independent	Asia Naz Awan	92	0.16
Majority			6,149	10.77
Turnout			57,054	30.80	−5.10
	ANP gain from MMA

A total of 1,063 votes were rejected.

2013 general election

2013 General Election: NA-9 (Mardan-I) ^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	ANP	Amir Haider Khan	44,769	30.17	−23.76
	PTI	Nasir Khan	42,068	28.35
	PML-N	Nawabzada Khawaja Muhammad Khan Hoti	32,090	21.63
	JUI-F	Shuja ul Mulk	14,427	9.72
	PPPP	Shazia Aurangzeb Khan	7,002	4.72
	JI	Atta ur Rehman	4,578	3.08
	TTP	Muhammad Irfan ud Din	1,493	1.01
	Independent	Didar Shah	1,211	0.82
	MQM	Qayum Khan	293	0.20
	PML	Inam Khan	290	0.19
	Independent	Yousaf Shah	87	0.06
	Independent	Ma us Sama Aryani	82	0.05
Majority			2,701	1.82
Turnout			148,390	45.12	+14.32
	ANP hold		Swing

A total of 3,558 votes were rejected.

2018 general election

Further information: Pakistani general election, 2018

General elections were held on 25 July 2018. This constituency had the lowest margin of victory (35 votes), in all of Pakistan, this election.^[6]

General election 2018: NA-21 (Mardan-II)^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	ANP	Haider Khan Hoti	78,911	40.97	10.80
	PTI	Atif Khan	78,876	40.96	12.61
	Others	Others (four candidates)	29,010	15.06
Turnout			192,587	45.89	0.77
Rejected ballots			5,790	3.00
Majority			35	0.01	1.81
Registered electors			419,713
	ANP hold		Swing	0.90

2024 general election

Further information: Pakistani general election, 2024

General elections were held on 8 February 2024.^[8] Atif Khan won the election with 115,935 votes.^[9]

General election 2024: NA-22 Mardan-II

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Atif Khan[a]	115,935	53.83	12.87
	ANP	Haider Khan Hoti	66,952	31.09	9.88
	JUI (F)	Niaz Ali	24,357	11.31	N/A
	Others	Others (fourteen candidates)	8,127	3.77
Turnout			221,503	39.68	6.21
Rejected ballots			6,132	2.77
Majority			48,983	22.74
Registered electors			558,225

See also

• NA-21 Mardan-I
• NA-23 Mardan-III

Notes

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