NA-24 Charsadda-I

NA-24 Charsadda-I (این اے-24، چارسدہ-١) is a constituency for the National Assembly of Pakistan. The constituency was formerly known as NA-8 (Charsadda-II) from 1977 to 2018. The name changed to NA-23 (Charsadda-I) after the delimitation in 2018 and to NA-24 (Charsadda-I) after the delimitation in 2022.^[2]

NA-24 Charsadda-I
Constituency for the National Assembly of Pakistan
Region	Tangi and Shabqadar Tehsils of Charsadda District
Electorate	504,270 [1]
Current constituency
Party	Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf
Member(s)	Malik Anwar Taj
Created from	NA-24 Charsadda-I

Members of Parliament

1977–2002: NA-8 Charsadda-II

Election		Member	Party
	1977	Nasim Wali Khan	PNA
	1985	Fazal Dad Khan	Independent
	1988	Abdul Khaliq Khan	ANP
	1990	Rahmanullah khan	ANP
	1993	Qazi Fazl Ullah	IJM
	1997	Haji Rehmanullah	ANP

2002–2018: NA-8 Charsadda-II

Election		Member	Party
	2002	Aftab Ahmad Khan Sherpao	PPP-S
	2008	Aftab Ahmad Khan Sherpao	PPP-S
	2013	Aftab Ahmad Khan Sherpao	QWP

2018–2022: NA-23 Charsadda-I

Election		Member	Party
	2018	Malik Anwar Taj	PTI

2023–present: NA-24 Charsadda-I

Election		Member	Party
	2024	Malik Anwar Taj	SIC

Elections since 2002

2002 general election

2002 General Election: NA-8 (Charsadda-II) ^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PPP (S)	Aftab Ahmad Khan Sherpao	42,326	67.47
	ANP	Iftikhar Khan Matta	18,346	29.24
	Independent	Haji Sharifullah Khan	1,105	1.76
	Communist Mazdoor Kissan Party	Shamas Khan	962	1.53
Majority			23,980	38.23
Turnout			62,739	29.62
	PPP-S gain from ANP

A total of 1,673 votes were rejected.

2008 general election

2008 General Election: NA-8 (Charsadda-II) ^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	QWP	Aftab Ahmad Khan Sherpao	30,626	39.23	−28.24
	ANP	Bashir Khan Umerzai	29,951	38.37	+9.13
	MMA	Anwar ul Habib	12,239	15.68
	PML-N	Sajjad Ali	3,940	5.05
	Independent	Syed Zakir Shah Bacha	1,306	1.67
Majority			675	0.86
Turnout			78,062	30.80	+1.18
	PPP-S hold		Swing

A total of 1,842 votes were rejected.

2013 general election

2013 General Election: NA-8 (Charsadda-II) ^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	QWP	Aftab Ahmad Khan Sherpao	37,044	26.62
	JUI-F	Musammir Shah	33,836	24.32
	PTI	Jehanzeb Khan Dhakki	30,089	21.62
	ANP	Muhammad Taimoor Khan	15,953	11.47	−26.90
	JI	Abdul Mustaan	11,034	7.93
	PPPP	Waseef Ullah Khan	3,848	2.77
	PML-N	Sajjad Anwar Khan	2,678	1.92	−3.13
	Independent	Gul Yousaf	1,011	0.73
	PkMAP	Jehangir Khan	929	0.67
	Independent	Arbab Hussain	895	0.64
	TTP	Abdul Ali	594	0.43
	MQM	Liaqat Ali	387	0.28
	PML	Kurshid Ali Khan	361	0.26
	Independent	Umara Khan	299	0.21
	APML	Syed Zakir Shah	183	0.13
Majority			3,208	2.30
Turnout			139,141	43.63	+12.83
	QWP gain from PPP-S

A total of 4,625 votes were rejected.

2018 general election

Further information: Pakistani general election, 2018

General elections were held on 25 July 2018.

General election 2018: NA-23 (Charsadda-I)^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PTI	Malik Anwar Taj	59,371	35.07
	MMA	Haji Zafar Ali Khan	41,391	24.45
	QWP	Aftab Ahmad Khan Sherpao	33,561	19.82
	ANP	Gulzar Ahmed Khan	18,433	10.89
	PPP	Manzoor Bashir Ahmed	13,966	8.25
	Others	Others (two candidates)	2,568	1.52
Turnout			176,069	42.18
Total valid votes			169,290	96.15
Rejected ballots			6,779	3.85
Majority			17,980	10.62
Registered electors			417,386
	PTI gain from QWP

2024 general election

Further information: Pakistani general election, 2024

General elections were held on 8 February 2024.^[7] Malik Anwar Taj won the election with 89,841 votes.

General election 2024: NA-24 Charsadda-I

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Malik Anwar Taj[a]	89,841	45.98	10.91
	JUI (F)	Gohar Ali	48,264	24.93	N/A
	QWP	Aftab Ahmad Khan Sherpao	34,536	17.84	1.98
	Others	Others (six candidates)	20,581	10.63
Turnout			198,882	39.44	2.74
Total valid votes			193,582	97.34
Rejected ballots			6,779	2.66
Majority			41,217	21.29	10.67
Registered electors			504,270

See also

• NA-23 Mardan-III
• NA-25 Charsadda-II

Notes

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