NA-259 Kech-cum-Gwadar

NA-259 Kech-cum-Gwadar (این اے-259، کیچ-کم-گوادر)is a constituency for the National Assembly of Pakistan. It covers southern parts of the district of Kech and whole District Gwadar in the province of Balochistan. The constituency was created in 2022 out of NA-272 (Kech-cum-Gwadar) by taking out Kech District and making it a separate constituency.^[1][2]

NA-259 Kech-cum-Gwadar
Constituency for the National Assembly of Pakistan
Region	Kech District (Partly) Gwadar District
Electorate	222,631
Current constituency
Created	2022
Party	Pakistan People's Party
Member(s)	Malik Shah Gorgaij
Created from	NA-271 (Kech) and NA-272 (Lasbela-cum-Gwadar)

Assembly Segments

Constituency number	Constituency	District	Current MPA	Party
24	PB-24 Gwadar	Gwadar	Hidayat ur Rehman Baloch		HDTB
25	PB-25 Kech-I	Kech	Zahoor Ahmed Buledi		PPP
26	PB-26 Kech-II		Abdul Malik Baloch		NP

Members of Parliament

2018–2023: NA-271 Kech

Election		Member	Party
	2018	Zubaida Jalal Khan	BAP

2024–present: NA-259 Kech-cum-Gwadar

Election		Member	Party
	2024	Malik Shah Gorgaij	PPP

Election 2002

General election 2002: NA-272 Kech-cum-Gwadar

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Zubada Jalal	44,177	49.63
	BNM	Dr. Abdul Malik	36,169	40.64
	MMA	Abdul Haque	6,252	7.02
	Others	Others (two candidates)	2,410	2.71
Turnout			92,043	32.67
Total valid votes			89,008	96.70
Rejected ballots			3,035	3.30
Majority			8,008	8.99
Registered electors			281,748

Election 2008

General election 2008: NA-272 Kech-cum-Gwadar

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BNP (A)	Yaqoob Bizenjo	61,655	59.32
	Independent	Zubada Jalal	33,564	32.29
	PPP	Dr. Muhammad Haider Baloch	3,514	3.38
	PML(N)	Abdul Qadeer	2,448	2.36
	Others	Others (two candidates)	2,757	2.65
Turnout			107,930	34.07
Total valid votes			103,938	96.30
Rejected ballots			3,992	3.70
Majority			28,091	27.03
Registered electors			316,766

Election 2013

General election 2013: NA-272 Kech-cum-Gwadar

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BNP (M)	Syed Essa Nori	15,835	37.81
	NP	Muhammad Yasin Baloch	15,316	36.57
	BNP (A)	Abdul Rauf Rind	5,147	12.29
	JUI (F)	Abdul Hameed	2,973	7.10
	JI	Gulab Baloch	1,108	2.65
	Others	Others (six candidates)	1,502	3.58
Turnout			43,025	16.07
Total valid votes			41,881	97.34
Rejected ballots			1,144	2.66
Majority			519	1.24
Registered electors			267,667

Election 2018

Further information: Pakistani general election, 2018

General elections were held on 25 July 2018.

General election 2018: NA-271 Kech ^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BAP	Zubaida Jalal	33,456	38.81
	BNP (A)	Syed Ehsan Shah	20,617	23.92
	BNP (M)	Jan Muhammad Dashti	12,277	14.24
	NP	Abul Hassan	9,951	11.54
	Independent	Hotman	5,306	6.16
	Others	Others (ten candidates)	4,589	5.33
Turnout			88,865	39.92
Total valid votes			86,196	97.00
Rejected ballots			2,669	3.00
Majority			12,839	14.89
Registered electors			222,631
	BAP gain from BNP (M)

Election 2024

Further information: Pakistani general election, 2024

General elections were held on 8 February 2024. Malik Shah Gorgaij won the election with 40,778 votes.

General election 2024: NA-259 Kech-cum-Gwadar

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PPP	Malik Shah Gorgaij	40,778	35.90	35.52
	NP	Abdul Malik Baloch	22,313	19.65	8.11
	HDTB	Hussain Baloch	21,352	18.80	N/A
	Independent	Yaqoob Bizanjo	20,613	18.15	N/A
	BNP (M)	Syed Ehsan Shah	5,493	4.84	9.40
	Others	Others (fourteen candidates)	3,028	2.67
Turnout			116,140	38.20	1.72
Total valid votes			113,577	97.79
Rejected ballots			2,563	2.21
Majority			18,465	16.26
Registered electors			304,040
	PPP gain from BAP

See also

• NA-258 Panjgur-cum-Kech
• NA-260 Chagai-cum-Nushki-cum-Kharan-cum-Washuk