NA-36 Hangu-cum-Orakzai

NA-36 Hangu-cum-Orakzai (این اے-36، ہنگو-کم-اورکزئی) is a constituency for the National Assembly of Pakistan. It covers the whole of the district Hangu. The constituency was formerly known as NA-16 (Hangu) from 1977 to 2018. The name changed to NA-33 (Hangu) after the delimitation in 2018. NA-36 (Hangu-cum-Orakzai) and Orakzai District were also included after the delimitation in 2022.^[2]

NA-36 Hangu-cum-Orakzai
Constituency for the National Assembly of Pakistan
Region	Hangu District and Orakzai District
Electorate	556,060 [1]
Current constituency
Party	Sunni Ittehad Council
Member(s)	Yousuf Khan
Created from	NA-33 Hangu

Members of Parliament

1977–2002: NA-16 (Hangu)

Election		Member	Party
	1977	Fakhruz Zaman Khan	PNA
	1985	Nawabzada Salahuddin	Independent
	1988	Ayub Khan Allai	IJI
	1990	Nawabzada Salahuddin Saeed	JUI-F
	1993	M. Nawaz Allai	PML-N
	1997	M. Nawaz Allai	PML-N

2002–2018: NA-16 Hangu

Election		Member	Party
	2002	Akhunzada Muhammad Sadiq	MMA
	2008	Syed Haider Ali Shah	ANP
	2013	Khayal Zaman Orakzai	PTI

2018–2023: NA-33 Hangu

Election		Member	Party
	2018	Khayal Zaman Orakzai	PTI
	2022	Nadeem Khayal	PTI

2023–present: NA-36 Hangu-cum-Orakzai

Election		Member	Party
	2024	Yousuf Khan	SIC

Elections since 2002

2002 general election

2002 General Election: NA-16 Hangu^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	MMA	Akhunzada Muhammad Sadiq	25,252	56.15
	ANP	Hassan Ahmed Khan	5,234	11.64
	PML-Q	Shaharyar Khan Bangash	4,189	9.31
	PPP (S)	Muhammad Idress Niazi	4,035	8.97
	PTI	Zaman Noor Bangash	3,137	6.97
	PAT	Kishwar Sultana	1,503	3.34
	Independent	Muhammad Aslam Khan	758	1.69
	Independent	Hafiz Khursheed Ali Khan	447	0.99
	PML-N	Javed Ibrahim Paracha	421	0.94
Majority			20,018	44.51
Turnout			44,976	28.71
	MMA gain from PML (N)

A total of 1,249 votes were rejected.

2008 general election

2008 General Election: NA-16 Hangu^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	ANP	Syed Haider Ali Shah	22,180	37.93	+26.29
	MMA	Maulana Mian Hussain Jalali	19,513	33.37	−22.78
	Independent	Dr Syed Ghazi Gulab Jamal	16,404	28.05
	Independent	Abdul Wakeel	224	0.38
	Independent	Azmat Ali Khan Bangash	155	0.27
Majority			2,667	4.56
Turnout			58,476	31.80	+3.09
	ANP gain from MMA

A total of 1,212 votes were rejected.

2013 general election

2013 General Election: NA-16 Hangu^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PTI	Khayal Zaman Orakzai	24,067	37.06
	JUI-F	Maulana Mian Hussain Jalali	21,137	32.55
	PML-N	Malik Khalid Naeem	5,411	8.33
	PPPP	Syed Ibne Ali	4,700	7.24
	ANP	Syed Haider Ali Shah	4,479	6.90	−31.03
	JI	Muhammad Aslam	1,777	2.74
	Independent	Arif Hussain	1,327	2.04
	Independent	Azeem Ullah	813	1.25
	Independent	Hassan Ahmed Khan	479	0.74
	Independent	Umar Fayaz	382	0.59
	Independent	Khan Ameer	361	0.56
Majority			2,930	4.51
Turnout			64,933	30.81	−0.99
	PTI gain from ANP

A total of 1,657 votes were rejected.

2018 general election

Further information: Pakistani general election, 2018

General elections were held on 25 July 2018.

General election 2018: NA-33 Hangu^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PTI	Khayal Zaman Orakzai	28,819	37.00
	MMA	Attiqur Rehman	27,968	35.91
	Others	Others (eleven candidates)	21,104	27.09
Turnout			81,315	29.47
Total valid votes			77,891	95.79
Rejected ballots			3,424	4.21
Majority			851	1.09
Registered electors			275,947
	PTI hold		Swing	N/A

By-election 2022

The seat became vacant after the death of Khayal Zaman Orakzai, the previous MNA from this seat.^[6] By-elections were held on 17 April 2022. PTI's Nadeem Khayal won this seat by securing 20,772 votes against JUI-F's Obaidullah, who was supported by the Pakistan Democratic Movement, who received 18,244 votes.^[7]

By-election 2022: NA-33 Hangu^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PTI	Nadeem Khayal	20,772	48.75	11.75
	JUI (F)	Obaidullah	18,244	42.82	N/A
	Others	Others (three candidates)	3,595	8.44
Turnout			43,148	13.53	15.94
Total valid votes			42,611	98.76	2.97
Rejected ballots			537	1.24	2.97
Majority			2,528	5.93	4.84
Registered electors			318,919
	PTI hold

2024 general election

Further information: Pakistani general election, 2024

General elections were held on 8 February 2024.^[9] Yousuf Khan won the election with 73,347 votes.

General election 2024: NA-36 Hangu-cum-Orakzai

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Yousuf Khan[a]	73,347	54.52	5.77
	JUI (F)	Obaidullah	35,178	26.15	16.67
	Others	Others (seventeen candidates)	25,977	19.20
Turnout			139,162	25.03	11.50
Total valid votes			134,522	96.67
Rejected ballots			3,740	3.33
Majority			38,169	28.37	22.44
Registered electors			556,060

See also

• NA-35 Kohat
• NA-37 Kurram

Notes

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