NA-40 North Waziristan

NA-40 North Waziristan (این اے-40، شمالی وزیرستان) is a constituency for the National Assembly of Pakistan. The constituency comprises the entire North Waziristan in northwest Pakistan, bordering Afghanistan.^[2]

NA-40 North Waziristan
Constituency for the National Assembly of Pakistan
Region	North Waziristan
Electorate	430,484 [1]
Current constituency
Party	Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (F)
Member(s)	Misbahuddin
Created from	NA-48 North Waziristan

Members of Parliament

2002–2018: NA-40 Tribal Area-V

Election		Member	Party
	2002	Molvi Nek Zaman	Independent
	2008	Mohammad Kamran Khan	Independent
	2013	Muhammad Nazeer Khan	Independent

2018–2022: NA-48 Tribal Area-IX

Election		Member	Party
	2018	Mohsin Dawar	IND

2023–present: NA-40 North Waziristan

Election		Member	Party
	2024	Misbahuddin	JUI(F)

Election 2002

Further information: Pakistani general election, 2002

General elections were held on 10 Oct 2002. Molvi Nek Zaman an Independent candidate won by 14,773 votes.^[3]

Election 2008

Further information: Pakistani general election, 2008

The result of general election 2008 in this constituency is given below.

Result

Mohammad Kamran Khan succeeded in the election 2008 and became the member of National Assembly.^[4]

General Election 2008: Tribal Area-V

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Mohammad Kamran Khan	5,894	23
	Pakistan Citizen Movement	Abdul Qayyum	5,441	20
	Independent	Aurang Zeb Khan	5,201	20
	Others	Others	18,102	37

Election 2013

Further information: Pakistani general election, 2013

General elections were held on 11 May 2013. Muhammad Nazir Khan an Independent candidate won by 18,055 votes and became the member of National Assembly.^[5]

Election 2018

Further information: Pakistani general election, 2018

General elections were held on 25 July 2018.

General election 2018: NA-48 Tribal Area-IX^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Mohsin Dawar	16,496	26.04
	MMA	Misbahuddin	15,352	24.24
	PTI	Aurangzeb Khan	10,369	16.37
	Independent	Muhammad Iqbal Khan	2,889	4.56
	JUI (S)	Qismat Khan Wazir	2,436	3.85
	PPP	Malik Ghulam Khan	2,313	3.65
	Independent	Ziaur Rehman	2,023	3.19
	Independent	Muhammad Niaz Khan	1,942	3.07
	Independent	Maulana Syed Naik Zaman Haqqani	1,598	2.52
	Independent	Javed Iqbal	1,279	2.02
	Independent	Naik Muhammad Khan	1,266	2.00
	Independent	Pir Muhammad Iqbal Ali Shah	973	1.54
	Independent	Muhammad Umar Akbar Khan	885	1.40
	QWP	Jahanzeb Khan	804	1.27
	Independent	Mohammad Kamran Khan	586	0.92
	Independent	Akbar Ali Khan	494	0.77
	Others	Others (nineteen candidates)	1,638	2.59
Turnout			63,954	23.32
Total valid votes			63,343	99.04
Rejected ballots			611	0.96
Majority			1,144	1.80
Registered electors			274,205
	Independent gain from Independent

Election 2024

Further information: Pakistani general election, 2024

General elections were held on 8 February 2024.^[7] Misbahuddin won the election with 43,400 votes.

General election 2024: NA-40 North Waziristan

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JUI (F)	Misbahuddin	43,400	30.50	N/A
	Independent	Aurang Zeb Khan[a]	33,799	23.75	7.38
	NDM	Mohsin Dawar	33,256	23.37	N/A
	Others	Others (twelve candidates)	31,842	22.38
Turnout			144,312	33.52	10.20
Total valid votes			142,297	98.60
Rejected ballots			2,015	1.40
Majority			9,601	6.75
Registered electors			430,484
	JUI (F) gain from PTI

See also

• NA-39 Bannu
• NA-41 Lakki Marwat

Notes

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