NA-61 Jhelum-II

NA-61 Jhelum-II (این اے-61، جہلم-٢) is a constituency for the National Assembly of Pakistan.^[2]

NA-61 Jhelum-II
Constituency for the National Assembly of Pakistan
Region	Pind Dadan Khan Tehsil, Dina Tehsil (partly) and Jhelum Tehsil (partly) including Jhelum city Jhelum District
Electorate	517,583 [1]
Current constituency
Party	Pakistan Muslim League (N)
Member(s)	Chaudhry Farrukh Altaf
Created from	NA-63 Jhelum-II

Members of Parliament

1970–1977: NW-33 Jhelum-II

Election		Member	Party
	1970	Mohammad Amir Khan	PPP
	1974 by-election	Nazar Hussain Kiyani	PPP

1970–1977: NW-34 Jhelum-III

Election		Member	Party
	1970	Malik Muhammad Sadiq	PPP

1977–1988: NA-45 Jhelum-II

Election		Member	Party
	1977	Sardar Khizar Hayat Khan	PPP
	1985	Malik Abdul Majeed	Independent

1977–1988: NA-46 Jhelum-III

Election		Member	Party
	1977	Masood-ul-Hassan Bhatti	PPP
	1985	Raja Muhammad Afsar	Independent

1988–2002: NA-46 Jhelum-II

Election		Member	Party
	1988	Iqbal Mehdi	IJI
	1990	Iqbal Mehdi	IJI
	1993	Iqbal Mehdi	PML-N
	1997	Iqbal Mehdi	PML-N

2002–2018: NA-63 Jhelum-II

Election		Member	Party
	2002	Raja Muhammad Asad Khan	PML-N
	2008	Raja Muhammad Asad Khan	PML-N
	2013	Iqbal Mehdi	PML-N
	2016	Nawabzada Raja Matloob Mehdi	PML-N

2018–2023: NA-67 Jhelum-II

Election		Member	Party
	2018	Fawad Chaudhry	PTI

2024–present: NA-61 Jhelum-II

Election		Member	Party
	2024	Chaudhry Farrukh Altaf	PML(N)

Election 2002

Further information: Pakistani general election, 2002

General elections were held on 10 Oct 2002. Raja Muhammad Asad Khan of PML-N won by 46,722 votes.^[3]

General election 2002: NA-63 Jhelum-II

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PML(N)	Raja Muhammad Asad Khan	46,722	32.71
	PML(Q)	Nawabzada Syed Shamas Haider	39,933	27.96
	PPP	Saeed-Ul- Hassan Zaidi	26,353	18.45
	PPP(SB)	Dr. Ghulam Hussain	11,569	8.10
	PAT	Anwar Khan Afridi	6,587	4.61
	MMA	Raja Muhammad Nawaz Kayani	4,286	3.00
	Others	Others (five candidates)	7,368	5.17	.
Turnout			147,407	50.09
Total valid votes			142,818	96.89
Rejected ballots			4,589	3.11
Majority			6,789	4.75
Registered electors			294,278

Election 2008

Further information: Pakistani general election, 2008

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

Result

Raja Muhammad Asad Khan succeeded in the election 2008 and became the member of National Assembly.^[4]

General election 2008: NA-63 Jhelum-II

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PML(N)	Raja Muhammad Asad Khan	79,662	50.11
	PML(Q)	Ch. Shahbaz Hussain	51,666	32.50
	PPP	Ali-Uz-Zaman	24,476	15.40
	Independent	Mahmood Hussain Azad	3,181	1.99
Turnout			163,014	43.06
Total valid votes			158,985	97.53
Rejected ballots			4,029	2.47
Majority			27,996	17.61
Registered electors			378,616
	PML(N) hold

Election 2013

Further information: Pakistani general election, 2013

General elections were held on 11 May 2013. Nawabzada Raja Iqbal Mehdi Khan of PML-N won by 116,013 votes and became the member of National Assembly.^[5]

General election 2013: NA-63 Jhelum-II

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PML(N)	Malik Iqbal Mehdi Khan	116,013	57.01
	PTI	Mirza Saeed Mehmood Baig	42,805	21.04
	PML(Q)	Fawad Ahmad	34,072	16.85
	Others	Others (ten candidates)	10,591	5.10
Turnout			208,754	53.95
Total valid votes			203,481	97.47
Rejected ballots			5,273	2.53
Majority			73,208	35.97
Registered electors			386,957
	PML(N) hold

By-election 2016

By-election were held on 31 Aug 2016. Nawabzada Raja Matloob Mehdi of PML-N won by 81,612 votes and became the member of National Assembly.^[6]

Election 2018

Further information: Pakistani general election, 2018

General elections were held on 25 July 2018.

General election 2018: NA-67 Jhelum-II ^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PTI	Fawad Chaudhry	93,102	44.40
	PML(N)	Raja Matloob Mehdi	82,475	39.34
	Others	Others (thirteen candidates)	29,685	14.16
Turnout			209,671	51.87
Rejected ballots			4,409	2.10
Majority			10,607	5.06
Registered electors			404,212
	PTI gain from PML(N)

Election 2024

Further information: Pakistani general election, 2024

General elections were held on 8 February 2024. Chaudhry Farrukh Altaf won the election with 88,100 votes.

General election 2024: NA-61 Jhelum-II

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PML(N)	Chaudhry Farrukh Altaf	88,100	37.24	2.10
	Independent	Shaukat Iqbal Mirza[a]	84,636	35.78	8.62
	TLP	Imran Haider	28,238	11.94	3.93
	PPP	Syed Amir Hamza Peerzada	13,294	5.62	N/A
	Independent	Mushtaq Ahmed	10,294	4.35	3.84
	Others	Others (eight candidates)	12,003	5.07
Turnout			246,224	47.57	4.30
Total valid votes			236,565	96.08
Rejected ballots			9,659	3.92
Majority			3,464	1.46
Registered electors			517,583
	PML(N) gain from PTI

See also

• NA-60 Jhelum-I
• NA-62 Gujrat-I

Notes

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