NA-85 Sargodha-IV

NA-85 Sargodha-IV (این اے-85، سرگودھا-٤) is a constituency for the National Assembly of Pakistan.^[2]

NA-85 Sargodha-IV
Constituency for the National Assembly of Pakistan
Region	Sillanwali Tehsil and Sargodha Tehsil (partly) of Sargodha District
Electorate	507,216 [1]
Current constituency
Party	Pakistan Muslim League (N)
Member(s)	Zulfiqar Ali Bhatti
Created from	NA-67 Sargodha-IV

Members of Parliament

1988–2002: NA-50 Sargodha-IV

Election		Member	Party
	1988	Chaudhry Anwar Ali Cheema	IJI
	1990	Chaudhry Anwar Ali Cheema	IJI
	1993	Chaudhry Anwar Ali Cheema	PML-N
	1997	Chaudhry Anwar Ali Cheema	PML-N

2002–2018: NA-67 Sargodha-IV

Election		Member	Party
	2002	Chaudhry Anwar Ali Cheema	PML-Q
	2008	Chaudhry Anwar Ali Cheema	PML-Q
	2013	Zulfiqar Ali Bhatti	PML-N

2018–2023: NA-91 Sargodha-IV

Election		Member	Party
	2018	Zulfiqar Ali Bhatti	PML-N
	2019	Chaudhry Aamir Sultan Cheema	PTI
	2022	Zulfiqar Ali Bhatti	PML-N

2024–present: NA-85 Sargodha-IV

Election		Member	Party
	2024	Zulfiqar Ali Bhatti	PML-N

Election 2002

Further information: Pakistani general election, 2002

General elections were held on 10 Oct 2002. Chaudhry Anwar Ali Cheema of PML-Q won by 84,919 votes.^[3]

General election 2002: NA-67 Sargodha-IV

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PML(Q)	Ch. Anwar Ali Cheema	84,919	58.51
	MMA	Shams Naveed Cheema	38,136	26.23
	PPP	Ch. Hafeez Ullah Cheema	22,323	15.26
Turnout			150,043	49.13
Total valid votes			145,378	96.89
Rejected ballots			4,665	3.11
Majority			46,783	32.28
Registered electors			305,379

Election 2008

Further information: Pakistani general election, 2008

General elections were held on 18 Feb 2008. Chaudhry Anwar Ali Cheema of PML-Q won by 83,594 votes.^[4]

General election 2008: NA-67 Sargodha-IV

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PML(Q)	Ch. Anwar Ali Cheema	83,594	48.89
	PPP	Zulfiqar Ali Bhatti	66,392	38.83
	PML(N)	Ch. Muhammad Ali Gujar	20,225	11.83
	Others	Others (three candidates)	770	0.45
Turnout			174,577	46.89
Total valid votes			170,891	97.89
Rejected ballots			3,496	2.11
Majority			17,202	10.06
Registered electors			372,351
	PML(Q) hold

Election 2013

Further information: Pakistani general election, 2013

General elections were held on 11 May 2013. Zulfiqar Ali Bhatti succeeded in the election with 109,132 votes and became a member of the National Assembly.^[5]

General election 2013: NA-67 Sargodha-IV

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PML(N)	Zulfiqar Ali Bhatti	109,132	48.97
	PML(Q)	Ch. Anwar Ali Cheema	97,361	43.69
	Others	Others (ten candidates)	16,347	7.34
Turnout			231,001	63.18
Total valid votes			222,840	96.47
Rejected ballots			8,161	3.53
Majority			11,771	5.28
Registered electors			365,609
	PML(N) gain from PML(Q)

Election 2018

Further information: Pakistani general election, 2018

General elections were held on 25 July 2018.

General election 2018: NA-91 Sargodha-IV ^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PML(N)	Zulfiqar Ali Bhatti	110,525	40.59
	PTI	Chaudhry Aamir Sultan Cheema	110,246	40.49
	Others	Others (eleven candidates)	44,789	16.45
Turnout			272,293	59.46
Rejected ballots			6,733	2.47
Majority			279	0.10
Registered electors			457,921
	PML(N) hold		Swing	N/A

Repolling, February 2019

Following uncovering of evidence of ballot-tempering in an election tribunal, the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) ordered a repolling on 20 contentious polling stations at the request of Aamir Sultan Cheema. The repolling was conducted on February 2, 2019, the result of which PTI's Cheema emerged victorious.^[7]

Re-polling on 20 Polling Stations: NA-91 Sargodha-IV ^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PTI	Chaudhry Aamir Sultan Cheema	12,028	79.59	39.10
	PML(N)	Zulfiqar Ali Bhatti	3,034	20.41	20.18
Majority			8,894	58.85	58.75
	PTI gain from PML(N)

Challenge in the Supreme Court

Bhatti successfully challenged the ECP’s re-polling order in the Supreme Court and he was again declared the winner of this election.^[9]

Election 2024

Further information: Pakistani general election, 2024

General elections were held on 8 February 2024. Zulfiqar Ali Bhatti won the election with 121,015 votes.^[10]

General election 2024: NA-85 Sargodha-IV

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PML(N)	Zulfiqar Ali Bhatti	121,015	44.63	4.04
	Independent	Khuda Dad[a]	111,165	41.00	0.51
	PPP	Tariq Mahmood	9,127	3.37	0.35
	Independent	Majid Ali	5,698	2.10	N/A
	Others	Others (sixteen candidates)	24,151	8.90
Turnout			277,775	54.76	4.70
Total valid votes			271,156	97.62
Rejected ballots			6,619	2.38
Majority			9,850	3.63	3.53
Registered electors			507,216
	PML(N) hold		Swing	N/A

See also

• NA-84 Sargodha-III
• NA-86 Sargodha-V

Notes

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