NA-8 Bajaur

NA-8 Bajaur (این اے-8، باجوڑ) is a constituency for the National Assembly of Pakistan consisting of the whole Bajaur District.^[2][3]

NA-8 Bajaur
Constituency for the National Assembly of Pakistan
Region	Bajaur District
Electorate	237,153[1]
Current constituency
Party	Independent
Member(s)	Mubarak Zeb Khan
Created from	NA-40 (Tribal Area-I), NA-41 (Tribal Area-II), NA-42 (Tribal Area-III)

Members of Parliament

2002–2018: NA-44 Tribal Area-IX

Election		Member	Party
	2002	Haroon Rashid	Independent
	2008	Akhunzada Chattan	Independent
	2013	Shahab Ud Din Khan	PML-N

2018–2022: NA-41 Tribal Area-II

Election		Member	Party
	2018	Gul Zafar Khan	PTI

By-election 2024

A by-election was held on 21 April 2024 due to the postponement of general elections in this constituency. Mubarak Zeb Khan won the election with 74,008 votes.^[4][5]

2024 Pakistani by-elections: NA-8 Bajaur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Mubarak Zeb Khan	74,008	40.60	40.60
	SIC	Gul Zafar Khan	47,282	25.94	0.23
	Independent	Shaukatullah Khan	20,020	10.98	10.98
	JI	Sahibzada Haroon Ul Rasheed	18,416	10.10	2.81
	ANP	Maulana Khan Zeb	12,015	6.59	1.20
	PML(N)	Shahab Uddin Khan	6,469	3.56	3.56
	PPP	Akhunzada Chattan	4,060	2.23	3.31
Turnout			187,301	28.04	10.13
Total valid votes			182,270	97.31	0.40
Rejected ballots			5,031	2.69	0.40
Majority			26,726	14.66	5.69
Registered electors			667,983
	Independent gain from PTI

Election 2024

Further information: Pakistani general election, 2024

Elections were scheduled to be held on 8 February 2024 but postponed due to assassination of independent candidate Rehan Zeb Khan.^[6][7]

Election 2018

Further information: Pakistani general election, 2018

General elections were held on 25 July 2018.

General election 2018: NA-41 (Tribal Area-II)^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PTI	Gul Zafar Khan	22,730	25.70
	Independent	Abdul Majeed	14,792	16.73
	MMA	Abdur Rasheed	11,415	12.91
	Independent	Muhammad Ayaz	11,234	12.70
	Independent	Shahab Uddin Khan	8,768	9.91
	Independent	Sultan Zeb Khan	8,387	9.48
	ANP	Gul Zada Khan	4,765	5.39
	PPP	Akhunzada Chattan	4,016	4.54
	Others	Others (four candidates)	2,332	2.64
Turnout			90,512	38.17
Total valid votes			88,439	97.71
Rejected ballots			2,073	2.29
Majority			7,938	8.97
Registered electors			237,153
	PTI gain from PML(N)

Election 2013

Further information: Pakistani general election, 2013

General elections were held on 11 May 2013. Shahab Ud Din Khan of PML-N won by 15,114 votes and became the member of National Assembly.^[9]

Election 2008

Further information: Pakistani general election, 2008

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

Result

Akhunzada Chattan succeeded in the election 2008 and became the member of National Assembly.^[10]

General Election 2008: Tribal Area-IX

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Akhunzada Chattan	6,257	29
	Independent	Shahab Uddin Khan	5,203	24
	Independent	Gul Dad Khan	4,648	22
	Others	Others	7,113	25

Election 2002

Further information: Pakistani general election, 2002

General elections were held on 10 Oct 2002. Haroon Rashid an Independent candidate won by 13,389 votes.^[11]

See also

• NA-7 Lower Dir-II
• NA-9 Malakand