NA-66 Wazirabad

NA-66 Wazirabad
Constituency
for the National Assembly of Pakistan
RegionWazirabad District
Electorate646,872
Current constituency
MemberVacant
Created fromNA-101 Gujranwala-VII

NA-66 Wazirabad (این اے-66، وزیرآباد) is a constituency for the National Assembly of Pakistan. It is made up of the Wazirabad District.

Members of Parliament

1970–1977: NW-72 Gujranwala-III

ElectionMemberParty
1970 Ghulam Haider Cheema PPP

1977–1988: NA-98 Gujranwala-I

ElectionMemberParty
1977 Ghulam Haider Cheema PPP
1985 Hamid Nasir Chattha IND

1988–2002: NA-74 Gujranwala-I

ElectionMemberParty
1988 Ghulam Sarwar Cheema PPP
1990 Hamid Nasir Chattha IJI
1993 PML (J)
1997 Ghulam Sarwar Cheema PML (N)

2002–2018: NA-101 Gujranwala-VII

ElectionMemberParty
2002 Hamid Nasir Chattha PML (J)
2008 Iftikhar Ahmed Cheema PML (N)
2013
2016

2018–2023: NA-79 Gujranwala-I

ElectionMemberParty
2018 Nisar Ahmed Cheema PML (N)

2024–2025: NA-66 Wazirabad

ElectionMemberParty
2024 Muhammad Ahmed Chattha PTI

Election 2002

General elections were held on 10 October 2002. Hamid Nasir Chattha of PML-J won by 69,171 votes.

General election 2002: NA-101 Gujranwala-VII
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
PML(J) Hamid Nasir Chatha 69,171 48.10
PPP Asma Shahnawaz Cheema 64,355 44.75
Independent Shoukat Hayat Chatha 7,169 4.99
Others Others (two candidates) 3,126 2.16
Turnout 148,718 49.14
Total valid votes 143,821 96.71
Rejected ballots 4,897 3.29
Majority 4,816 3.35
Registered electors 302,628

Election 2008

General elections were held on 18 February 2008. Justice (R) Iftikhar Ahmad Cheema of PML-N won by 71,792 votes.

General election 2008: NA-101 Gujranwala-VII
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
PML(N) Iftikhar Ahmad Cheema 71,792 44.59
PML(Q) Hamid Nasir Chatha 48,813 30.32
PPP Asma Shahnawaz Cheema 37,554 23.32
Others Others (two candidates) 2,851 1.77
Turnout 165,902 43.93
Total valid votes 161,010 97.05
Rejected ballots 4,892 2.95
Majority 22,979 14.27
Registered electors 377,640
PML(N) gain from PML(J)

Election 2013

General elections were held on 11 May 2013. Justice (R) Iftikhar Ahmed Cheema of PML-N won by 99,924 votes and became the member of National Assembly.

General election 2013: NA-101 Gujranwala-VII
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
PML(N) Iftikhar Ahmad Cheema 99,924 50.35
PML(J) Muhammad Ahmad Chatha 60,795 30.63
PML(Q) Ch. Sajid Hussain Chatha 13,886 7.00
PTI Ch. Muhammad Shahnawaz Cheema 11,592 5.84
Others Others (thirteen candidates) 12,260 6.18
Turnout 204,854 58.19
Total valid votes 198,457 96.88
Rejected ballots 6,397 3.12
Majority 39,129 19.72
Registered electors 352,057
PML(N) hold

By-election 2016

A by-election was held on 22 March 2016 in which Iftikhar Ahmed Cheema of PML (N) won the seat. He secured 82,420 votes defeating his rival Muhammad Ahmed Chattha of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf.

By-election 2016: NA-101 Gujranwala-VII
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
PML(N) Iftikhar Ahmad Cheema 82,887 49.02
PTI Muhammad Ahmed Chattha 81,218 48.04
Others Others (thirteen candidates) 4,970 2.94
Turnout 185,169 47.97
Total valid votes 169,075 91.31
Rejected ballots 16,094 8.69
Majority 1,669 0.98
Registered electors 386,016
PML(N) hold

Election 2018

General elections were held on 25 July 2018.

General election 2018: NA-79 Gujranwala-I
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
PML(N) Nisar Ahmed Cheema 142,545 48.13
PTI Muhammad Ahmed Chattha 118,709 40.08
Others Others (twelve candidates) 29,960 10.12
Turnout 296,174 54.66
Rejected ballots 4,960 1.67
Majority 23,836 8.05
Registered electors 541,848
PML(N) hold Swing N/A

Election 2024

General elections were held on 8 February 2024. Muhammad Ahmed Chattha won the election with 160,850 votes.

General election 2024: NA-66 Wazirabad
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
PTI Muhammad Ahmed Chattha 160,850 52.81 Increase12.73
PML(N) Nisar Ahmed Cheema 100,684 33.06 Decrease15.07
TLP Muhammad Akram 18,974 6.23 Increase1.77
Others Others (twenty-four candidates) 24,070 7.90
Turnout 313,767 48.51 Decrease6.15
Total valid votes 304,578 97.07
Rejected ballots 9,189 2.93
Majority 60,166 19.75
Registered electors 646,872

By-election 2025

A by-election will be held on 22 November 2025 due to the disqualification of Muhammad Ahmed Chattha, the previous member from this seat.

See also

Notes

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

References

  1. ↑ "Election Commission of Pakistan". ecp.gov.pk. Archived from the original on 6 January 2024. Retrieved 6 January 2024.
  2. ↑ "ECP - Election Commission of Pakistan". www.ecp.gov.pk. Archived from the original on 26 November 2022. Retrieved 25 December 2022.
  3. ↑ "Election Result NA-101 Gujranwala-VII Punjab | Pakistan Election 2013 - geo.tv". Archived from the original on 16 April 2014. Retrieved 15 April 2014.
  4. ↑ "GeoTV Geo News Latest News Breaking News Pakistan Live Videos". geo.tv. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 23 March 2016.
  5. ↑ "National Assembly of Pakistan". na.gov.pk. Archived from the original on 30 September 2016. Retrieved 23 March 2016.
  6. ↑ "PML-N's Iftikhar Cheema wins NA-101 by-polls". Samaa TV. 23 March 2016. Archived from the original on 26 March 2016. Retrieved 23 March 2016.
  7. ↑ "ECP - Election Commission of Pakistan". www.ecp.gov.pk. Archived from the original on 4 August 2018. Retrieved 4 August 2018.
  8. ↑ "NA-66 Wazirabad". Geo News. 2024. Archived from the original on 19 February 2024. Retrieved 18 October 2024.
  9. ↑ "By-elections announced for NA-129, NA-66, PP-87 & Senate seat". SAMAA TV. 5 August 2025. Retrieved 5 August 2025.