NA-128 Lahore-XII ( این اے-128، لاہور-12) is a newly-created constituency for the National Assembly of Pakistan. It mainly comprises the Model Town Tehsil along with areas of Lahore Cantonment Tehsil, Walton Cantonment and Lahore City Tehsil.[2][3]

NA-128 Lahore-XII
Constituency
for the National Assembly of Pakistan
RegionLahore City area of Lahore District
Electorate678,006 [1]
Current constituency
Created2018
PartyIstehkam-e-Pakistan Party
Member(s)Aun Chaudhry
Created fromNA-122 (Lahore-V)
NA-126 (Lahore-IX)

Members of Parliament

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2018–2023: NA-130 Lahore-VIII

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Election Member Party
2018 Shafqat Mahmood PTI

2024–present: NA-128 Lahore-XII

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Election Member Party
2024 Aun Chaudhry IPP

Election 2018

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General elections were held on 25 July 2018.

General election 2018: NA-130 Lahore-VIII [4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
PTI Shafqat Mahmood 127,405 50.51
PML(N) Khawaja Ahmed Hassan 104,625 41.48
Others Others (eight candidates) 20,228 8.01
Turnout 256,446 52.99
Total valid votes 252,258 98.37
Rejected ballots 4,188 1.63
Majority 22,780 9.03
Registered electors 483,914

Election 2024

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General elections were held on 8 February 2024.

Independent journalists such as Secunder Kermani expected PTI-backed independent Salman Akram Raja to overwhelmingly win the seat, on the basis of voter interviews.[5] However, while Form 45 from the Election Commission of Pakistan showed Raja with a decisive lead, Form 47 reported Aun Chaudhry of Istehkam-e-Pakistan Party as having won 172,576 votes to Raja's 159,024 votes. Raja, PTI supporters, and independent journalists claimed the ECP Form 47 results showed clear evidence of rigging by the Pakistan Army, and the Lahore High Court issued a stay on a final declaration of the results by ECP until a hearing could be fixed to investigate the matter.[6][7] The ECP had officially withdrawn the notification of Chaudhry's victory, but published it again a couple of days later.[8][9]

General election 2024: NA-128 Lahore-XII [10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
IPP Aun Chaudhry 172,578 45.77
Independent Salman Akram Raja[a] 159,026 42.18  8.33
Others Others (twenty candidates) 45,434 12.05
Turnout 381,466 56.27  3.28
Total valid votes 377,038 98.84
Rejected ballots 4,428 1.16
Majority 13,552 3.59
Registered electors 678,006
IPP gain from PTI

See also

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Notes

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

References

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  1. ^ "Election Commission of Pakistan". ecp.gov.pk. Retrieved 6 January 2024.
  2. ^ Final List of National Assembly Constituencies (PDF). Election Commission of Pakistan. 2018. pp. 35–36. Archived (PDF) from the original on 10 May 2018. Retrieved 16 May 2018.
  3. ^ "ECP - Election Commission of Pakistan". www.ecp.gov.pk. Retrieved 25 December 2022.
  4. ^ "ECP – Election Commission of Pakistan". www.ecp.gov.pk. Archived from the original on 26 July 2018. Retrieved 3 September 2018.
  5. ^ https://twitter.com/SecKermani/status/1755878571489263654 [bare URL]
  6. ^ Desk, BR Web (9 February 2024). "LHC bars ECP from issuing NA-128 results on Salman Akram Raja's plea". Brecorder. Retrieved 8 March 2024. {{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)
  7. ^ https://twitter.com/umairjav/status/1755876047663321413 [bare URL]
  8. ^ "Election Commission of Pakistan". ecp.gov.pk. Retrieved 8 March 2024.
  9. ^ "ECP withdraws Aun Ch's victory notification on NA-128". The Nation. 16 February 2024. Retrieved 8 March 2024.
  10. ^ "ECP – Election Commission of Pakistan". www.ecp.gov.pk. Archived from the original on 26 July 2018. Retrieved 3 September 2018.