NA-255 Sohbat Pur-cum-Jaffarabad-cum-Usta Muhammad-cum-Nasirabad

NA-255 Sohbat Pur-cum-Jaffarabad-cum-Usta Muhammad
NA-255 Sohbat Pur-cum-Jaffarabad-cum-Usta Muhammad
Constituency; for the National Assembly of Pakistan
Region	Sohbatpur District ; Jafarabad District ; Usta Muhammad District; Nasirabad District (partly)
Electorate	310,782
Current constituency
Created	2022
Party	Pakistan Muslim League (N)
Member(s)	Mir Khan Muhammad Jamali
Created from	NA-261

NA-255 Sohbat Pur-cum-Jaffarabad-cum Usta Muhammad-cum-Nasirabad (این اے-255، صحبت پور-کم-جعفر آباد-کم-اوستا محمد-کم-نصیر آباد) is a constituency of the National Assembly of Pakistan, comprising Jafarabad, Sohbatpur, and Usta Muhammad from the province of Balochistan. The constituency was formerly known as NA-261. In the 2018 Elections, Nasirabad was removed from it to form the current constituency.^[1]^[2]

Assembly segments


Constituency number	Constituency	District	Current MPA
15	PB-15 Sohbatpur	Sohbatpur	Saleem Ahmed	PML(N)
16	PB-16 Jafarabad	Jafarabad	Abdul Majeed	JI
17	PB-17 Jafarabad-cum-Usta Muhammad	Usta Muhammad	Faisal Khan Jamali	PPP

Members of Parliament

2018–2023: NA-261 Jafarabad-cum-Sohbatpur

Election		Member	Party
	2018	Mir Khan Muhammad Jamali	PTI

2024–present: NA-255 Sohbat Pur-cum-Jaffarabad-cum-Usta Muhammad-cum-Nasirabad

Election		Member	Party
	2024	Mir Khan Muhammad Jamali	PML(N)

Election 2018

General elections were scheduled to be held on 25 July 2018.

General election 2018: NA-261 Jafarabad-cum-Sohbatpur ^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	PTI	Mir Khan Muhammad Jamali	45,222	40.89
	PPP	Mir Changez Khan Jamali	27,563	24.92
	BAP	Zahoor Hussain Khan	22,284	20.15
	Others	Others (seven candidates)	15,524	14.04
Turnout			120,848	38.89
Total valid votes			110,593	91.51
Rejected ballots			10,255	8.49
Majority			17,659	14.61
Registered electors			310,782
	PTI gain from N/A

Election 2024

General elections were held on 8 February 2024. Mir Khan Muhammad Jamali won the election with 45,404 votes.

General election 2024: NA-255 Sohbat Pur-cum-Jaffarabad-cum-Usta Muhammad-cum-Nasirabad
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PML(N)	Mir Khan Muhammad Jamali	45,404	24.85	N/A
	PPP	Mir Changez Khan Jamali	39,398	21.56	3.36
	Independent	Javed Jamali	23,415	12.82	N/A
	Independent	Nisar Ahmed	18,367	10.05	N/A
	Independent	Muhammad Arif Murad^[a]	13,492	7.38	33.51
	JI	Muhammad Rafiq	10,340	5.66	N/A
	Others	Others (forty candidates)	32,288	17.67
Turnout			199,178	37.40	1.49
Total valid votes			182,704	91.73
Rejected ballots			16,474	8.27
Majority			6,006	3.29
Registered electors			532,537
	PML(N) gain from PTI

Notes

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

References

^ "ECP - Election Commission of Pakistan". www.ecp.gov.pk. Retrieved 25 December 2022.
^ Final List of National Assembly Constituencies (PDF). Election Commission of Pakistan. 2018. p. 71. Archived (PDF) from the original on 10 May 2018. Retrieved 18 May 2018.
^ "ECP – Election Commission of Pakistan". www.ecp.gov.pk. Archived from the original on 28 July 2018. Retrieved 27 July 2018.

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[Candidate_status-4] Filed nomination papers as PTI candidate but ECP allowed him to run as an Independent

[1] "ECP - Election Commission of Pakistan". www.ecp.gov.pk. Retrieved 25 December 2022.

[2] Final List of National Assembly Constituencies (PDF). Election Commission of Pakistan. 2018. p. 71. Archived (PDF) from the original on 10 May 2018. Retrieved 18 May 2018.

[3] "ECP – Election Commission of Pakistan". www.ecp.gov.pk. Archived from the original on 28 July 2018. Retrieved 27 July 2018.

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