NA-5 (Upper Dir)
# NA-5 (Upper Dir)

NA-5 (Upper Dir) (Urdu: این اے-۵، دیر بالا) is a constituency for the National Assembly of Pakistan. It comprises the whole district of Upper Dir. The area was formerly part of NA-33 (Upper Dir-cum-Lower Dir) constituency from 1977 to 2018. That constituency also included parts of the district of Lower Dir. The constituency for Upper Dir was named NA-5 (Upper Dir).

## Members of Parliament

### 1977–2002: NA-33 (Upper Dir-cum-Lower Dir)

| Election | Member | Party |
| - | - | - |
| 1977 | Haji Gul Sher | Independent |
| 1985 | Haji Gul Sher | Independent |
| 1988 | Malik Waris Khan | Independent |
| 1990 | Haji M. Ayyub Afridi | Independent |
| 1993 | Haji M. Ayyub Afridi | Independent |
| 1997 | Abdul Latif Afridi | Independent |

### 2002–2018: NA-33 (Upper Dir-cum-Lower Dir)

| Election | Member | Party |
| - | - | - |
| 2002 | Molana Asad Ullah | MMA |
| 2008 | Najum-dir Khan | PPPP |
| 2013 | Sahibzada Tariq Ullah | JI |

### Since 2018: NA-5 (Upper Dir)

| Election | Election | Member | Party |
| - | - | - | - |
| | 2018 | Sahibzada Sibghatullah | PTI |

## Election 2002

General Elections were held on 10 October 2002. Molana Asad Ullah won this seat with 39,362 votes

General Election 2002: NA-33 (Upper Dir-cum-Lower-Dir) :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| | MMA | Molana Asad Ullah | 39,362 | 54.72 |
| | PPP | Muhammad Anwar Khan Advocate | 24,259 | 33.72 |
| | QWP | Barrister Muhammad Islam Khan | 4,184 | 5.82 |
| | ANP | Gul Zamin Said | 3,268 | 4.54 |
| | PTI | Sultan Ali Shah | 861 | 1.20 |
| Valid ballots | Valid ballots | Valid ballots | 71,934 | 96.54 |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 2,581 | 3.46 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 74,515 | 32.26 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 15,103 | 21.00 |
| | MMA gain from Independent | MMA gain from Independent | MMA gain from Independent | MMA gain from Independent |

## Election 2008

2008 General Election: NA-33 (Upper Dir-cum-Lower-Dir) :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | PPPP | Najum-din Khan | 27,594 | 39.47 | +5.75 |
| | Independent | Sahibzada Sibghatullalh | 19,910 | 28.48 | |
| | ANP | Naveed Anjum Khan | 8,124 | 11.62 | +7.08 |
| | PML-N | Mohmmad-ul-Mulk (Akhon Zada) | 6,508 | 9.31 | |
| | PML | Farhad Ali Khan | 5,606 | 8.02 | |
| | MMA | Molana Fazal Azim | 1,572 | 2.25 | -52.47 |
| | Independent | Dr Bahramand Khan | 395 | 0.56 | |
| | Independent | Maulana Said Jalal | 118 | 0.17 | |
| | Independent | Saleem-ur-Rehman Advocate | 84 | 0.12 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 7,684 | 10.99 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 69,911 | 26.75 | -5.51 |
| | PPPP gain from MMA | PPPP gain from MMA | | | |

A total of 2,020 votes were rejected.

## Election 2013

2013 General Election: NA-33 (Upper Dir-cum-Lower-Dir) :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | JI | Sahibzada Tariq Ullah | 42,582 | 36.88 | |
| | PPPP | Najam ud Din Khan | 26,803 | 23.21 | -16.26 |
| | PML-N | Malak Muhammad Zeb Khan | 17,343 | 15.02 | +5.71 |
| | PTI | Muhammad Nawaz | 15,397 | 13.33 | |
| | JUI-F | Maulana Fazil Azeem | 6,567 | 5.69 | |
| | ANP | Naveed Anjum Khan | 4,262 | 3.69 | -7.93 |
| | PML | Umar Zeb Khan | 1,322 | 1.14 | -6.88 |
| | Independent | Muhammad Ameer Khan | 447 | 0.39 | |
| | APML | Muhammad Zeb | 441 | 0.38 | |
| | Tehreek-e-Pasmanada Awam Pakistan | Farooq Ahmad | 309 | 0.27 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 15,779 | 13.67 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 115,473 | 32.14 | +5.39 |
| | JI gain from PPPP | JI gain from PPPP | | | |

A total of 4,360 votes were rejected.

## Election 2018

General elections were held on 25 July 2018.

General election 2018: NA-5 (Upper Dir) :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | PTI | Sahibzada Sibghatullah | 66,545 | 30.81 | 17.48 |
| | MMA | Sahibzada Tariqullah | 57,776 | 26.75 | $15.82^†$ |
| | PPP | Najmuddin Khan | 53,967 | 24.99 | 1.78 |
| | Others | Others (seven candidates) | 29,495 | 13.67 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 215,920 | 48.26 | 16.12 |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 8,137 | 3.78 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 8,769 | 4.06 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 447,414 | | |
| | PTI gain from JI | PTI gain from JI | PTI gain from JI | PTI gain from JI | PTI gain from JI |

$^†JI$ and JUI-F contested as part of MMA

## By-election 2023

A by-election will be held on 19 March 2023 due to the resignation of Sahibzada Sibghatullah, the previous MNA from this seat.

By-election 2023: NA-5 (Upper Dir) :

| Party | Party | Candidate |
| - | - | - |
| | PTI | Sahibzada Sibghatullah |
| | ANP | Iftikhar Ahmad |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots |
| Majority | Majority | Majority |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors |
