NA-16 (Abbottabad-I)
# NA-16 (Abbottabad-I)

NA-16 (Abbottabad-I) (این اے-16، ایبٹ آباد-١) is a constituency for the National Assembly of Pakistan. The constituency was formerly known as NA-17 (Abbottabad-I) from 1977 to 2018. The name changed to NA-16 (Abbottabad-II) after the delimitation in 2018 and to NA-16 (Abbottabad-I) after the delimitation in 2022.

## Members of Parliament

### 1977–2002: NA-17 (Abbottabad-I)

| Election | Member | Party |
| - | - | - |
| 1977 | Haji Faqir M. Khan | PNA |
| 1985 | Ayub Khan Allai | Independent |
| 1988 | Fazle Haq | IJI |
| 1990 | Maulvi M. Amin | JUI (F) |
| 1993 | Malik Said Ahmed | Independent |
| 1997 | Aurangzeb | Independent |

### 2002–2018: NA-17 (Abbottabad-I)

| Election | Member | Party |
| - | - | - |
| 2002 | Amanullah Khan Jadoon | PML (Q) |
| 2008 | Sardar Mehtab Ahmed Khan | PML (N) |
| 2013 | Dr Muhammad Azhar Khan Jadoon | PTI |

### 2018-2022: NA-16 (Abbottabad-II)

| Election | Election | Member | Party |
| - | - | - | - |
| | 2018 | Ali Khan Jadoon | PTI |

## Elections since 2002

### 2002 general election

2002 General Election: NA-17 (Abbottabad-I) :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| | PML-Q | Amanullah Khan Jadoon | 44,716 | 40.92 |
| | Independent | Muhammad Azhar Jadoon | 30,949 | 28.33 |
| | MMA | Al-Haj Habib-ur-Rehman Abbasi | 21,383 | 19.57 |
| | Qaumi Jamhoori Party | Ali Asghar Khan | 4,687 | 4.29 |
| | PPPP | Sardar Ibrar Ahmad | 3,646 | 3.34 |
| | Hazara Qaumi Mahaz | Asif Malik Advocate | 3,384 | 3.10 |
| | Independent | Syed Ejaz Hussain Shah | 489 | 0.45 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 13,767 | 12.59 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 109,254 | 39.62 |
| | PML(Q) gain from Independent | PML(Q) gain from Independent | | |

A total of 3,375 votes were rejected.

### 2008 general election

2008 General Election: NA-17 (Abbottabad-I) :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | PML-N | Sardar Mehtab Ahmed Khan | 58,041 | 44.07 | |
| | Independent | Muhammad Azhar Jadoon | 36,668 | 27.84 | -0.49 |
| | PML | Amanullah Khan Jadoon | 34,947 | 26.53 | |
| | MMA | Professor Raja Aurangzeb Khan | 1,465 | 1.11 | -18.46 |
| | MQM | Ghulam Mustafa Sumsam Qureshi | 589 | 0.45 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 21,373 | 16.23 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 131,710 | 42.72 | +3.10 |
| | PML(N) gain from PML (Q) | PML(N) gain from PML (Q) | | | |

A total of 2,681 votes were rejected.

### 2013 general election

2013 General Election: NA-17 (Abbottabad-I) :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | PTI | Muhammad Azhar Jadoon | 96,549 | 51.42 | |
| | PML-N | Sardar Mehtab Ahmed Khan | 69,721 | 37.13 | -6.94 |
| | Independent | Ayaz Khan Jadoon | 8,349 | 4.45 | -23.39 |
| | JI | Habib ur Rehman Abbasi | 4,408 | 2.35 | |
| | JUI-F | Tariq Sultan | 3,504 | 1.87 | |
| | Tehreek-e-Suba Hazara | Fida Hussain | 2,076 | 1.11 | |
| | PPPP | Sardar Muhammad Gulzar Abbasi | 1,107 | 0.59 | |
| | PML (S) | Safdar Zaman | 890 | 0.47 | |
| | MQM | Sarfaraz Khan | 526 | 0.28 | -0.17 |
| | TTP | Raja Izat Ali | 340 | 0.18 | |
| | Independent | Zahoor Ahmed Chaudry | 283 | 0.15 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 26,828 | 14.29 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 187,753 | 56.48 | +13.76 |
| | PTI gain from PML (N) | PTI gain from PML (N) | | | |

A total of 3,932 votes were rejected.

### 2018 general election

General elections were held on 25 July 2018.

General election 2018: NA-16 (Abbottabad-II) :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | PTI | Ali Khan Jadoon | 85,203 | 47.44 | 3.98 |
| | PML(N) | Mahabat Khan | 54,879 | 30.56 | 6.57 |
| | Independent | Shaukat Ali Tanoli | 12611 | | |
| | Pakistan Rah-e-Haq Party | Ayaz Khan Jadoon | 7896 | | |
| | Independent | Murad Sher | 3060 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 179,604 | 49.84 | 6.64 |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 4,376 | 2.43 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 30,324 | 16.88 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 360,392 | | |
| | PTI hold | PTI hold | Swing | N/A | |

### By-election 2023

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

By-election 2023: NA-16 (Abbottabad-II) :

| Party | Party | Candidate |
| - | - | - |
| | PTI | Ali Asghar Khan |
| | PML(N) | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots |
| Majority | Majority | Majority |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors |
