NA-9 (Malakand)
# NA-9 (Malakand)

NA-9 (Malakand) (این اے-9، مالاکنڈ) is a constituency for the National Assembly of Pakistan. It covers the whole of district Malakand. The constituency was formerly known as NA-35 (Malakand) from 1977 to 2018. The name changed to NA-8 (Malakand) after the delimitation in 2018 and NA-9 (Malakand) after the 2022 Delimitation.

## Members of Parliament

### 1977–2002: NA-35 (Islamabad Capital Area)

| Election | Member | Party |
| - | - | - |
| 1977 | Zahoor Ahmed | PPP |
| 1985 | M. Nawaz Khokhar | Independent |
| 1988 | Raja Pervez Khan | PPP |
| 1990 | M. Nawaz Khokhar | IJI |
| 1993 | M. Nawaz Khokhar | PML (N) |
| 1997 | Syed Zafar Ali Shah | PML (N) |

### 2002–2018: NA-35 (Malakand Protected Area)

| Election | Member | Party |
| - | - | - |
| 2002 | Maulana Muhammad Inayat-ur-Rehman | MMA |
| 2008 | Lal Muhammad Khan | PPPP |
| 2013 | Junaid Akbar | PTI |

### 2018-2022: NA-8 (Malakand Protected Area)

| Election | Election | Member | Party |
| - | - | - | - |
| | 2018 | Junaid Akbar | PTI |

## Elections since 2002

### 2002 general election

2002 General Election: NA-35 (Malakand Protected Area) :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| | MMA | Maulana Muhammad Inayat-ur-Rehman | 37,663 | 54.13 |
| | PPPP | Lal Muhammad Khan | 17,538 | 25.21 |
| | ANP | Bahr-e-Karam | 5,167 | 7.43 |
| | PML-Q | Muhammad Riaz Khan | 5,161 | 7.42 |
| | PTI | Nowsherwan Qasir | 2,117 | 3.04 |
| | PML-N | Ziaullah | 1,930 | 2.77 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 20,125 | 28.92 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 69,576 | 34.62 |
| | MMA gain from PML-N | MMA gain from PML-N | | |

A total of 1,915 votes were rejected.

### 2008 general election

2008 General Election: NA-35 (Malakand Protected Area) :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | PPPP | Lal Muhammad Khan | 34,472 | 61.87 | +36.66 |
| | MMA | Sahibzada Khalid Jan | 5,555 | 9.97 | -44.16 |
| | PML | Muhammad Riaz | 5,462 | 9.80 | |
| | ANP | Ahmadullah | 5,427 | 9.74 | +2.31 |
| | PML-N | Sajjad Ahmad | 4,800 | 8.62 | +5.85 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 28,917 | 51.90 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 55,716 | 31.29 | -3.33 |
| | PPPP gain from MMA | PPPP gain from MMA | | | |

A total of 2,380 votes were rejected.

### 2013 general election

2013 General Election: NA-35 (Malakand Protected Area) :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | PTI | Janaid Akbar | 51,312 | 36.92 | |
| | JUI-F | Hafiz Muhammad Saeed | 22,329 | 16.07 | |
| | PPPP | Lal Muhammad Khan | 19,081 | 13.73 | -48.14 |
| | PML-N | Fida Muhammad | 18,207 | 13.10 | +4.48 |
| | JI | Bakhtiar Maani | 16,397 | 11.80 | |
| | ANP | Rahmat Shah Sael | 8,709 | 6.26 | -3.48 |
| | Tehreek-e-Pasmanada Awam Pakistan | Muhammad Ibrar | 1,146 | 0.82 | |
| | Independent | Bacha Hussain | 972 | 0.70 | |
| | Independent | Alamgir | 411 | 0.30 | |
| | Independent | Ijazur Rahman | 227 | 0.16 | |
| | Independent | Alhaj Muhammad Khan | 193 | 0.14 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 28,983 | 20.85 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 138,984 | 45.95 | +14.66 |
| | PTI gain from PPPP | PTI gain from PPPP | | | |

A total of 4,362 votes were rejected.

### 2018 general election

General elections were held on 25 July 2018.

**Contest overview**

Chairman of Pakistan Peoples Party, Bilawal Bhutto Zardari contested from this constituency and lost the election. Junaid Akbar of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf was elected from this constituency in 2013 and retained the seat.

**Results**

General election 2018: NA-8 (Malakand Protected Area) :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | PTI | Junaid Akbar | 81,310 | 43.61 | 6.69 |
| | PPP | Bilawal Bhutto Zardari | 43,724 | 23.45 | 9.72 |
| | MMA | Gul Naseeb Khan | 31,379 | 16.83 | $11.04^†$ |
| | Others | Others (ten candidates) | 24,065 | 12.91 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 186,429 | 48.24 | 2.29 |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 5,591 | 3.00 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 37,586 | 20.16 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 386,449 | | |
| | PTI hold | PTI hold | Swing | N/A | |

$^†JI$ 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 Junaid Akbar, the previous MNA from this seat.

By-election 2023: NA-8 (Malakand Protected Area) :

| Party | Party | Candidate |
| - | - | - |
| | PTI | Junaid Akbar |
| | ANP | Inam Khan |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots |
| Majority | Majority | Majority |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors |
