NA-38 (Karak)
# NA-38 (Karak)

NA-38 (Karak) (این اے-١٥، کرک) is a constituency for the National Assembly of Pakistan. It covers tho whole of district Karak. The constituency was formerly known as NA-15 (Karak) from 1977 to 2018. The name changed to NA-34 (Karak) after the delimitation in 2018 and to NA-38 (Karak) after the delimitation in 2022.

## Members of Parliament

### 1977–2002: NA-15 (Karak)

| Election | Member | Party |
| - | - | - |
| 1977 | M. Haneef Khan | PPP |
| 1985 | Al-Haj Syed Qasim Shah | Independent |
| 1988 | Nawabzada Salahuddin Saeed | PPP |
| 1990 | Nawabzada Salahuddin Saeed | IJI |
| 1993 | Nawabzada Salahuddin Saeed | PML-N |
| 1997 | Nawabzada Salahuddin Saeed | PML-N |

### 2002–2018: NA-15 (Karak)

| Election | Member | Party |
| - | - | - |
| 2002 | Shah Abdul Aziz | MMA |
| 2008 | Mufti Ajmal Khan | MMA |
| 2013 | Nasir Khan Khattak | PTI |

### 2018-2022: NA-34 (Karak)

| Election | Election | Member | Party |
| - | - | - | - |
| | 2018 | Shahid Ahmad | PTI |

## Elections since 2002

### 2002 general election

2002 General Election: NA-15 (Karak) :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| | MMA | Shah Abdul Aziz | 31,325 | 32.75 |
| | PPPP | Masood Sharif Khattak | 17,712 | 18.52 |
| | PML-N | Rehmat Salam | 13,381 | 13.99 |
| | PTI | Imran Ahmad Khan Niazi | 9,972 | 10.43 |
| | Independent | Ajmal Khan | 9,443 | 9.87 |
| | ANP | Muhammad Amin Khattak | 9,110 | 9.52 |
| | PPP (S) | Said Ullah Shah | 3,237 | 3.38 |
| | Independent | Zakim Khan | 1,113 | 1.17 |
| | PkMAP | Badshah Jan | 193 | 0.20 |
| | Independent | Farzana Masood | 83 | 0.09 |
| | Independent | Muhammad Iqbal | 75 | 0.08 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 13,613 | 14.23 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 95,644 | 38.74 |
| | MMA gain from PML-N | MMA gain from PML-N | | |

A total of 1,780 votes were rejected.

### 2008 general election

2008 General Election: NA-15 (Karak) :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | MMA | Mufti Ajmal Khan | 28,665 | 25.92 | -6.83 |
| | PML-N | Shams ur Rehman Khattak | 22,053 | 19.94 | +5.95 |
| | PML | Muhammad Ayub Khan Khattak | 21,497 | 19.44 | |
| | Independent | Nawabzada Mohsin Ali Khan | 21,002 | 18.99 | |
| | ANP | Sher Nawaz Khattak | 14,808 | 13.39 | +3.87 |
| | PPPP | Sher Qanoos Advocate | 2,313 | 2.09 | -16.43 |
| | MQM | Shahinshah Khuddar | 178 | 0.16 | |
| | Independent | Gul Taz Ali Khattak | 72 | 0.07 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 6,612 | 5.98 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 110,588 | 38.78 | +0.04 |
| | MMA hold | MMA hold | Swing | | |

A total of 2,636 votes were rejected.

### 2013 general election

2013 General Election: NA-15 (Karak) :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | PTI | Nasir Khan Khattak | 51,481 | 32.25 | |
| | PML-N | Rehmat Salam Khattak | 29,815 | 18.68 | -1.26 |
| | MDM | Shah Abdul Aziz | 29,224 | 18.31 | |
| | Independent | Masood Sharif Khan Khattak | 15,678 | 9.82 | |
| | JUI-F | Muhammad Sardar | 13,226 | 8.29 | |
| | ANP | Muhammad Sharif Khattak | 7,559 | 4.74 | -8.65 |
| | JI | Muhammad Tasleem Iqbal | 5,105 | 3.20 | |
| | PPPP | Muhammad Shah Jehan | 2,263 | 1.42 | -0.67 |
| | Independent | Altaf Qadir | 1,123 | 0.71 | |
| | Independent | Muhammad Umer | 1,097 | 0.69 | |
| | Independent | Munir Khan | 572 | 0.36 | |
| | Independent | Asif Noor | 453 | 0.28 | |
| | Independent | Shaki Marjan | 409 | 0.26 | |
| | PkMAP | Rafi Ullah | 387 | 0.24 | |
| | TTP | Muhammad Sadiq | 343 | 0.21 | |
| | MQM | Asad Ullah Shah | 327 | 0.20 | +0.04 |
| | Independent | Shahenshah | 211 | 0.13 | |
| | Tehrik-e-Masawaat | Jamal Khan | 99 | 0.06 | |
| | JUP-N | Shad Mohammad Khan | 93 | 0.06 | |
| | Independent | Altaf Ahmad | 83 | 0.05 | |
| | Independent | Shams ur Rehman Khattak | 67 | 0.04 | |
| | Millat Party | Mohammad Shah Jehan | 0 | 0.00 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 21,666 | 13.57 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 159,615 | 51.64 | +12.86 |
| | PTI gain from MMA | PTI gain from MMA | | | |

A total of 4,284 votes were rejected.

### 2018 general election

General elections were held on 25 July 2018.

General election 2018: NA-34 (Karak) :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| | PTI | Shahid Ahmad | 77,181 | 39.66 |
| | PPP | Nawabzada Mohsin Ali Khan | 42,737 | 22.03 |
| | MMA | Mir Zaqeem Khan | 28,534 | 14.66 |
| | JUI-S | Shah Abdul Aziz | 16,935 | 8.70 |
| | PML(N) | Rehmat Salam Khattak | 14,346 | 7.38 |
| | Independent | Gul Sahib Khan | 13,608 | 7.00 |
| | Others | Others (twelve candidates) | 15,941 | 8.19 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 200,975 | 49.69 |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 194,588 | 96.82 |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 6,387 | 3.18 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 48,647 | 25.00 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 404,458 | |
| | 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 Shahid Ahmad, the previous MNA from this seat.

By-election 2023: NA-34 (Karak) :

| Party | Party | Candidate |
| - | - | - |
| | PTI | Shahid Ahmad |
| | PPP | Meher Sultana |
| | JUI (F) | |
| | PML(N) | |
| | ANP | Shahnawaz Khan |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots |
| Majority | Majority | Majority |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors |
