NA-31 (Peshawar-IV)
# NA-31 (Peshawar-IV)

NA-31 (Peshawar-IV) (این اے-30، پشاور-٤) is a constituency for the National Assembly of Pakistan.

## Area

During the delimitation of 2018, NA-31 (Peshawar-IV) acquired areas from three former constituencies namely NA-1 (Peshawar-I), NA-2 (Peshawar-II), and NA-3 (Peshawar-III) with most areas coming from NA-2 (Peshawar-II), the areas of Peshawar which are part of this constituency are listed below alongside the former constituency name from which they were acquired:

### Areas acquired from NA-1 (Peshawar-I)

* Bhana Mari

### Areas acquired from NA-2 (Peshawar-II)

* Ziarat Wali Muhammad Sahib
* Gulberg
* Kotla Mohsin Khan
* Landi Arbab
* Nodeh Payan
* Peshawar University
* Police Colony
* Hayatabad
* Census Charge No. 17 (excluding Darmagi, Irrigation Colony Warsak Road, Census Circle No. 3, and Census Circle No. 6)
* Peshawar University Town Committee
* Peshawar Cantonment
* Reggi Lalma

### Areas acquired from NA-3 (Peshawar-III)

* Reggi Ufatazai

## Members of Parliament

### 1970–1977: NW-2 (Peshawar-II)

| Election | Election | Member | Party |
| - | - | - | - |
| | 1970 | Ghulam Faruque Khan Khattak | NAP |

### 1977–2002: NA-2 (Peshawar-II)

| Election | Member | Party |
| - | - | - |
| 1977 | Arbab Jehangir Khan Khalil | PPP |
| 1985 | Muhammad Salim Khan Khalil | Independent |
| 1988 | Bahadur Khan | PPP |
| 1990 | Arbab Jehangir Khan Khalil | ANP |
| 1993 | Arbab Jehangir Khan Khalil | PPP |
| 1997 | Arbab Jehangir Khan Khalil | ANP |

### 2002–2018: NA-2 (Peshawar-II)

| Election | Member | Party |
| - | - | - |
| 2002 | Mulana Rehmat Ullah | MMA |
| 2008 | Arbab Alamgir Khan Khalil | PPPP |
| 2013 | Hamid-ul-Haq | PTI |

### 2018-2022: NA-30 (Peshawar-IV)

| Election | Election | Member | Party |
| - | - | - | - |
| | 2018 | Sher Ali Arbab | PTI |

## 1985 general election

The 1985 General Election was held as a non-party based election. Seleem Khan Khalil won this election.

1985 General Election: Peshawar-II :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| | Independent | Salem Khan Khalil | Winner | N/A |
| | Independent | Col (R) Niaz Mohammad Arbab | Runner up | N/A |

## 2002 general election

2002 General Election: NA-2 (Peshawar-II) :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | MMA | Maulana Rehmat Ullah | 37,728 | 67.37 | N/A |
| | PPP | Dr. Arbab Alamgir Khan Khalil | 15,771 | 28.16 | N/A |
| | PAT | Khalid Ayub | 1,575 | 2.81 | N/A |
| | QWP | Abdul Manan Akhunzada Advocate | 926 | 1.66 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 21,957 | 39.21 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 56,000 | 26.49 | N/A |
| | MMA gain from ANP | MMA gain from ANP | Swing | N/A | |

A total of 1,367 votes were rejected.

## 2008 general election

2008 General Election: NA-2 (Peshawar-II) :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | PPPP | Dr. Arbab Alamgir Khan Khalil | 34,443 | 45.15 | +16.99 |
| | ANP | Arbab Najeeb Ullah Khan Khalil | 23,992 | 31.45 | |
| | MMA | Maulana Rehmat Ullah* | 7,346 | 9.63 | -57.74 |
| | Independent | Asif Ullah Qasmi | 5,326 | 6.98 | |
| | PML-N | Syed Zahoor Shah | 3,103 | 4.07 | |
| | PML | Malik Najab Gul Khalil Advocate | 1,560 | 2.04 | |
| | Independent | Dr Taj Muhammad Khan | 210 | 0.27 | |
| | Independent | Muhammad Atteq ur Rehman | 174 | 0.23 | |
| | Independent | Haji Aftab Muhammad | 139 | 0.18 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 10,451 | 13.70 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 76,293 | 24.73 | -1.76 |
| | PPPP gain from MMA | PPPP gain from MMA | | | |

A total of 2,003 votes were rejected.

## 2013 general election

The 2013 General Election was held on May 11, 2013, and Engineer Hamid Ul Haq standing for PTI succeeded to the National Assembly after winning 79,125 votes. Ul Haq beat former Federal Minister for Communication Arbab Alamgir Khan of the PPPP.

2013 General Election: NA-2 (Peshawar-II) :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | PTI | Hamid Ul Haq | 79,125 | 55.71 | |
| | JUI-F | Muhammad Saeed Jan | 18,787 | 13.23 | |
| | ANP | Arbab Najeeb Ullah Khan | 12,137 | 8.55 | -22.90 |
| | PPPP | Arbab Alamgir Khan | 10,666 | 7.51 | -37.64 |
| | JI | Muhammad Iqbal Khalil | 8,020 | 5.65 | |
| | PML-N | Abdul Bari | 5.159 | 3.63 | -0.44 |
| | MDM | Qazi Saif Ullah Jan | 3,477 | 2.45 | |
| | QWP (S) | Malik Haider Khan | 2,242 | 1.58 | |
| | Independent | Intizar Ali Khan Khalil | 577 | 0.41 | |
| | Independent | Ishaq Hussain | 448 | 0.31 | |
| | Independent | Muhammad Atiq ur Rehman | 419 | 0.29 | |
| | Independent | Saleem Khan | 275 | 0.19 | |
| | Independent | Iqtidar Ahmad Afridi | 263 | 0.19 | |
| | Independent | Khadim Hussain | 162 | 0.11 | |
| | Independent | Muhammad Ibrahim Khalil | 156 | 0.11 | |
| | Independent | Aasir Sheraz | 61 | 0.04 | |
| | Independent | Safeer Ullah | 57 | 0.04 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 60,338 | 42.48 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 142,031 | 43.45 | +18.72 |
| | PTI gain from PPPP | PTI gain from PPPP | | | |

A total of 2,408 votes were rejected.

## 2018 general election

General elections were held on 25 July 2018.

General election 2018: NA-30 (Peshawar-IV) :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | PTI | Sher Ali Arbab | 73,781 | 60.27 | |
| | MMA | Arbab Najeebullah Khan | 18,111 | 14.80 | |
| | PPP | Arbab Alamgir Khan | 14,593 | 11.92 | |
| | ANP | Muhammad Alamgir Khan Khalil | 11,514 | 9.41 | |
| | Others | Others (four candidates) | 4,413 | 3.60 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 125,547 | 40.64 | 2.81 |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 122,412 | 97.50 | |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 3,135 | 2.50 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 55,670 | 45.47 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 308,891 | | |
| | 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 Sher Ali Arbab, the previous MNA from this seat.

By-election 2023: NA-30 (Peshawar-IV) :

| Party | Party | Candidate |
| - | - | - |
| | PTI | Sher Ali Arbab |
| | ANP | Syed Aaqil Shah |
| 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 |
