NA-156 Vehari-I

NA-156 Vehari-I
NA-156 Vehari-I
Constituency; for the National Assembly of Pakistan
Region	Burewala Tehsil (partly) including Burewala city of Vehari District
Electorate	486,674
Current constituency
Party	Sunni Ittehad Council
Member(s)	Ayesha Nazir Jutt
Created from	NA-167 Vehari-I

NA-156 Vehari-I (این اے-156، وِہاڑى-1) is a constituency for the National Assembly of Pakistan.^[2]

Election 2002

General elections were held on 10 Oct 2002. Chaudhry Nazir Ahmad Jutt of PML-Q won by 76,217 votes.^[3]

General election 2002: NA-167 Vehari-I
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	PML(Q)	Ch. Nazeer Ahmad	76,217	54.62
	PPP	Mehmood Akhtar Ghomman	54,142	38.80
	Independent	Muhammad Tahir Saleem Ch.	7,053	5.05
	Others	Others (two candidates)	2,140	1.53
Turnout			143,845	47.08
Total valid votes			139,552	97.02
Rejected ballots			4,293	2.98
Majority			22,075	15.82
Registered electors			305,556

General elections were held on 18 Feb 2008. Chaudhry Nazir Ahmed Jutt of PML-Q won by 65,250 votes.^[4]

General election 2008: NA-167 Vehari-I
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	PML(Q)	Ch. Nazeer Ahmad	65,250	40.68
	Independent	Syed Sajid Mehdi	38,383	23.93
	PPP	Mahmood Akhtar Ghuman	33,542	20.91
	Independent	Qurban Ali Chuhan	14,754	9.20
	PML(N)	Syed Muhammad Iqbal Shah	7,684	4.79
	Others	Others (two candidates)	798	0.49
Turnout			166,547	45.86
Total valid votes			160,411	96.32
Rejected ballots			6,136	3.68
Majority			26,867	16.75
Registered electors			363,183
	PML(Q) hold

General elections were held on 11 May 2013. Chauhary Nazir Ahmed Arain of PML-N won by 99,909 votes and became the member of National Assembly.^[5]

General elections are scheduled to be held on 25 July 2018.

General election 2018: NA-162 Vehari-I
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	PML(N)	Choudhry Faqir Ahmad	81,977	35.59
	Independent	Ayesha Nazir Jutt	64,796	28.13
	PTI	Khalid Mehmmod Chohaan	58,659	25.47
	TLP	Deewan Ghulam Farid Sajid	10,465	4.54
	Independent	Irshad Ahmed	9,241	4.01
	PPP	Kamran Yousaf Ghuman	2,711	1.18
	MMA	Shaheen Iqbal	1,697	0.74
	Pakistan Kissan Ittehad (Ch.Anwar)	Malik Zulfiqar Hussain	468	0.20
	Independent	Shagufta Chaudry	323	0.14
Turnout			236,960	55.93
Total valid votes			230,337	97.21
Rejected ballots			6,623	2.79
Majority			17,181	7.46
Registered electors			423,613

General elections were held on 8 February 2024. Ayesha Nazir Jutt won the election with 119,758 votes.^[6]

General election 2024: NA-156 Vehari-I
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Ayesha Nazir Jutt^[a]	119,758	46.97	21.50
	PML(N)	Chaudhry Nazeer Ahmad	90,065	35.33	0.26
	TLP	Shahbaz Ahmad	18,640	7.31	2.77
	Independent	Irshad Ahmed	13,860	5.44	1.43
	Others	Others (seven candidates)	12,630	4.95
Turnout			260,249	53.48	2.45
Total valid votes			254,953	97.97
Rejected ballots			5,296	2.03
Majority			29,693	11.65
Registered electors			486,674

^ Filed nomination papers as PTI candidate but ECP allowed her to run as an Independent

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