NA-56 Rawalpindi-V

NA-56 Rawalpindi-V
NA-56 Rawalpindi-V
Constituency; for the National Assembly of Pakistan
Region	Rawalpindi city area of Rawalpindi District
Electorate	452,930
Current constituency
Member(s)	Vacant
Created from	NA-55 Rawalpindi-VI

NA-56 Rawalpindi-V (این اے-56، راولپنڈی-5) is a constituency for the National Assembly of Pakistan.[1]

Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	1970	Habib Ahmad	PPP

	Member	Party
2002	Shaikh Rasheed Ahmad	Independent
2008	Makhdoom Muhammad Javed Hashmi	PML-N
2008 by-election	Pervaiz Khan	PML-N
2010 by-election	Malik Shakeel Awan	PML-N
2013	Sheikh Rasheed Ahmad	AML

Election		Member	Party
	2018	Sheikh Rasheed Ahmad	AML

General elections were held on 10 Oct 2002. Sheikh Rasheed Ahmad an Independent candidate won by 60,649 votes.[2]

The result of general election 2008 in this constituency is given below.

Javed Hashmi succeeded in the election 2008 and became the member of National Assembly.[3]

General Election 2008: Rawalpindi-VI
	Candidate	Votes	%
PML-N	Javed Hashmi	87,645	75%
PPPP	Malik Amir Fida Paracha	37,397	28
PML-Q	Shaikh Rasheed Ahmad	15,780	12
Others	Others	1,519	1

The by-polls were held in February 2010 and Malik Shakeel Awan was elected to the National Assembly of Pakistan from this constituency as a candidate of Pakistan Muslim League (N) (PML-N). He received 63,888 votes and defeated Sheikh Rasheed Ahmad by a great margin.[4]

General elections were held on 11 May 2013. Sheikh Rasheed Ahmad of Awami Muslim League won by 95,643 votes and became the member of National Assembly.[5]

General elections were held on 25 July 2018.

General election 2018: NA-62 Rawalpindi-VI[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	AML	Sheikh Rasheed Ahmad	119362	49.97
	PML(N)	Daniyal Chaudhary	91,879	38.76
	Others	Others (ten candidates)	22,660	9.62
Turnout			235,560	52.01
Rejected ballots			3,869	1.65
Majority			26,407	11.21
Registered electors			452,930
	AML hold		Swing	N/A

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