MARDAN
\nSeven candidates including a female have submitted nomination papers for the by-election of NA-20-Mardan-1 which will be held on 19th March. However no political activity is visible in the constituency for the upcoming by-election so far.
\nThis constituency was formally known as NA-11 Mardan-III. Total registered voters in this constituency are 508,248 including 227,199 female and 281,049 male voters. This constituency is vacated after the resignation of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) member national assembly (MNA) Mujahid Ali.
\nTotal seven candidates including PTI Mujahid Ali, Mohammad Ishaq, Naeem Anwar, Abdul Samad, Mohammad Saeed Khankhal, Asfandyar and a female candidate Noreen Wadood have submitted nomination papers for the upcoming by elections.
\nThe national assembly constituency is included by different union councils of Tehsil Rustam, tehsil Katlang and tehsil Mardan. Election commission has prepared a plan for the upcoming by-election in the NA-20. Election commission has established 366 polling stations including male 114, female 101 and 151 combined.
\nDeputy Commissioner Abdur Rehman was nominated district returning officer (DRO), Zia-ur-Rehman district election commissioner was nominated as returning officer (RO).
\nAAC Junaid Khalid and SDEO Male Rustam were nominated assistant returning officer (ARO). A district monitoring team was also established for the by-election including RPO Mardan range Mohammad Ali Khan, Commissioner, Deputy Commissioner Abdur Rehman, DPO Haroon-ur-Rashid, TMO Rustam and other officials. PTI candidate Mujahid Ali Khan twice one this seat in the 2013 and 2018 general election. In the general election of 2002, Maulana Attaur Rehman the candidate of Mutahidda Majlis-e-Amal (MMA) was succeeded by getting 51900 votes. He defeated the candidate of Awami National Party (ANP) Habibullah Khan by a margin of 37500 votes. In 2008, late Abdul Akbar Khan the candidate of Pakistan People\u2019s Party (PPP) was succeeded by getting a total 4900 votes. He defeated the candidate of Awami National Party (ANP) Haji Naseem ur Re by 22500 votes. Later on he vacated this seat and PPP candidate Khanzada Khan won this seat in the by-election. In 2013, Mujahid Ali the candidate of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) was succeeded by getting 38200 votes. He defeated Khanzada Khan the candidate of Pakistan People\u2019s Party (PPP) by 11300 votes. In the 2018 general election PTI candidate Mujid Ali again won this seat by getting 78,140 votes and defeated ANP candidate Gul Nawaz Khan and PPP candidate Nawabzada Khawaja Mohammad Khan Hoti who secured 38,713 and 36,312. None of the candidates have started the election campaign yet. Majority of the political parties are not showing interest in by-elections.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
MARDAN Seven candidates including a female have submitted nomination papers for the by-election of NA-20-Mardan-1 which will be held on 19th March. However no political activity is visible in the constituency for the upcoming by-election so far. This constituency was formally known as NA-11 Mardan-III. Total registered voters in this constituency are 508,248 including 227,199 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-314244","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-peshawar"},"yoast_head":"\n