NA-122 (Lahore-V)

Constituency NA-122 (Lahore-V)
Former constituency for the National Assembly of Pakistan
Region	Lahore District
Former constituency
Created	2002
Abolished	2018

Constituency NA-122 (Lahore-V) (Urdu: این اے-۱۲۲، لاهور-۵) was a constituency for the National Assembly of Pakistan. It was abolished after the 2018 delimitations and its areas were dispersed in the surrounding constituencies with the majority going to NA-130 (Lahore-VIII).

Boundaries

Prior to its abolishment, the Constituency includes the areas of Samanabad, Ichra, Shadman, Shah Jamal, Garhi Shahu, Dharam Pura and Upper Mall. The total number of voters in this constituency was close to 357,000.[1]

Election 2002

Further information: Pakistani general election, 2002

General elections were held on 10 October 2002. Sardar Ayaz Sadiq of the Pakistan Muslim League (N) won by 37,531 votes.[2]

General election 2002: NA-122 Lahore-V

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PML(N)	Sardar Ayaz Sadiq	37,531	40.79
	PTI	Imran Khan	18,638	20.26
	PPP	Ch. Ghulam Qadir	17,561	19.09
	PML(Q)	Muhammad Amin Ch.	12,605	13.70
	Independent	Ch. Muhammad Ali	3,314	3.60
	Others	Others (six candidates)	2,360	2.56
Turnout			93,257	33.40
Total valid votes			92,009	98.66
Rejected ballots			1,248	1.34
Majority			18,893	20.53
Registered electors			279,245

Election 2008

Further information: Pakistani general election, 2008

General elections were held on 18 February 2008. Sardar Ayaz Sadiq of the Pakistan Muslim League (N) won by 79,507 votes.[3]

General election 2008: NA-122 Lahore-V

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PML(N)	Sardar Ayaz Sadiq	79,506	68.33
	PPP	Mian Omer Misbah-Ul-Rehman	24,963	21.45
	PML(Q)	Mian Muhammad Jehangir	10,657	9.16
	Others	Others (seven candidates)	1,233	1.06
Turnout			118,012	35.61
Total valid votes			116,359	98.60
Rejected ballots			1,653	1.40
Majority			54,543	46.88
Registered electors			331,381

Election 2013

Further information: Pakistani general election, 2013

General elections were held on 11 May 2013. Sardar Ayaz Sadiq of the Pakistan Muslim League (N) won by 93,389 votes and became the member of the National Assembly, but many irregularities in the election results surfaced after Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chairman Imran Khan demanded recounts and verification with the actual results.[4] On 22 August 2015, an election tribunal annulled Ayaz Sadiq's victory in the 2013 general elections was rigged and ordered re-polling in the constituency.[5][6] A by-election was held on 11 October 2015.[7]

Detailed results for Constituency NA-122:[8]

General election 2013: NA-122 Lahore-V

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PML(N)	Sardar Ayaz Sadiq	93,389	51.28
	PTI	Imran Khan	84,517	46.41
	PPP	Mian Amir Hassan Sharif	2,833	1.56
	Others	Others (seventeen candidates)	1,365	0.75
Turnout			184,279	56.52
Total valid votes			182,104	98.82
Rejected ballots			2,175	1.18
Majority			8,872	4.87
Registered electors			326,028

By-Election 2015

After the order of election tribunal, a by-election was held on 11 October 2015. After a neck-to-neck competition between Sardar Ayaz Sadiq (PML(N)) and Aleem Khan (PTI), Sadiq won the election with 74,525 votes.[9]

By-Election 2015: NA-122 Lahore-V

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PML(N)	Sardar Ayaz Sadiq	74,525	50.35
	PTI	Abdul Aleem Khan	72,082	48.70
	PPP	Barister Mian Amir Hussain	819	0.55
	Others	Others (thirteen candidates)	601	0.40
Turnout			149,885	43.10
Total valid votes			148,027	98.76
Rejected ballots			1,858	1.24
Majority			2,443	1.65
Registered electors			347,762

References

1. "Vote count underway for 'Takht-i-Lahore'". Dawn (newspaper). 11 October 2015. Retrieved 11 October 2015.
2. "Election Result NA-122 Lahore-V Punjab | Pakistan Election 2013 - geo.tv". Archived from the original on 8 May 2014. Retrieved 7 May 2014.
3. "Geo.tv: Latest News Breaking Pakistan, World, Live Videos".
4. "National Assembly of Pakistan".
5. "Sadiq announces to challenge NA-122 verdict in Supreme Court". 22 August 2015.
6. "Election Tribunal orders re-polling in NA-122".
7. "PML-N reclaims 'Takht-i-Lahore'". 11 October 2015.
8. "Pakistan Election 2013 Results Detail". elections.com.pk. Archived from the original on 30 April 2015. Retrieved 11 October 2015.
9. "Ayaz Sadiq leads NA-122 by-polls, unofficial results show". The Express Tribune. 11 October 2015. Retrieved 11 October 2015.

External links

• Election result's official website