PP-261 Rahim Yar Khan-VII

Constituency of the Punjabi Provincial Legislature, Pakistan

PP-261 Rahim Yar Khan-VII
Constituency for the Provincial Assembly of Punjab

Region	R.Y.K Tehsil (partly) including Kot Samaba town of Rahim Yar Khan District
Current constituency
Created from	PP-291 Rahimyar Khan-VII (2002-2018) PP-261 Rahim Yar Khan-VII (2018-)

PP-261 Rahim Yar Khan-VII (پی پی-261، رحیم یار خان-7) is a Constituency of Provincial Assembly of Punjab.^[1]^[2]

General elections 2024

Provincial election 2024: PP-261 Rahim Yar Khan-VII
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Jam Aman Ullah^[a]	42,434	36.28
	PPP	Makhdoom Muhammad Irtiza	23,638	20.21
	Independent	Makhdoom Afkar UI Hassan	20,568	17.58
	PML(N)	Makhdoom Moeen Uddin Ali	13,653	11.67
	TLP	Sultan Mehmood	7,298	6.24
	Independent	Makhdoom Hassan Raza Hashmi	4,618	3.95
	Others	Others (ten candidates)	4,758	4.07
Turnout			120,768	50.50
Total valid votes			116,967	96.85
Rejected ballots			3,801	3.15
Majority			18,796	16.07
Registered electors			239,153
	hold

By Elections 2018

By-elections held on October 14, 2018, Fawaz Ahmad won this seat on the PTI ticket.^[3]

By Election 2018 : PP-261 Rahim Yar Khan VII^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	PTI	Fawaz Ahmad	29526	52.9
	PPP	Makhdoom Hassan Raza Hashmi	14995	26.87
	PML(N)	Muhammad Tariq	9934	17.8
	TLP	Iftikhar Hussain	859	1.53
	Independent	Ghulam Haider	391	0.7
	Independent	Muhammad Waqas	100	0.17
Turnout			56850	30.31
Total valid votes			55805	98.16
Rejected ballots			1045	1.83
Registered electors			187,510

General elections 2018

In the general elections held on July 25, 2018, Hashim Jawan Bakht won two seats (PP-259 and PP-261) on the PTI ticket.^[4] However, he vacated the PP-261 seat. Consequently, in the by-elections held on October 14, 2018, Fawaz Ahmad won this seat on the PTI ticket.^[3]

General Election 2018 : PP-261 Rahim Yar Khan VII^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	PTI	Makhdum Hashim Jawan Bakht	38051	36.83
	PPP	Makhdoom Muhammad Irtaza	28664	27.74
	Independent	Abdul Rouf	15394	14.9
	PML(N)	Makhdoom Imad Uddin Hashmi	12501	12.1
	TLP	Iftikhar Hussain	4125	3.99
	Independent	Muhammad Asad Ghaffar	1175	1.13
	Independent	Nazeer Ahmed	817	0.79
	Independent	Syed Hasnain Raza	717	0.69
	Independent	Malik Naveed Khawar Muslim	637	0.61
	MMA	Muhammad Waheed Arshad	626	0.6
	Independent	Masud Sadiq	418	0.4
	Independent	Muhammad Tariq	130	0.12
	Independent	Makhdoom Tahir Rasheed Ud Din	55	0.05
Turnout			106786	57.68
Total valid votes			103310	96.74
Rejected ballots			3476	3.25
Registered electors			185,121

General elections 2013

Contesting Candidates	Party Affiliation	Votes Polled

General elections 2008

Contesting Candidates	Party Affiliation	Votes Polled

Notes

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

References

^ "ECP - Election Commission of Pakistan". www.ecp.gov.pk. Retrieved 2022-12-25.
^ "Punjab Assembly | Members - Members' Directory". www.pap.gov.pk. Retrieved 2022-12-25.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Punjab Bye Election 2018 on 14-10-2018". Archived from the original on 13 September 2021.
^ ^a ^b "Election Commission of Pakistan - Notification" (PDF). www.ecp.gov.pk. 2018-08-10. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 January 2024.