2018 Khyber Pakhtunkhwa provincial election

2018 Khyber Pakhtunkhwa provincial election
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All 124 seats in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly ; 63 seats needed for a majority
	Opinion polls
Turnout	45.52%(0.78%pp)
	Map of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Showing Assembly constituencies and winning Parties
Chief Minister before election; Pervez Khattak ; PTI	Elected Chief Minister; Mahmood Khan ; PTI

Last updated January 25, 2025

Provincial elections were held in the Pakistani province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on 25 July 2018 to elect the members of the 11th Provincial Assembly of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, alongside nationwide general elections and three other provincial elections in Sindh, Balochistan and Punjab. The remaining two territories of Pakistan, AJK and Gilgit-Baltistan, were ineligible to vote due to their disputed status.^[2]^[3]

Background

In the 2013 elections, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf, led by former cricketer Imran Khan emerged as the largest party in the province with 48 seats. While this was a considerably higher number than the second largest party, (Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (F), with 16 seats), it was still 15 seats short of a majority government.

To overcome this, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf formed a coalition government with Jamaat-e-Islami and the Qaumi Watan Party, giving them 15 extra seats.^[4] As well as this, 9 out of the 14 independents elected joined PTI, giving them a comfortable majority in the assembly.^[5]

Following this, Pervez Khattak was elected as Chief Minister of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, securing 84 out of 124 votes.^[6]

However, in 2017, PTI ousted QWP from the ruling coalition over allegations of corruption.^[7] There was considerable mistrust with the other alliance partner, JI, during the tenure as well.^[8] It, too, left the coalition with less than 40 days to go in the government's tenure.^[9]

With just a few weeks remaining till the assembly completed its term, PTI expelled 20 of its MPs over allegations of horse-trading in the senate elections. A move which made the party's government susceptible to a no-confidence motion, but the incumbent opposition refrained from doing so.^[10]

Pre-election violence

On 10 July, there was a suicide bombing attack on political rally of Awami National Party (ANP) in YakaToot neighborhood of Peshawar in which fourteen people were killed and sixty five injured. Among the killed was ANP's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly candidate, Haroon Bilour. Bilour was son of Bashir Ahmad Bilour who was also killed in a suicide bombing attack in December 2012. Elections for Constituency PK-78 were postponed to an disclosed date by the Election Commission.^[11] On 12 July, a spokesperson for former Member of National Assembly Alhaj Shah Jee Gul Afridi was killed and another citizen was injured after unidentified men opened fire at the spokesperson's car in Peshawar.^[12]

On 13 July, 4 citizens were killed and 10 were injured after a planted bomb exploded near the car of JUI-F candidate Akram Khan Durrani in Bannu.^[13]

Results

Results by party

85	13	9	6	5	1	3
PTI	MMA	ANP	PML(N)	PPP	PML(Q)	IND

Vote Share of different parties in the election.

PTI (34.09%)

MMA (18.01%)

ANP (12.85%)

PML-N (10.47%)

PPP (9.67%)

IND (14.89%)

Seat Share of different parties in the election.

PTI (68.55%)

MMA (10.48%)

ANP (7.26%)

PML-N (4.84%)

PPP (4.03%)

PML(Q) (0.81%)

IND (1.61%)

2018 Khyber Pakhtunkhwa provincial election
Party		%	Votes	Seats				-/+
Party		%	Votes	General	Women	Non-Muslims	Total	-/+
	Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf	34.09	2,132,364	67*	16	2	85	28
	Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal	18.01	1,126,445	10	2	1	13	new party
	Awami National Party	12.85	803,895	7	2	0	9	2
	Pakistan Muslim League (N)	10.47	655,391	5	1	0	6	7
	Pakistan Peoples Party	9.67	604,930	4	1	0	5	5
	Pakistan Muslim League (Q)	0.00	0	1**	0	0	1	1
	Independents	14.89	931,989	3	0	0	3	9
	Elections postponed			2	0	0	2
Total		100	6,255,014	99	22	3	124
^[14]2 candidates were elected as independents but later joined the PTI *The PML(Q)'s sole member was elected as an independent but later joined the party

Results by division

Division	Total seats	PTI	MMA	ANP	PML(N)	PPP	IND
Malakand	24	17	2	3	0	2	0
Hazara	18	9	0	1	4	0	4
Mardan	13	11	0	1	1	0	0
Peshawar	24	21	0	2	0	0	0
Kohat	7	3	3	0	0	0	1
Bannu	7	3	3	0	0	1	0
D I Khan	6	1	2	0	0	1	1
Total	99	65	10	7	5	4	6

Results by district

Division	District	Seats	PTI	MMA	ANP	PML(N)	PPP	IND
Malakand	Chitral	1	0	1	0	0	0	0
	Swat	8	8	0	0	0	0	0
	Upper Dir	3	0	1	0	0	2	0
	Lower Dir	5	4	0	1	0	0	0
	Malakand	2	2	0	0	0	0	0
	Buner	3	2	0	1	0	0	0
	Shangla	2	1	0	1	0	0	0
Hazara	Upper Kohistan	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
	Lower Kohistan	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
	Kolai Palas	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
	Battagram	2	2	0	0	0	0	0
	Mansehra	5	2	0	0	3	0	0
	Torghar	1	0	0	1	0	0	0
	Abbottabad	4	3	0	0	1	0	0
	Haripur	3	2	0	0	0	0	1
Mardan	Swabi	5	5	0	0	0	0	0
Mardan	Mardan	8	6	0	1	1	0	0
Peshawar	Charsadda	5	4	0	1	0	0	0
	Nowshera	5	5	0	0	0	0	0
	Peshawar	14	12	0	1	0	0	0
Kohat	Kohat	3	1	1	0	0	0	1
	Hangu	2	2	0	0	0	0	0
	Karak	2	0	2	0	0	0	0
Bannu	Bannu	4	2	1	0	0	1	0
Bannu	Lakki Marwat	3	1	2	0	0	0	0
Dera Ismail Khan	Tank	1	0	1	0	0	0	0
Dera Ismail Khan	Dera Ismail Khan	5	1	1	0	0	1	1
Total		99	65	10	7	5	4	6

Results by constituency

District	Constituency		Winner					Runner Up					Margin	Turnout %
District	No.	Name	Candidate	Party		Votes	%	Candidate	Party		Votes	%	Margin	Turnout %
Chitral	PK-1	Chitral	Hidayat ur Rehman		MMA	46,050	28.81	Israr ud Din		PTI	40,556	25.38	5,494	61.29
Swat	PK-2	Swat-I	Sharafat Ali		PTI	21,099	31.06	Jafar Shah		ANP	13,187	19.41	7,912	46.09
	PK-3	Swat-II	Haider Ali Khan		PTI	18,569	30.76	Sardar Khan		PML(N)	13,103	21.71	5,466	43.83
	PK-4	Swat-III	Azizullah Khan		PTI	14,276	25.37	Amir Muqam		PML(N)	14,208	25.25	68	40.97
	PK-5	Swat-IV	Fazal Hakim		PTI	22,497	37.42	Muhammad Amin		MMA	12,621	20.99	9,876	39.91
	PK-6	Swat-V	Amjad Ali		PTI	24,239	41.75	Sher Shah		ANP	10,275	17.70	13,964	40.13
	PK-7	Swat-VI	Amjad Ali		PTI	19,461	35.24	Waqar Ahmad Khan		ANP	13,681	24.78	5,780	37.30
	PK-8	Swat-VII	Muhibullah Khan		PTI	21,825	39.06	Said Akbar Khan		PPP	10,653	19.07	11,172	41.01
	PK-9	Swat-VIII	Mehmood Khan		PTI	25,697	48.88	Muhammad Ayub Khan		ANP	11,509	21.89	14,188	39.21
Upper Dir	PK-10	Upper Dir-I	Malik Badshah Saleh		PPP	21,201	29.71	Muhammad Ali		MMA	19,724	27.64	1,477	49.51
	PK-11	Upper Dir-II	Sahibzada Sanaullah		PPP	22,334	33.72	Azam Khan		MMA	17,916	27.05	4,418	46.13
	PK-12	Upper Dir-III	Inayatullah Khan		MMA	27,599	38.55	Naveed Anjum Khan		PTI	19,287	26.94	8,312	50.27
Lower Dir	PK-13	Lower Dir-I	Muhammad Azam Khan		PTI	21,683	33.26	Shad Nawaz Khan		MMA	18,832	28.83	2,851	47.55
	PK-14	Lower Dir-II	Humayun Khan		PTI	19,619	26.03	Bakht Baidar		PPP	18,598	24.68	1,021	48.79
	PK-15	Lower Dir-III	Shafi Ullah		PTI	21,338	33.13	Mehmood Zeb Khan		PPP	17,564	27.27	3,774	53.23
	PK-16	Lower Dir-IV	Bahadar Khan		ANP	19,021	37.83	Izaz ul Mulk		MMA	16,301	32.42	2,720	46.11
	PK-17	Lower Dir-V	Liaqat Ali Khan		PTI	22,886	39.97	Saeed Gul		MMA	18,850	32.92	4,036	41.12
Malakand	PK-18	Malakand-I	Shakeel Ahmad		PTI	33,495	36.66	Muhammad Humayun Khan		PPP	25,789	28.23	7,706	46.48
Malakand	PK-19	Malakand-II	Musavir Khan		PTI	34,549	37.98	Syed Muhammad Ali Shah Bacha		PPP	27,800	30.56	6,749	51.02
Buner	PK-20	Buner-I	Riaz Khan		PTI	16,026	28.33	Bakht Jehan Khan		IND	13,337	23.57	2,689	35.27
	PK-21	Buner-II	Syed Fakhr e Jehan		PTI	16,613	29.54	Nasir Ali		MMA	16,309	28.99	304	41.27
	PK-22	Buner-III	Sardar Hussain Babak		ANP	23,146	35.88	Raj Wali Khan		MMA	17,414	26.99	5,732	49.38
Shangla	PK-23	Shangla-I	Shaukat Ali Yousafzai		PTI	17,712	25.84	Muhammad Rashad Khan		PML(N)	16,007	23.35	1,705	35.53
Shangla	PK-24	Shangla-II	Faisal Zeb		ANP	15,060	25.96	Abdul Maula		PTI	14,695	25.33	365	34.60
Upper Kohistan	PK-25	Upper Kohistan	Muhammad Dedar		IND	7,018	31.22	Muhammad Idrees		MMA	5,001	22.25	2,017	41.28
Lower Kohistan	PK-26	Lower Kohistan	Abdul Ghaffar		IND	17,450	59.33	Afsar		IND	11,609	39.47	5,841	49.30
Kolai Palas	PK-27	Kolai Palas	Mufti Ubaid ur Rahman		IND	4,973	41.71	Muhammad Iqbal Khan		PTI	2,841	23.83	2,132	32.21
Battagram	PK-28	Battagram-I	Zubair Khan		PTI	14,354	41.69	Shah Hussain Khan		MMA	12,611	36.63	1,743	32.72
Battagram	PK-29	Battagram-II	Taj Muhammad		PTI	21,106	37.82	Atta Muhammad		PRHP	17,349	31.09	3,757	39.04
Mansehra	PK-30	Mansehra-I	Mian Zia Ur Rehman		PML(N)	28,997	31.33	Ahmed Hussain Shah		PPP	28,747	31.06	250	50.18
	PK-31	Mansehra-II	Babar Saleem Swati		PTI	26,734	35.86	Zahoor Ahmed		PML(N)	21,962	29.46	4,772	50.01
	PK-32	Mansehra-III	Muhammad Naeem		PML(N)	22,660	25.54	Zaid Chanzeb		PTI	20,678	23.30	1,982	47.90
	PK-33	Mansehra-IV	Nawabzada Farid Salahuddin		PTI	21,611	31.34	Ali Muhammad Khan		PML(N)	11,762	17.05	9,849	37.91
	PK-34	Mansehra-V	Sardar Muhammad Yousuf		PML(N)	42,945	43.03	Shahzada Muhammad Gushtasap Khan		IND	33,511	33.58	9,434	48.07
Torghar	PK-35	Torghar	Laiq Muhammad Khan		ANP	11,728	37.51	Shokat Ali Khan		MMA	8,022	25.65	3,706	36.50
Abbottabad	PK-36	Abbottabad-I	Nazir Ahmed Abbasi		PTI	37,349	31.38	Sardar Fareed Ahmed Khan		IND	33,072	27.78	4,277	51.98
	PK-37	Abbottabad-II	Sardar Aurangzeb Nalota		PML(N)	38,927	33.43	Waqar Nabi		PTI	29,214	25.09	9,713	49.68
	PK-38	Abbottabad-III	Qalandar Khan Lodhi		PTI	29,703	31.14	Muhammad Arshad		PML(N)	26,550	27.83	3,153	48.86
	PK-39	Abbottabad-IV	Mushtaq Ahmed Ghani		PTI	28,577	35.73	Inayatullah Khan Jadoon		PML(N)	19,351	24.19	9,226	51.57
Haripur	PK-40	Haripur-I	Akbar Ayub Khan		PTI	66,988	54.51	Qazi Muhammad Asad Khan		PML(N)	46,228	37.61	20,760	49.65
	PK-41	Haripur-II	Arshad Ayub Khan		PTI	56,421	47.42	Raja Faisal Zaman		PML(N)	39,362	33.08	17,059	56.92
	PK-42	Haripur-III	Faisal Zaman		IND	32,877	35.54	Gohar Nawaz Khan		IND	24,147	26.10	8,730	50.85
Swabi	PK-43	Swabi-I	Rangez Ahmad		PTI	26,413	36.39	Sajad Khan Jadoon		MMA	13,656	18.82	12,757	43.75
	PK-44	Swabi-II	Asad Qaisar		PTI	31,912	37.41	Gul Zaman Shah		MMA	20,959	24.57	10,953	42.25
	PK-45	Swabi-III	Abdul Karim		PTI	25,188	31.19	Muhammad Amin		MMA	15,122	18.72	10,066	45.46
	PK-46	Swabi-IV	Mohammad Ali Tarakai		PTI	27,431	34.39	Muhammad Ayaz		ANP	26,114	32.74	1,317	46.55
	PK-47	Swabi-V	Shahram Khan		PTI	34,851	45.36	Ameer Rahman		ANP	21,161	27.54	13,690	45.13
Mardan	PK-48	Mardan-I	Malik Shaukat Ali		PTI	22,095	30.25	Muhammad Farooq Khan		ANP	18,401	25.19	3,694	49.21
	PK-49	Mardan-II	Tufail Anjum		PTI	24,497	33.50	Adnan Khan		IND	12,536	17.14	11,961	46.08
	PK-50	Mardan-III	Muhammad Atif		PTI	25,888	38.79	Muhammad Haroon Khan		ANP	11,814	17.70	14,074	43.88
	PK-51	Mardan-IV	Amir Farzand Khan		PTI	19,460	29.97	Himayat Ullah Mayar		ANP	18,533	28.54	927	43.79
	PK-52	Mardan-V	Muhammad Zahir Shah		PTI	27,006	42.22	Ali Khan		ANP	21,138	33.05	5,868	44.78
	PK-53	Mardan-VI	Haidar Khan Hoti		ANP	29,206	40.79	Sayed Umar Farooq		PTI	22,465	31.38	6,741	48.56
	PK-54	Mardan-VII	Iftikhar Ali Mushwani		PTI	22,537	28.97	Sher Afghan Khan		ANP	17,290	22.08	5,247	52.30
	PK-55	Mardan-VIII	Jamshid Khan		PML(N)	22,539	29.62	Adil Nawaz		PTI	20,025	26.31	2,514	51.24
Charsadda	PK-56	Charsadda-I	Khalid Khan		PTI	20,310	27.11	Gohar Ali		ANP	20,129	26.87	181	46.21
	PK-57	Charsadda-II	Shakeel Bashir Khan		ANP	27,024	34.62	Arshad Ali		QWP	21,235	27.21	5,789	45.96
	PK-58	Charsadda-III	Sultan Mohammad Khan		PTI	28,915	37.28	Aimal Wali Khan		ANP	22,141	28.55	6,774	45.27
	PK-59	Charsadda-IV	Fazle Shakoor Khan		PTI	30,252	36.28	Qasim Ali		ANP	19,792	23.80	10,460	44.06
	PK-60	Charsadda-V	Mohammad Arif		PTI	20,759	31.40	Musammir Shah		MMA	13,916	21.05	6,843	43.41
Nowshera	PK-61	Nowshera-I	Pervez Khattak		PTI	20,676	31.99	Pervez Ahmad Khan		ANP	16,078	24.88	4,598	48.41
	PK-62	Nowshera-II	Muhammad Idrees		PTI	40,504	48.38	Khalil Abbas		ANP	19,608	23.42	20,896	51.15
	PK-63	Nowshera-III	Jamshid Uddin		PTI	24,832	40.39	Ikhtiar Wali Khan		PML(N)	13,987	22.75	10,845	43.93
	PK-64	Nowshera-IV	Pervez Khattak		PTI	38,276	47.80	Muhammad Shahid		ANP	19,659	24.55	18,617	51.64
	PK-65	Nowshera-V	Khaliq-ur-Rehman		PTI	36,949	51.89	Mian Iftikhar Hussain		ANP	21,912	30.74	15,037	51.01
Peshawar	PK-66	Peshawar-I	Mehmood Jan		PTI	19,146	34.66	Hashmat Khan		MMA	11,434	20.70	7,712	46.37
	PK-67	Peshawar-II	Arbab Muhammad Wasim Khan		PTI	16,922	31.84	Asif Iqbal Daduzai		MMA	11,671	21.96	5,251	46.79
	PK-68	Peshawar-III	Arbab Jahandad Khan		PTI	22,585	39.57	Malik Tamash Khan		PPP	11,819	20.71	10,766	47.16
	PK-69	Peshawar-IV	Syed Muhammad Ishtiaq		PTI	17,652	29.11	Arbab Muhammad Usman Khan		IND	12,388	20.43	5,264	46.80
	PK-70	Peshawar-V	Khush Dil Khan		ANP	14,871	31.61	Shah Farman		PTI	14,684	31.21	187	45.59
	PK-71	Peshawar-VI	Shah Farman		PTI	17,388	35.65	Sifat Ullah		PML(N)	9,232	18.93	8,156	38.29
	PK-72	Peshawar-VII	Fahim Ahmad		PTI	15,447	40.00	Ashfaq Ahmad Khalil		ANP	5,892	15.26	9,555	39.36
	PK-73	Peshawar-VIII	Taimur Saleem Khan Jhagra		PTI	15,465	52.32	Aman Ullah		MMA	3,810	12.89	11,655	39.99
	PK-74	Peshawar-IX	Pir Fida Muhammad		PTI	19,379	43.47	Muhammad Ibrar		ANP	8,271	18.55	11,108	40.94
	PK-75	Peshawar-X	Wajid Ullah Khan		PTI	27,686	51.67	Syed Aqil Shah		ANP	8,460	15.80	19,226	40.94
	PK-76	Peshawar-XI	Asif Khan		PTI	19,054	49.13	Hidayat Ullah Khan		ANP	6,240	16.14	12,814	41.72
	PK-77	Peshawar-XII	Kamran Khan Bangash		PTI	30,427	53.95	Syed Zahir Ali Shah		PPP	9,272	16.44	21,155	41.57
	PK-78	Peshawar-XIII	Election Postponed^[15]
	PK-79	Peshawar-XIV	Fazal Elahi		PTI	18,065	39.88	Malik Naushad Khan		MMA	5,776	12.75	12,289	41.46
Kohat	PK-80	Kohat-I	Amjad Khan Afridi		IND	29,279	39.98	Aftab Alam Afridi		PTI	26,704	36.47	2,575	44.95
	PK-81	Kohat-II	Shah Dad Khan		MMA	17,631	29.01	Imtiaz Shahid		PTI	16,599	27.31	1,032	37.69
	PK-82	Kohat-III	Zia Ullah Khan Bangash		PTI	21,074	36.14	Syed Iftikhar Hussain Shah		IND	14,786	25.36	6,288	35.60
Hangu	PK-83	Hangu-I	Shah Faisal Khan		PTI	14,130	30.20	Ubaid Ullah		MMA	10,210	21.82	3,920	32.88
Hangu	PK-84	Hangu-II	Muhammad Zahoor		PTI	10,171	31.89	Jahanzaib		MMA	7,915	24.82	2,256	26.22
Karak	PK-85	Karak-I	Mian Nisar Gul		MMA	30,253	30.18	Farid Khan Toofan		PTI	28,879	28.81	1,374	48.42
Karak	PK-86	Karak-II	Zafar Azam		MMA	35,846	37.38	Malik Qasim Khan Khattak		PTI	32,866	34.27	2,980	51.81
Bannu	PK-87	Bannu-I	Sher Azam Khan		PPP	21,160	37.74	Zahid Ullah Khan		PTI	18,242	32.54	2,918	42.78
	PK-88	Bannu-II	Pakhtoon Yar Khan		PTI	30,535	51.39	Zahid Akram Durrani		MMA	26,290	44.25	4,245	43.80
	PK-89	Bannu-III	Shah Muhammad Khan		PTI	11,643	21.47	Sahib Zaman		IND	10,363	19.11	1,280	41.51
	PK-90	Bannu-IV	Akram Khan Durrani		MMA	32,795	46.93	Haji Malik Adnan Khan		PTI	32,767	46.89	28	42.68
Lakki Marwat	PK-91	Lakki Marwat-I	Munawar Khan Advocate		MMA	25,242	34.33	Johar Muhammad		PTI	21,798	29.65	3,444	51.14
	PK-92	Lakki Marwat-II	Hisham Inamullah Khan		PTI	38,476	52.44	Noor Saleem Malik		MMA	28,450	38.77	10,026	50.66
	PK-93	Lakki Marwat-III	Anwar Hayat Khan		MMA	16,781	30.75	Tariq Saeed		PTI	16,047	29.41	734	47.92
Tank	PK-94	Tank	Mahmood Ahmad Khan		MMA	27,911	36.32	Ghulam Qadir Khan		ANP	15,725	20.47	12,186	44.57
Dera Ismail Khan	PK-95	Dera Ismail Khan-I	Ehtesham Javed Akber Khan		IND	44,557	44.59	Makhdoom Mureed Qasim Shah		IND	39,865	39.89	4,692	63.23
	PK-96	Dera Ismail Khan-II	Ahmad Kundi		PPP	18,416	27.34	Samiullah		IND	16,692	25.14	1,724	55.95
	PK-97	Dera Ismail Khan-III	Ali Amin Gandapur		PTI	31,197	43.92	Qayyum Nawaz		PPP	14,645	20.62	16,552	47.30
	PK-98	Dera Ismail Khan-IV	Lutf ur Rehman		MMA	20,010	29.96	Fakher Ullah Khan		IND	18,922	28.33	1,088	58.83
	PK-99	Dera Ismail Khan-V	Election Postponed^[16]

Members elected on reserved seats

Reserved Seats		Member
For Women	Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf	Nadia Sher
		Maliha Ali Asghar Khan
		Aisha Naeem
		Momina Basit
		Sumera Shams
		Rabia Basri
		Asiya Asad
		Sajida Haneef
		Somi Falak Naz
		Aisha Bano
		Sitara Afreen
		Zeenat Bibi
		Asia Khattak
		Maria Fatima
		Sumaiyah Bibi
		Madiha Nisar
	Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal	Rehana Ismail
	Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal	Humaira Khatoon
	Awami National Party	Shagufta Malik
	Awami National Party	Shahida Waheed
	Pakistan Muslim League (N)	Sobia Shahid
	Pakistan Peoples Party	Nighat Orakzai
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v t e Elections in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
General elections	1970 1977 1988 1990 1993 1997 2002 2008 2013 2018 2024 Next
Provincial Assembly	1934 1937 1946 1951 1970 1977 1988 1990 1993 1997 2002 2008 2013 2018 2019 (Former FATA seats) 2024 Next
Local elections	2015 2021
Referendum	1947¹
See also: Elections and referendums in Pakistan ¹ As part of British India

v t e Constituencies of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly
Upper Chitral District	PK-1 Upper Chitral
Lower Chitral District	PK-2 Lower Chitral
Swat District	PK-3 Swat-I PK-4 Swat-II PK-5 Swat-III PK-6 Swat-IV PK-7 Swat-V PK-8 Swat-VI PK-9 Swat-VII PK-10 Swat-VIII
Upper Dir District	PK-11 Upper Dir-I PK-12 Upper Dir-II PK-13 Upper Dir-III
Lower Dir District	PK-14 Lower Dir-I PK-15 Lower Dir-II PK-16 Lower Dir-III PK-17 Lower Dir-IV PK-18 Lower Dir-V
Bajaur District	PK-19 Bajaur-I PK-20 Bajaur-II PK-21 Bajaur-III PK-22 Bajaur-IV
Malakand District	PK-23 Malakand-I PK-24 Malakand-II
Buner District	PK-25 Buner-I PK-26 Buner-II PK-27 Buner-III
Shangla District	PK-28 Shangla-I PK-29 Shangla-II PK-30 Shangla-III
Upper Kohistan District	PK-31 Kohistan Upper
Lower Kohistan District	PK-32 Kohistan Lower
Kolai-Palas District	PK-33 Kolai Palas
Battagram District	PK-34 Battagram-I PK-35 Battagram-II
Mansehra District	PK-36 Mansehra-I PK-37 Mansehra-II PK-38 Mansehra-III PK-39 Mansehra-IV PK-40 Mansehra-V
Torghar District	PK-41 Torghar
Abbottabad District	PK-42 Abbottabad-I PK-43 Abbottabad-II PK-44 Abbottabad-III PK-45 Abbottabad-IV
Haripur District	PK-46 Haripur-I PK-47 Haripur-II PK-48 Haripur-III
Swabi District	PK-49 Swabi-I PK-50 Swabi-II PK-51 Swabi-III PK-52 Swabi-IV PK-53 Swabi-V
Mardan District	PK-54 Mardan-I PK-55 Mardan-II PK-56 Mardan-III PK-57 Mardan-IV PK-58 Mardan-V PK-59 Mardan-VI PK-60 Mardan-VII PK-61 Mardan-VIII
Charsadda District	PK-62 Charsadda-I PK-63 Charsadda-II PK-64 Charsadda-III PK-65 Charsadda-IV PK-66 Charsadda-V
Mohmand District	PK-67 Mohmand-I PK-68 Mohmand-II
Khyber District	PK-69 Khyber-I PK-70 Khyber-II PK-71 Khyber-III
Peshawar District	PK-72 Peshawar-I PK-73 Peshawar-II PK-74 Peshawar-III PK-75 Peshawar-IV PK-76 Peshawar-V PK-77 Peshawar-VI PK-78 Peshawar-VII PK-79 Peshawar-VIII PK-80 Peshawar-IX PK-81 Peshawar-X PK-82 Peshawar-XI PK-83 Peshawar-XII PK-84 Peshawar-XIII
Nowshera District	PK-85 Nowshera-I PK-86 Nowshera-II PK-87 Nowshera-III PK-88 Nowshera-IV PK-89 Nowshera-V
Kohat District	PK-90 Kohat-I PK-91 Kohat-II PK-92 Kohat-III
Hangu District	PK-93 Hangu
Orakzai District	PK-94 Orakzai
Kurram District	PK-95 Kurram-I PK-96 Kurram-II
Karak District	PK-97 Karak-I PK-98 Karak-II
Bannu District	PK-99 Bannu-I PK-100 Bannu-II PK-101 Bannu-III PK-102 Bannu-IV
North Waziristan District	PK-103 North Waziristan-I PK-104 North Waziristan-II
Lakki Marwat District	PK-105 Lakki Marwat-I PK-106 Lakki Marwat-II PK-107 Lakki Marwat-III
Tank District	PK-108 Tank
Upper South Waziristan District	PK-109 Upper South Waziristan
Lower South Waziristan District	PK-110 Lower South Waziristan
D.I Khan District	PK-111 Dera Ismail Khan-I PK-112 Dera Ismail Khan-II PK-113 Dera Ismail Khan-III PK-114 Dera Ismail Khan-IV PK-115 Dera Ismail Khan-V
22 Assembly Memberberships "R"eserved for "W"omen appointees Note: not all memberships are filled from election to election	Constituency WR-01 Constituency WR-02 Constituency WR-03 Constituency WR-04 Constituency WR-05 Constituency WR-06 Constituency WR-07 Constituency WR-08 Constituency WR-09 Constituency WR-10 Constituency WR-11 Constituency WR-12 Constituency WR-13 Constituency WR-14 Constituency WR-15 Constituency WR-16 Constituency WR-17 Constituency WR-18 Constituency WR-19 Constituency WR-20 Constituency WR-21 Constituency WR-22
Election Commission of Pakistan