{{Short description|Constituency of the National Assembly of Pakistan}} {{Infobox constituency |type= |name=NA-54 Rawalpindi-III |year= |abolished= |parl_name=National Assembly of Pakistan |party=Pakistan Muslim League (N)|member=Aqeel Malik |image=NA-54 Rawalpindi-III (2024).svg |map1= |map2= |map3= |region=Wah Cantonment and Taxila Tehsil and Adiala of Rawalpindi Tehsil in Rawalpindi District |elects_howmany= |seats=|electorate=466,344 <ref>{{Cite web |title=Election Commission of Pakistan |url=https://ecp.gov.pk/general-elections-2024 |access-date=2024-01-06 |website=ecp.gov.pk |archive-date=2024-01-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240106074323/https://ecp.gov.pk/general-elections-2024 |url-status=dead }}</ref> |previous=NA-53 Rawalpindi-IV |next= }}
'''NA-54 Rawalpindi-III''' ({{nastaliq|این اے-54، راولپنڈی-3}}) is a constituency for the National Assembly of Pakistan.<ref>{{Cite web |title=ECP - Election Commission of Pakistan |url=https://www.ecp.gov.pk/frmGenericPage.aspx?PageID=3308 |access-date=2022-12-25 |website=www.ecp.gov.pk |archive-date=2022-11-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221126224432/https://www.ecp.gov.pk/frmGenericPage.aspx?PageID=3308 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
==Members of Parliament==
===1970–1977: NW-29 Rawalpindi-IV=== {| class="wikitable" |- !colspan="2"|Election!!Member!!Party |- |style="background-color: {{party color|Pakistan Peoples Party}}" | || 1970 || Raja Abdul Aziz Bhatti | PPP |}
===1977–2002: NA-39 Rawalpindi-IV=== {| class="wikitable" |- !colspan="2"|Election!!Member!!Party |- |style="background-color: {{party color|Pakistan Peoples Party}}" | || 1977 || Nazar Hussain Kiyani | PPP |- |style="background-color: {{party color|Independent}}" | || 1985 || Raja Shahid Zafar || Independent |- |style="background-color: {{party color|Pakistan Peoples Party}}" | || 1988 || Raja Shahid Zafar || PPP |- |style="background-color: {{party color|Islamic Democratic Alliance}}" | || 1990 || Muhammad Ijaz-ul-Haq || IJI |- |style="background-color: {{party color|Pakistan Muslim League (N)}}" | || 1993 || Muhammad Ijaz-ul-Haq || PML-N |- |style="background-color: {{party color|Pakistan Muslim League (N)}}" | || 1997 || Muhammad Ijaz-ul-Haq || PML-N |}
===2002–2018: NA-53 Rawalpindi-IV=== {| class="wikitable" |- !colspan="2"|Election!!Member!!Party |- |style="background-color: {{party color|Pakistan Muslim League (Q)}}" | || 2002 || Ghulam Sarwar Khan | PML-Q |- |style="background-color: {{party color|Pakistan Muslim League (N)}}" | || 2008 || Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan || PML-N |- |style="background-color: {{party color|Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf}}" | || 2013 || Ghulam Sarwar Khan || PTI |}
===2018–2023: NA-63 Rawalpindi-VII=== {| class="wikitable" |- !colspan="2"|Election!!Member!!Party |- |style="background-color: {{party color|Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf}}" | || 2018 || Ghulam Sarwar Khan | PTI |- |style="background-color: {{party color|Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf}}" | || By-election 2018 || Mansoor Hayat Khan | PTI |}
=== 2024–present: NA-54 Rawalpindi-III ===
{| class="wikitable" |- !colspan="2"|Election!!Member!!Party |- |style="background-color: {{party color|Pakistan Muslim League (N)}}" | || 2024 || Aqeel Malik | PML(N) |}
== Election 2002 == {{further|Pakistani general election, 2002}} General elections were held on 10 October 2002. Ghulam Sarwar Khan an Independent candidate won by 66,900 votes.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://election2013.geo.tv/constituency/results/53/NA-53.html |title=Election Result NA-53 Rawalpindi-IV Punjab | Pakistan Election 2013 - geo.tv |access-date=2014-03-26 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140808061920/http://election2013.geo.tv/constituency/results/53/NA-53.html |archive-date=2014-08-08 }}</ref>
{{Election box begin|title=General election 2002: NA-53 Rawalpindi-IV}} {{Election box winning candidate with party link|party=Independent politician|candidate=Ghulam Sarwar Khan|votes=66,900|percentage=46.03|change=}} {{Election box candidate with party link|party=Pakistan Muslim League (N)|candidate=Ch. Nisar Ali Khan|votes=57,110|percentage=39.30|change=}}{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent politician|candidate=Faisal Iqbal|votes=9,984|percentage=6.87|change=}}{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Pakistan People's Party|candidate=Sardar Shoaib Mumtaz Khan|votes=6,673|percentage=4.59|change=}}{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Pakistan Awami Tehreek|candidate=Syed Guftar Hussain Shah|votes=3,596|percentage=2.47|change=}}
{{Election box candidate|party=Others|candidate=Others (three candidates)|votes=1,072|percentage=0.74|change=}} {{Election box turnout|votes=148,646|percentage=50.99|change=}} {{Election box total valid|votes=145,335|percentage=97.77|change=}} {{Election box rejected|votes=3,311|percentage=2.23|change=}} {{Election box majority|votes=9,790|percentage=6.73|change=}} {{Election box registered electors|reg. electors=291,549}}
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== Election 2008 == {{further|Pakistani general election, 2008}} The result of general election 2008 in this constituency is given below.
=== Result === Nisar Ali Khan succeeded in the election 2008 and became the member of National Assembly.<ref>{{cite web|title=Election result 2008 for NA-53|url=http://www2.ecp.gov.pk/vsite/ElectionResult/Search.aspx?constituency=NA&constituencyid=NA-53|publisher=ECP|access-date=October 23, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121115231911/http://www2.ecp.gov.pk/vsite/ElectionResult/Search.aspx?constituency=NA&constituencyid=NA-53|archive-date=November 15, 2012|url-status=dead|df=mdy-all}}</ref>
{{Election box begin|title=General election 2008: NA-53 Rawalpindi-IV}} {{Election box winning candidate with party link|party=Pakistan Muslim League (N)|candidate=Chaudhary Nisar Ali Khan|votes=72,257|percentage=41.19|change=}} {{Election box candidate with party link|party=Pakistan Muslim League (Q)|candidate=Ghulam Sarwar Khan|votes=49,068|percentage=27.97|change=}}{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent politician|candidate=Faisal Iqbal|votes=21,713|percentage=12.38|change=}}{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Pakistan People's Party|candidate=Sardar Shoaib Mumtaz Khan|votes=18,388|percentage=10.48|change=}}{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent politician|candidate=Ch. Muhammad Kamran Ali Khan|votes=13,390|percentage=7.63|change=}}
{{Election box candidate|party=Others|candidate=Others (two candidates)|votes=593|percentage=0.35|change=}} {{Election box turnout|votes=179,918|percentage=52.32|change=}} {{Election box total valid|votes=175,409|percentage=97.49|change=}} {{Election box rejected|votes=4,509|percentage=2.51|change=}} {{Election box majority|votes=23,189|percentage=13.22|change=}} {{Election box registered electors|reg. electors=343,853}}{{Election box gain with party link without swing|loser=Independent politician|winner=Pakistan Muslim League (N)}}
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==Election 2013== {{further|Pakistani general election, 2013}} === Result === Ghulam Sarwar Khan of PTI succeeded in the election 2013 and became the member of National Assembly.<ref>{{cite web|title=Election result 2008 for NA-55|url=http://www2.ecp.gov.pk/vsite/ElectionResult/Search.aspx?constituency=NA&constituencyid=NA-55|publisher=ECP|access-date=October 23, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121115225243/http://www2.ecp.gov.pk/vsite/ElectionResult/Search.aspx?constituency=NA&constituencyid=NA-55|archive-date=November 15, 2012|url-status=dead|df=mdy-all}}</ref>{{Election box begin|title=General election 2013: NA-53 Rawalpindi-IV}} {{Election box winning candidate with party link|party=Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf|candidate=Ghulam Sarwar Khan|votes=110,593|percentage=46.65|change=}} {{Election box candidate with party link|party=Pakistan Muslim League (N)|candidate=Chaudhary Nisar Ali Khan|votes=102,430|percentage=43.20|change=}}{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Pakistan People's Party|candidate=Syed Intikhab Hussain Shah|votes=14,870|percentage=6.27|change=}}
{{Election box candidate|party=Others|candidate=Others (ten candidates)|votes=9,204|percentage=3.88|change=}} {{Election box turnout|votes=237,097|percentage=62.05|change=}} {{Election box total valid|votes=237,097|percentage=100|change=}} {{Election box rejected|votes=0|percentage=0.00|change=}} {{Election box majority|votes=8,163|percentage=3.45|change=}} {{Election box registered electors|reg. electors=382,115}}{{Election box gain with party link without swing|loser=Pakistan Muslim League (N)|winner=Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf}}
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== Election 2018 == {{further|Pakistani general election, 2018}}
General elections were held on 25 July 2018. Ghulam Sarwar Khan of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf won the election but vacated this constituency in favor of NA-59 (Rawalpindi-III).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.geo.tv/amp/207301|title=Eight additional seats vacated by federal lawmakers before taking oath|website=www.geo.tv|access-date=13 August 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180813144200/https://www.geo.tv/amp/207301|archive-date=2018-08-13|url-status=live}}</ref> {{Election box begin |title=General election 2018: NA-63 Rawalpindi-VII<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ecp.gov.pk/ConstResult.aspx?Const_Id=NA-63&type=NA&Election_ID=10070&Election=GENERAL+ELECTION+25+JUL+2018|title=ECP – Election Commission of Pakistan|website=www.ecp.gov.pk|access-date=6 August 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180806153948/https://www.ecp.gov.pk/ConstResult.aspx?Const_Id=NA-63&type=NA&Election_ID=10070&Election=GENERAL+ELECTION+25+JUL+2018|archive-date=6 August 2018|url-status=live|df=dmy-all}}</ref>}} {{Election box winning candidate with party link |party = Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf |candidate = Ghulam Sarwar Khan |votes = 100,986 |percentage = 47.67 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link |party = Independent (politician) |candidate = Chaudhary Nisar Ali Khan |votes = 65,767 |percentage = 31.05 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link |party = Pakistan Muslim League (N) |candidate = Sardar Mumtaz Khan |votes = 22,966 |percentage = 10.84 |change = }} {{Election box candidate |party = Others |candidate = Others (five candidates) |votes = 22,107 |percentage = 10.44 |change = }} {{Election box turnout |votes = 215,669 |percentage = 58.14 |change = }} {{Election box total valid |votes = 211,826 |percentage = 98.22 |change = }} {{Election box rejected |votes = 3,843 |percentage = 1.78 |change = }} {{Election box majority |votes = 35,219 |percentage = 16.62 |change = }} {{Election box registered electors |reg. electors = 370,967 }} {{Election box hold with party link |winner = Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf |swing = N/A }} {{Election box end}}
==By-election 2018== {{further|2018 Pakistani by-elections}}
By-elections were held in this constituency on 14 October 2018.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ecp.gov.pk/|title=ECP – Election Commission of Pakistan|first=metatags|last=generator|website=www.ecp.gov.pk|access-date=19 August 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180808103453/https://www.ecp.gov.pk/|archive-date=2018-08-08|url-status=live}}</ref> {{Election box begin |title=By-election 2018: NA-63 Rawalpindi-VII<ref>{{cite web|url=https://drive.google.com/drive/u/0/mobile/folders/1N__F60FsbJrsAA7s0G6Tww8ALhW-fiPo/1SWlmxNtzYkM_YWysh-rt9Ga46j_bnRQW/1ysQ9KU6IIUcH0RmrX3fyfGpdNbIdnaxC?usp=sharing&sort=13&direction=a|title=National Assembly – Google Drive|website=drive.google.com|access-date=23 October 2018}}</ref>}} {{Election box winning candidate with party link |party = Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf |candidate = Mansoor Hayat Khan |votes = 71,782 |percentage = 59.26 |change = {{increase}}11.59 }} {{Election box candidate with party link|party=Pakistan Muslim League (N)|candidate=Aqeel Malik|votes=45,490|percentage=37.55|change={{increase}}26.71}} {{Election box candidate |party = Others |candidate = Others (three candidates) |votes = 3,859 |percentage = 3.19 |change = }} {{Election box turnout|votes=122,690|percentage=33.01|change={{decrease}}25.13}} {{Election box total valid |votes = 121,131 |percentage = 98.73 |change = {{increase}}0.51 }} {{Election box rejected |votes = 1,559 |percentage = 1.27 |change = {{decrease}}0.51 }} {{Election box majority|votes=26,292|percentage=21.71|change={{increase}}5.09}} {{Election box registered electors |reg. electors = 371,713 }} {{Election box hold with party link |winner = Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf |swing = N/A }} {{Election box end}}
== Election 2024 == {{further|Pakistani general election, 2024}}
General elections were held on 8 February 2024. Aqeel Malik won the election with 85,930 votes.{{Election box begin|title=General election 2024: NA-54 Rawalpindi-III}} {{Election box winning candidate with party link|party=Pakistan Muslim League (N)|candidate=Aqeel Malik|votes=85,930|percentage=37.25|change=N/A}} {{Election box candidate with party link|party=Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf|candidate=Azra Masood{{efn|Filed nomination papers as PTI candidate but ECP allowed her to run as an Independent|name=Candidate status}}|votes=73,729|percentage=31.96|change={{decrease}}27.30}} {{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent politician|candidate=Chaudhary Nisar Ali Khan|votes=19,106|percentage=8.28|change=N/A}}{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Istehkam-e-Pakistan Party|candidate=Ghulam Sarwar Khan|votes=16,891|percentage=7.32|change=N/A}}{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan|candidate=Tahir Mehmood|votes=13,282|percentage=5.76|change={{increase}}3.61}}{{Election box candidate|party=Others|candidate=Others (twenty-five candidates)|votes=21,766|percentage=9.43|change=}} {{Election box turnout|votes=235,928|percentage=50.59|change=}} {{Election box total valid|votes=230,704|percentage=97.79|change=}} {{Election box rejected|votes=5,224|percentage=2.21|change=}} {{Election box majority|votes=12,201|percentage=5.29|change=}} {{Election box registered electors|reg. electors=466,344}} {{Election box gain with party link no swing|winner=Pakistan Muslim League (N)|loser=Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf}} {{Election box end}}
==See also== *NA-53 Rawalpindi-II *NA-55 Rawalpindi-IV
==Notes== {{notelist}}
== References == {{Reflist|2}}
== External links == *[https://web.archive.org/web/20121012161506/http://www2.ecp.gov.pk/vsite/ElectionResult/Default.aspx Election result]'s official website *[https://www.ecp.gov.pk/Documents/delimitation2018finalissued/National%20Assembly.pdf Delimitation 2018] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180510050630/https://www.ecp.gov.pk/Documents/delimitation2018finalissued/National%20Assembly.pdf |date=2018-05-10 }} official website Election Commission of Pakistan {{National Assembly constituencies of Pakistan}}
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