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Constituency NA-125 (Lahore-VIII) () was a constituency for the
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of
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. After the 2018 delimitations, its areas have been divided among
NA-131 (Lahore-IX) NA-123 Lahore-VII () is a newly created constituency for the National Assembly of Pakistan, National Assembly of Pakistan. It mainly comprises the Walton Cantonment. Members of Parliament 2018–2023: NA-132 Lahore-X 2024–present: NA-123 L ...
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NA-132 (Lahore-X) NA-122 Lahore-VI () is a constituency for the National Assembly of Pakistan. It mainly comprises the Lahore Cantonment Tehsil along with areas of Model Town Tehsil and Shalimar Tehsil. Members of Parliament 2018–2023: NA-131 Lahore-IX 2 ...
, and
NA-134 (Lahore-XII) NA-124 Lahore-VIII () is a newly-created constituency for the National Assembly of Pakistan. It mainly comprises 4 census charges (2, 3, 4, and areas of 16) of Model Town Tehsil. Members of Parliament 2018–2023: NA-134 Lahore-XII 2024– ...
.


Boundaries

The constituency included DHA and Cantonment, the most affluent areas of Lahore. It also had a considerable population from adjoining villages on Badian Road. After the 2018 delimitations, its areas have been divided among NA-131 ( Walton Cantonment), NA-132 (Rural part around Bedian Road), and NA-134 (the vicinity of Church Road).


Election 2002

General elections were held on 10 Oct 2002. Humayun Akhtar Khan of PML Q won by 22,405 votes.


Election 2008

General elections were held on 18 Feb 2008.
Khawaja Saad Rafique Khawaja Saad Rafique (; born 4 November 1962) is a Pakistani politician who had been a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan from October 2018 till August 2023 and the federal minister for Railways. A leader of the Pakistan Muslim Leag ...
succeeded in the election with 70,752 votes and became the member of National Assembly.


Election 2013

General elections were held on 11 May 2013.
Khawaja Saad Rafique Khawaja Saad Rafique (; born 4 November 1962) is a Pakistani politician who had been a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan from October 2018 till August 2023 and the federal minister for Railways. A leader of the Pakistan Muslim Leag ...
of
PML-N The Pakistan Muslim League (N) or (PML(N)) is a Centre-right politics, centre-right, Conservatism in Pakistan, conservative political party in Pakistan. It is currently the third-largest party in the Senate of Pakistan, Senate and the larges ...
won by 123,416 votes and became the member of
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Allegations of Rigging in Election 2013

When the constituency was examined by the NADRA on 14 December 2014, they concluded that more than 20% of the votes could not be verified. The said votes were rejected for want of verification of thumbprint and CNIC numbers. The report alleged that in some instances, one person had cast multiple votes. A re-election was ordered by the election tribunal and the
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notified Khawaja Saad Rafique. The decision was later turned down by Supreme court of Pakistan restoring winning candidate seat.


References


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External links


Election result
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