Constituency PP-155

Overview

Name of constituency

Brief introduction

There are 9 union councils in the Provincial Assembly Constituency.

Each union council consists of 15,000 to 20,000 registered voters. In fact, PP-155 is a Cantonment Board area and it is controlled and monitored by the army, so there is no local-body system.

The last election of local bodies was held in 1991.

The total number of registered voters was 164,446 in the 2008 election.

Main developed areas

Defence Housing Authority (DHA) Phase 1 to 5 and 8, Punjab Society, Sui Gass Society, Fort Villas.

Underdeveloped areas

Iqbal Park, Super Town, Al-Ameen Society, Nayab Sector.

Poor areas

Chungi Amer Sidhu, Fardous Park, Shaukat Town, Amer Sidhu Pind, Farooq Colony, Model Colony 1, 2, Qadri Colony, Peer Colony, Keer Kot.

Rural areas

There are many villages in provincial constituency PP-155. Some are developed and surrounded by DHA and other societies. But some have very poor conditions and facilities.

Charer (surrounded by DHA)
Keer Kot and Keer Khurad (surrounded by DHA phase 2, 3, 4 and other societies)
Amersidhu (surrounded by DHA phase 2 and other societies)
Koray (surrounded by DHA phase 3, main Walton road and other societies)
Chung Khurad (at Charar drain and surrounded by DHA phase 4 and other societies)
Manawala (at main Badian road and surrounded by DHA phase 5 and other societies)
Bhatta Kohar (at main Badian road and link with KB colony and other societies)
Gohawa (at main Airport road and surrounded by DHA phase 8 and other societies)
Sehijpal (at main Airport road and surrounded by DHA phase 8 and other societies)
Malik Pur (at main Airport road and surrounded by DHA phase 8 and other societies)
Alpha Jhugian (at main Airport road and surrounded by DHA phase 8 and other societies)
Dair Pindi (at main Airport road and surrounded by DHA phase 8 and other societies)
Bao Wala (at main Barkee road and surrounded by DHA phase 8 and other societies)
Jindra and Jindra Khurd (at main Barkee road and surrounded by DHA phase 6, 7 and 8)
Durag Pura (at main Barkee road and surrounded by DHA phase 6, 7 and other societies)
Chacho Wali (at main Badian road and surrounded by DHA phase 5 and other societies)

Elections results 2008

Registered voters: 164,446
Votes polled: 57,914
Valid votes: 57,834
Rejected votes: 801
Percentage of votes polled: 35.22%

MPA

Mian Naseer Ahmed was elected as Member of Provincial Assembly of the Punjab (MPA) in 2008. He belongs to the Pakistan Muslim League (N) (PML-N) political party. in 1985 Qazi Abdul hakeem elected as a member of provincial Assembly of the Punjab as an indipandent candidate

Ranking of political parties

References

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