NA-7 Lower Dir-II

NA-7 Lower Dir-II
NA-7 Lower Dir-II
Constituency; for the National Assembly of Pakistan
Region	Timergara Tehsil, Adenzai Tehsil, Khall Tehsil and Balambat Tehsil (partly) of Lower Dir District
Electorate	413,777
Current constituency
Created	2018
Party	Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf
Member(s)	Mehboob Shah
Created from	NA-34 (Lower Dir)

NA-7 Lower Dir-II (این اے-7، لور دیر-II)is a constituency for the National Assembly of Pakistan. It was created in 2018 by splitting NA-34 (Lower Dir) which contained most of Lower Dir District from 1977 to 2018. It contains Lal Qila Tehsil, Samarbagh Tehsil, Munda Tehsil, and Balambut Tehsil (excluding Balambut and Rabat union councils) of the Lower Dir District while the remaining portion of NA-34 (Lower Dir) was made part of NA-6 (Lower Dir-I).^[2]

Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	2018	Muhammad Bashir Khan	PTI
	2024	Mehboob Shah	PTI

General elections were held on 25 July 2018.

General election 2018: NA-7 (Lower Dir-II)^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PTI	Muhammad Bashir Khan	63,017	43.11	12.93
	MMA	Siraj-ul-Haq	46,040	31.50	16.73^†
	Others	Others (six candidates)	32,666	22.35
Turnout			146,178	44.22	14.07
Rejected ballots			4,455	3.04
Majority			16,977	11.61
Registered electors			330,592
	PTI gain from JI

^†JI and JUI-F contested as part of MMA

General elections were held on 8 February 2024.^[4] Mehboob Shah won the election with 84,670 votes.

General election 2024: NA-7 Lower Dir-II
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Mehboob Shah^[a]	84,670	49.03	5.92
	JI	Muhammad Ismail	31,104	18.01	N/A
	PPP	Alam Zaib Khan	20,464	11.85	4.80
	ANP	Zahid Khan	16,653	9.64	4.18
	JUI (F)	Siraj Ud Din	13,862	8.03	N/A
	Others	Others (eleven candidates)	5,935	3.44
Turnout			176,936	42.76	1.46
Rejected ballots			4,248	2.40
Majority			53,566	31.02	19.36
Registered electors			413,777