# NA-45 (Kurram-I)

NA-45 (Tribal Area-VI) (Urdu: این اے-۳۸، قباَئلی علاقہ-۳) is a constituency for the National Assembly of Pakistan comprising mainly Lower Kurram Subdivision and Central Kurram Subdivision of Kurram District in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province.

## Members of Parliament
### 2002–2018: NA-38 (Tribal Area-III)

| Election | Member | Party |
| 2002 | Munir Khan Orakzai | Independent |
| 2008 | Munir Khan Orakzai | Independent |
| 2013 | No Elections | No Elections |

### Since 2018: NA-45 (Tribal Area-VI)

| Election | Member | Party |
| 2018 | Munir Khan Orakzai | MMA |
| 2021 | Fakhar Zaman Khan | PTI |
| 2022 | Imran Khan | PTI |

## Election 2002

General elections were held on 10 Oct 2002. Munir Khan Orakzai an Independent candidate won by 6,619 votes.

## Election 2008

The result of general election 2008 in this constituency is given below.

### Result

Munir Khan Orakzai succeeded in the election 2008 and became the member of National Assembly.
General Election 2008: Tribal Area-III :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Independent | Munir Khan Orakzai | 16,525 | 67 |
| Independent | Maulana Akhunzada Obaidullah Sharif | 4,270 | 17 |
| Independent | Habib Malik Orakzai | 2,990 | 12 |
| Others | Others | 1,115 | 4 |

## Election 2013

Due to the volatile security situation in the region the elections were not held for this constituency.

## Election 2018

General elections were held on 25 July 2018.
General election 2018: NA-45 (Tribal Area-VI) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | MMA | Munir Khan Orakzai | 16,353 | 29.02 |
| | PTI | Said Jamal | 13,601 | 24.13 |
| | Independent | Fakhar Zaman Khan | 11,370 | 20.17 |
| | Independent | Malak Rasheed Ahmed Khan | 6,653 | 11.81 |
| | PPP | Arif Hussain | 3,534 | 6.27 |
| | Others | Others (thirty-four candidates) | 4,846 | 8.60 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 57,893 | 35.01 |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 56,357 | 97.35 |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 1,536 | 2.65 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 2,752 | 4.89 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 165,368 | |

## By-election 2021

The seat of NA-45 fell vacant after the demise of the JUI-F MNA Munir Khan Orakzai. This seat was won by PTI candidate Fakhar Zaman Khan in a February 2021 by-election.
By-election 2021: NA-45 (Kurram-I) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | PTI | Fakhar Zaman Khan | 16,911 | 29.75 | 5.72 |
| | JUI (F) | Jamil Khan Chamkani | 15,761 | 27.73 | 1.20 |
| | Independent | Said Jamal Orakzai | 15,559 | 27.37 | |
| | Independent | Azram Khan | 5,222 | 9.19 | |
| | Others | Others (twenty-three candidates) | 3,394 | 5.97 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 58,663 | 32.42 | |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 1,816 | 3.10 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,150 | 2.02 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 180,931 | | |
| | PTI gain from MMA | PTI gain from MMA | PTI gain from MMA | PTI gain from MMA | PTI gain from MMA |

## By-election 2022

A by-election was held on 30 October 2022 due to the resignation of Fakhar Zaman Khan, the previous MNA from this seat.
By-election 2022: NA-45 (Kurram-I) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | PTI | Imran Khan | 20,748 | 58.42 | 28.57 |
| | JUI (F) | Jamil Khan Chamkhani | 12,718 | 35.81 | 8.08 |
| | Others | Others (fourteen candidates) | 2,050 | 5.77 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 36,676 | 18.47 | 13.95 |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 1,160 | 3.16 | 0.06 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 8,030 | 22.61 | 20.59 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 198,618 | | |
| | PTI hold | PTI hold | PTI hold | PTI hold | PTI hold |