# NA-35 Kohat

NA-35 Kohat (این اے-35، کوہاٹ) is a constituency for the National Assembly of Pakistan. It covers tho whole of district Kohat. The constituency was formerly known as NA-14 Kohat from 1977 to 2018. The name changed to NA-32 Kohat after the delimitation in 2018 and to NA-35 Kohat after the delimitation in 2022.

## Members of Parliament
### 1988–2002: NA-9 Kohat

| Election | Member | Party |
| 1988 | Moulvi Naimatullah | IJI |
| 1990 | Syed Iftikhar Hussain Gillani | PDA |
| 1993 | Syed Iftikhar Hussain Gillani | PML-N |
| 1997 | Haji Javed Ibrahim Piracha | PML-N |

### 2002–2018: NA-14 Kohat

| Election | Member | Party |
| 2002 | Mufti Ibrar Sultan | MMA |
| 2008 | Dilawar Shah | ANP |
| 2013 | Shehryar Afridi | PTI |

### 2018–2023: NA-32 Kohat

| Election | Election | Member | Party |
| | 2018 | Shehryar Afridi | PTI |

### 2023–present: NA-35 Kohat

| Election | Election | Member | Party |
| | 2024 | Shehryar Afridi | SIC |

## Elections since 2002
### 2002 general election

2002 General Election: NA-14 Kohat :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | MMA | Mufti Ibrar Sultan | 46,130 | 48.14 |
| | PML-Q | Syed Iftikhar Hussain Gillani | 14,277 | 14.90 |
| | Independent | Shehryar Khan Afridi | 12,083 | 12.61 |
| | ANP | Fazal Rahim Khattak | 11,299 | 11.79 |
| | PPPP | Saifullah Khan Khattak Advocate | 7,205 | 7.52 |
| | PML-N | Javed Ibrahim Paracha | 3,712 | 2.83 |
| | National Alliance | Shah Baz Gul Shinwari | 1,520 | 1.59 |
| | Pak Watan Party | Syed Mazher Ali Shah | 599 | 0.62 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 31,853 | 33.24 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 95,825 | 31.40 |
| | MMA gain from PML-N | MMA gain from PML-N | | |
A total of 3,748 votes were rejected.

### 2008 general election

2008 General Election: NA-14 Kohat :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | ANP | Dilawar Shah | 30,681 | 31.11 | +19.32 |
| | Independent | Malak Mohammad Asad Khan | 23,030 | 23.35 | |
| | Independent | Syed Iftikhar Hussain Gillani | 17,466 | 17.71 | |
| | MMA | Molana Abdul Hai | 10,573 | 10.72 | −37.42 |
| | PPPP | Abdul Rauf Advocate | 8,421 | 8.54 | +1.02 |
| | Independent | Qari Ubaidullah Haidri | 6,774 | 6.87 | |
| | PML-N | Javaid Ibrahim Paracha | 1,292 | 1.31 | −1.52 |
| | Independent | Pir Hafiz Khurshid Ali Khan | 215 | 0.22 | |
| | MQM | Shahid Khan Advocate | 166 | 0.17 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 7,651 | 7.76 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 98,618 | 28.41 | −2.99 |
| | ANP gain from MMA | ANP gain from MMA | | | |
A total of 3,029 votes were rejected.

### 2013 general election

2013 General Election: NA-14 Kohat :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | PTI | Shehryar Afridi | 68,129 | 40.04 | |
| | JUI-F | Gohar Mohammad Khan Bangesh | 32,041 | 18.83 | |
| | Independent | Shammim Afridi | 19,135 | 11.25 | |
| | PML-N | Malik Muhammad Asad Khan | 13,789 | 8.10 | +6.79 |
| | PPPP | Dilawar Shah | 10,041 | 5.90 | −2.64 |
| | MDM | Ubaid Ullah | 9,209 | 5.41 | |
| | ANP | Kursheed Begum Saeed | 7,211 | 4.24 | −26.87 |
| | Independent | Badshah Gul | 4,814 | 2.83 | |
| | JI | Syed Mohammed Faheem | 3,558 | 2.09 | |
| | TTP | Asif Iqbal | 498 | 0.29 | |
| | Independent | Mohammad Ihsanullah | 471 | 0.28 | |
| | QWP (S) | Najeebullah Durrani | 414 | 0.24 | |
| | PkMAP | Mohammad Nawaz Khan | 312 | 0.18 | |
| | Independent | Nazia Zulfiqar | 254 | 0.15 | |
| | Independent | Sher Rehman | 159 | 0.09 | |
| | MQM | Abdul Qadeer Khan | 130 | 0.08 | −0.09 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 36,088 | 21.21 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 170,165 | 42.68 | +14.27 |
| | PTI gain from ANP | PTI gain from ANP | | | |
A total of 5,600 votes were rejected.

### 2018 general election

General elections were held on 25 July 2018.
General election 2018: NA-32 (Kohat) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | PTI | Shehryar Afridi | 82,248 | 43.14 |
| | MMA | Gohar Muhammad Khan Bangash | 47,412 | 24.87 |
| | PML(N) | Abbas Khan Afridi | 44,154 | 23.16 |
| | Others | Others (seven candidates) | 16,844 | 8.83 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 197,343 | 38.95 |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 190,658 | 96.61 |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 6,685 | 3.39 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 34,836 | 18.27 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 506,699 | |
| | PTI hold | PTI hold | Swing | N/A |

### 2024 general election

General elections were held on 8 February 2024. Shehryar Afridi won the election with 128,594 votes.
General election 2024: NA-35 Kohat :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Independent | Shehryar Afridi | 128,594 | 52.68 | 9.54 |
| | PML(N) | Abbas Khan Afridi | 59,034 | 24.18 | 1.02 |
| | JUI (F) | Gohar Muhammad Khan Bangash | 44,380 | 18.18 | N/A |
| | Others | Others (fifteen candidates) | 12,111 | 4.96 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 249,848 | 37.50 | 1.45 |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 244,119 | 97.71 | |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 5,729 | 2.29 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 69,560 | 28.49 | 10.22 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 666,239 | | |