# NA-259 Kech-cum-Gwadar

NA-259 Kech-cum-Gwadar (این اے-259، کیچ-کم-گوادر)is a constituency for the National Assembly of Pakistan. It covers southern parts of the district of Kech and whole District Gwadar in the province of Balochistan. The constituency was created in 2022 out of NA-272 (Kech-cum-Gwadar) by taking out Kech District and making it a separate constituency.

## Assembly Segments

| Constituency number | Constituency | District | Current MPA | Party |
| 24 | PB-24 Gwadar | Gwadar | Hidayat ur Rehman Baloch | HDTB |
| 25 | PB-25 Kech-I | Kech | Zahoor Ahmed Buledi | PPP |
| 26 | PB-26 Kech-II | Kech | Abdul Malik Baloch | NP |

## Members of Parliament
### 2018–2023: NA-271 Kech

| Election | Election | Member | Party |
| | 2018 | Zubaida Jalal Khan | BAP |

### 2024–present: NA-259 Kech-cum-Gwadar

| Election | Election | Member | Party |
| | 2024 | Malik Shah Gorgaij | PPP |

## Election 2002

General election 2002: NA-272 Kech-cum-Gwadar :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Independent | Zubada Jalal | 44,177 | 49.63 |
| | BNM | Dr. Abdul Malik | 36,169 | 40.64 |
| | MMA | Abdul Haque | 6,252 | 7.02 |
| | Others | Others (two candidates) | 2,410 | 2.71 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 92,043 | 32.67 |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 89,008 | 96.70 |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 3,035 | 3.30 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 8,008 | 8.99 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 281,748 | |

## Election 2008

General election 2008: NA-272 Kech-cum-Gwadar :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | BNP (A) | Yaqoob Bizenjo | 61,655 | 59.32 |
| | Independent | Zubada Jalal | 33,564 | 32.29 |
| | PPP | Dr. Muhammad Haider Baloch | 3,514 | 3.38 |
| | PML(N) | Abdul Qadeer | 2,448 | 2.36 |
| | Others | Others (two candidates) | 2,757 | 2.65 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 107,930 | 34.07 |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 103,938 | 96.30 |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 3,992 | 3.70 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 28,091 | 27.03 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 316,766 | |

## Election 2013

General election 2013: NA-272 Kech-cum-Gwadar :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | BNP (M) | Syed Essa Nori | 15,835 | 37.81 |
| | NP | Muhammad Yasin Baloch | 15,316 | 36.57 |
| | BNP (A) | Abdul Rauf Rind | 5,147 | 12.29 |
| | JUI (F) | Abdul Hameed | 2,973 | 7.10 |
| | JI | Gulab Baloch | 1,108 | 2.65 |
| | Others | Others (six candidates) | 1,502 | 3.58 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 43,025 | 16.07 |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 41,881 | 97.34 |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 1,144 | 2.66 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 519 | 1.24 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 267,667 | |

## Election 2018

General elections were held on 25 July 2018.
General election 2018: NA-271 Kech :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | BAP | Zubaida Jalal | 33,456 | 38.81 | |
| | BNP (A) | Syed Ehsan Shah | 20,617 | 23.92 | |
| | BNP (M) | Jan Muhammad Dashti | 12,277 | 14.24 | |
| | NP | Abul Hassan | 9,951 | 11.54 | |
| | Independent | Hotman | 5,306 | 6.16 | |
| | Others | Others (ten candidates) | 4,589 | 5.33 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 88,865 | 39.92 | |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 86,196 | 97.00 | |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 2,669 | 3.00 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 12,839 | 14.89 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 222,631 | | |
| | BAP gain from BNP (M) | BAP gain from BNP (M) | BAP gain from BNP (M) | BAP gain from BNP (M) | BAP gain from BNP (M) |

## Election 2024

General elections were held on 8 February 2024. Malik Shah Gorgaij won the election with 40,778 votes.
General election 2024: NA-259 Kech-cum-Gwadar :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | PPP | Malik Shah Gorgaij | 40,778 | 35.90 | 35.52 |
| | NP | Abdul Malik Baloch | 22,313 | 19.65 | 8.11 |
| | HDTB | Hussain Baloch | 21,352 | 18.80 | N/A |
| | Independent | Yaqoob Bizanjo | 20,613 | 18.15 | N/A |
| | BNP (M) | Syed Ehsan Shah | 5,493 | 4.84 | 9.40 |
| | Others | Others (fourteen candidates) | 3,028 | 2.67 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 116,140 | 38.20 | 1.72 |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 113,577 | 97.79 | |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 2,563 | 2.21 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 18,465 | 16.26 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 304,040 | | |
| | PPP gain from BAP | PPP gain from BAP | PPP gain from BAP | PPP gain from BAP | PPP gain from BAP |