Makhdoom Syed Sami Ul Hassan Gillani Explained

Makhdoom Syed Sami Ul Hassan Gillani
Office:Member of the National Assembly of Pakistan
Term Start:29 February 2024
Office2:Tehsil Nazim of Ahmedpur East
Term Start2:2000
Term End2:2008
Birth Place:Bahawalpur, Punjab, Pakistan
Nationality:Pakistani
Party:Pakistan Muslim League (N) (2023-present)
Constituency:NA-166 Bahawalpur-III
Constituency1:NA-174 (Bahawalpur-V)
Term Start1:13 August 2018
Term End1:10 August 2023
Otherparty:Pakistan Muslim League (Q) (2008-2013)
Bahawalpur National Awami Party (2013-2018
Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (2018-2023)

Makhdoom Syed Sami Ul Hassan Gillani is a Pakistani politician who has been a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan since February 2024 and previously served in this position from August 2018 till August 2023.[1] He also served as the Tehsil Nazim of Ahmedpur East from 2000 to 2008.[2]

Political career

He served as the Tehsil Nazim of Ahmedpur East from 2000 to 2005 and then from 2005 to 2008, resigning in the middle of his term in order to contest the coming elections.[3]

He contested the 2008 Pakistani general election from NA-183 Bahawalpur-I as a candidate of Pakistan Muslim League (Q) but was unsuccessful. He received 39,644 votes and was defeated by Arif Aziz Sheikh, a candidate of Pakistan People's Party (PPP).[4]

He contested the 2013 Pakistani general election from NA-183 Bahawalpur-I as a candidate of Bahawalpur National Awami Party (BNAP), but was unsuccessful. He received 47,362 votes and was defeated by Syed Ali Hassan Gilani, a candidate of Pakistan Muslim League (N) (PML(N)).[5]

He was elected to the National Assembly of Pakistan from NA-174 (Bahawalpur-V) as a candidate of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) in the 2018 Pakistani general election. He received 63,975 votes and defeated Bahawal Abbas Abbasi, an independent candidate.[6]

He was re-elected to the National Assembly from NA-166 Bahawalpur-III as a candidate of PML(N) in the 2024 Pakistani general election. He received 62,157 votes and defeated Bahawal Abbas Abbasi, an independent candidate.[7]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: 16th National Assembly session to convene tomorrow without President's approval .
  2. Web site: 2008-03-01 . Election fever turns to Tehsil nazim’s bypoll . 2024-07-27 . DAWN.COM . en.
  3. Web site: 2008-03-01 . Election fever turns to Tehsil nazim’s bypoll . 2024-07-27 . DAWN.COM . en.
  4. Web site: NA-183 Bahawalpur I Detail Election Result 2008 . 2024-07-27 . www.electionpakistani.com.
  5. Web site: NA-183 Bahawalpur Detail Election Result 2013 Full Information . 2024-07-27 . www.electionpakistani.com.
  6. Web site: Election Commission of Pakistan . 2024-07-25 . ecp.gov.pk.
  7. Web site: Election Commission of Pakistan . 2024-07-17 . ecp.gov.pk.