Muhammad Ahmed Chattha | |
Office: | Member of the National Assembly of Pakistan |
Term Start: | 29 February 2024 |
Constituency: | NA-66 Wazirabad |
Nationality: | Pakistani |
Party: | Independent |
Native Name Lang: | ur |
Parents: | Hamid Nasir Chattha (father) |
Muhammad Ahmed Chattha, is a Pakistani politician who has been a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan since February 2024.
Chattha contested the 2013 Pakistani general election from NA-101 Gujranwala-VII as a candidate of Pakistan Muslim League (J) (PML(J)), but was unsuccessful. He received 59,878 votes and was defeated by Iftikhar Cheema, a candidate of Pakistan Muslim League (N) (PML(N)), who polled 99,924 votes.[1]
He contested a 2016 by-election from NA-101 Gujranwala-VII as a candidate of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), but was unsuccessful. He received 81,218 votes and was again defeated by Iftikhar Cheema, a candidate of PML(N).[2]
He contested the 2018 Pakistani general election from NA-79 Gujranwala-I as a candidate of PTI, but was unsuccessful. He received 118,709 votes and was defeated, this time by Nisar Ahmed Cheema, a candidate of PML(N).[3]
He was elected to the National Assembly of Pakistan in the 2024 Pakistani general election from NA-66 Wazirabad as an Independent candidate. He received 160,676 votes while the runner-up Nisar Ahmed Cheema, a candidate of PML(N), received 100,633 votes.[4] [5]
He later joined the Sunni Ittehad Council (SIC), along with all of the other PTI-affiliated independents.[6]