NA-173 Rahim Yar Khan-V was a designated constituency for the National Assembly of Pakistan.
Geographical scope
- The constituency was located within Rahim Yar Khan District in the province of Punjab, Pakistan.
- It comprised a portion of the district’s administrative subdivisions (tehsils), though the precise tehsils and Union Councils included varied over time with successive delimitations.
Electoral history
- NA-173 existed as a National Assembly seat for the elections held under the delimitations of 2002 and 2013.
- It was contested in the general elections of 2002, 2008, and 2013. Detailed results (winning candidates, vote totals, and party affiliations) are not included here due to a lack of verifiable, publicly sourced data within the scope of this entry.
Delimitation and status
- In the nationwide delimitation exercised before the 2018 general election, the constituency boundaries were redrawn, and the NA-173 designation was abolished.
- The area formerly covered by NA-173 was redistributed among newly numbered constituencies within Rahim Yar Khan District (e.g., NA‑170, NA‑171, etc., depending on the specific reallocation).
Legislative representation
- Throughout its existence, the seat elected one Member of the National Assembly (MNA) per electoral cycle, in accordance with Pakistan’s first‑past‑the‑post system.
Current relevance
- As of the latest delimitation (effective for the 2018 general election onward), NA-173 Rahim Yar Khan-V no longer exists as an electoral constituency.
Note: Specific electoral data such as vote counts, party affiliations of elected members, and exact boundary descriptions are not provided here due to insufficient readily available encyclopedic sources.
