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{{Short description|Pakistani politician}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name =Rana Afzaal Hussain
| honorific-suffix =
|image =
| office = Member of the [[National Assembly of Pakistan]]
| term_start = 2008
| term_end = 31 May 2018
| constituency = [[Constituency NA-131|NA-131 (Sheikhupura-I)]]
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1947|7|2|df=y}}
| birth_place =
|nationality = Pakistani
|party = [[Pakistan Muslim League (N)]]
|relatives = [[Rana Tanveer Hussain]] (brother)<ref name="dawn/24jan2008">{{cite news|title=Sheikhupura by-election|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/308751|accessdate=6 April 2017|work=DAWN.COM|date=24 June 2008|language=en|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170407060855/https://www.dawn.com/news/308751|archivedate=7 April 2017}}</ref>
}}

'''Rana Afzaal Hussain''' ({{Lang-ur|{{Nastaliq|رانا افضال حسین}}}}; born 2 July 1947) is a Pakistani politician who had been a member of the [[National Assembly of Pakistan]], from 2008 to May 2018.

==Early life==
He was born on 2 July 1947.<ref name="pildat/dob">{{cite web|title=Detail Information|url=http://www.pildat.org/mna/rsDetail.asp?detid=131|accessdate=9 July 2017|date=19 April 2014|url-status=bot: unknown|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140419124659/http://www.pildat.org/mna/rsDetail.asp?detid=131|archivedate=19 April 2014}}</ref>

==Political career==
He ran for the seat of the [[National Assembly of Pakistan]] as an independent candidate from [[Constituency NA-131|NA-131 (Sheikhupura-I)]] in [[2002 Pakistani general election]] but was unsuccessful. He received 3,075 votes and lost the seat to [[Zulfiqar Ahmad Dhillon]].<ref>{{cite web|title=2002 election result|url=https://www.ecp.gov.pk/ge/ge2002vol2.pdf|publisher=ECP|accessdate=12 May 2018|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180126141507/https://www.ecp.gov.pk/ge/ge2002vol2.pdf|archivedate=26 January 2018}}</ref>

He was elected to the National Assembly as a candidate of [[Pakistan Muslim League (N)]] (PML-N) from Constituency NA-131 (Sheikhupura-I) in by-election held in June 2008.<ref>{{cite news|title=PML-N, PPP make gains|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/309358|accessdate=6 April 2017|work=DAWN.COM|date=28 June 2008|language=en|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170407054325/https://www.dawn.com/news/309358|archivedate=7 April 2017}}</ref> He received 119,180 votes and defeated Zulfiqar Ahmed Dhillon.<ref>{{cite web|title=2008 election result|url=https://www.ecp.gov.pk/Documents/General%20Elections%202008/Report,%20General%20Election%202008,%20Vol-II.pdf|publisher=ECP|accessdate=12 May 2018|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180105060230/https://ecp.gov.pk/Documents/General%20Elections%202008/Report,%20General%20Election%202008,%20Vol-II.pdf|archivedate=5 January 2018}}</ref> The seat became vacant after [[Rana Tanveer Hussain]] who won the 2008 election, vacated it to retain the seat in NA-132.<ref name="dawn/24jan2008" />

He was re-elected to the National Assembly as a candidate of PML-N from Constituency NA-131 (Sheikhupura-I) in [[2013 Pakistani general election]].<ref>{{cite news|title=PPP, PML-N major winners|url=http://nation.com.pk/politics/27-Jun-2008/PPP-PMLN-major-winners|accessdate=5 March 2017|work=The Nation|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170306132059/http://nation.com.pk/politics/27-Jun-2008/PPP-PMLN-major-winners|archivedate=6 March 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=PML-N lines up NA candidates in Punjab|url=http://nation.com.pk/elections-2013/20-Apr-2013/pml-n-lines-up-na-candidates-in-punjab|accessdate=5 March 2017|work=The Nation|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170306034027/http://nation.com.pk/elections-2013/20-Apr-2013/pml-n-lines-up-na-candidates-in-punjab|archivedate=6 March 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=N sweeps 24 seats of Sialkot, Narowal|url=http://nation.com.pk/national/13-May-2013/n-sweeps-24-seats-of-sialkot-narowal|accessdate=5 March 2017|work=The Nation|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170810210324/http://nation.com.pk/national/13-May-2013/n-sweeps-24-seats-of-sialkot-narowal|archivedate=10 August 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=N gets lion’s share of Sh’pura, Attock seats|url=http://nation.com.pk/national/13-May-2013/n-gets-lion-s-share-of-sh-pura-attock-seats|accessdate=5 March 2017|work=The Nation|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170306135511/http://nation.com.pk/national/13-May-2013/n-gets-lion-s-share-of-sh-pura-attock-seats|archivedate=6 March 2017}}</ref> He received 73,742 votes and defeated an independent candidate, Umer Aftab Dhillon. In the same election, he also ran for the seat of the National Assembly as an independent candidate from Constituency NA-132 (Sheikhupura-II) but was unsuccessful. He received 1,231 votes and lost the seat to Rana Tanveer Hussain.<ref>{{cite web|title=2013 election result|url=https://ecp.gov.pk/Documents/General%20Elections%202013%20report/Election%20Report%202013%20Volume-II.pdf|publisher=ECP|accessdate=12 May 2018|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180201140612/https://ecp.gov.pk/Documents/General%20Elections%202013%20report/Election%20Report%202013%20Volume-II.pdf|archivedate=1 February 2018}}</ref>

==References==
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[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Pakistan Muslim League (N) politicians]]
[[Category:Punjabi people]]
[[Category:1947 births]]
[[Category:Pakistani MNAs 2008–2013]]
[[Category:Pakistani MNAs 2013–2018]]

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->Extraordinary Writ: Adding short description: "Pakistani politician" (Shortdesc helper)