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{{short description|Pakistani politician|bot=PearBOT 5}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Chaudhry Iftikhar Hussain Chhachhar
| honorific-suffix =
| office = Member of the [[Provincial Assembly of the Punjab]]
| term_start = 29 May 2013
| term_end = 31 May 2018
|constituency=
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1976|7|10|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Okara, Pakistan]]
|nationality = Pakistani
|party = [[Pakistan Muslim League (N)]]
}}

'''Chaudhry Iftikhar Hussain Chhachhar''' is a Pakistani politician who was a Member of the [[Provincial Assembly of the Punjab]], from 2002 to 2007 and again from May 2013 to May 2018.

==Early life and education==
He was born on 10 July 1976 in [[Okara, Pakistan|Okara]].<ref name="pap">{{cite web|title=Punjab Assembly|url=http://www.pap.gov.pk/index.php/members/profile/en/20/1036|website=www.pap.gov.pk|accessdate=15 January 2018|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170620012216/http://www.pap.gov.pk/index.php/members/profile/en/20/1036|archivedate=20 June 2017}}</ref>

He graduated in 2000 from [[Punjab Law College]] and has a degree of [[Bachelor of Laws]] [[LL. B.]].<ref name="pap" />

==Political career==
He was elected to the [[Provincial Assembly of the Punjab]] as an independent candidate from Constituency PP-188 (Okara-IV) in [[2002 Pakistani general election]]. He received 27,767 votes and defeated [[Syed Raza Ali Gillani]].<ref>{{cite web|title=2002 election result|url=https://www.ecp.gov.pk/ge/ge2002vol2.pdf|publisher=ECP|accessdate=28 February 2018|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180126141507/https://www.ecp.gov.pk/ge/ge2002vol2.pdf|archivedate=26 January 2018}}</ref>

He ran for the seat of the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab as an independent candidate from Constituency PP-188 (Okara-IV) in [[2008 Pakistani general election]] but was unsuccessful. He received 16,248 votes and lost the seat to Robina Shaheen Wattoo, an independent candidate. In 2012, he ran for the seat of the [[National Assembly of Pakistan]] as an independent candidate from Constituency NA-147 (Okara-V) in by-polls but was unsuccessful. He received 51 votes and lost the seat to [[Khurram Jahangir Wattoo]].<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=28 February 2018|url-status=live|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>

He was re-elected to the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab as a candidate of [[Pakistan Muslim League (N)]] (PML-N) from Constituency PP-188 (Okara-IV) in [[2013 Pakistani general election]].<ref>{{cite news|title=List of winners of Punjab Assembly seats|url=https://www.thenews.com.pk/archive/print/429935|accessdate=18 January 2018|work=The News|date=13 May 2013|language=en|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180116081102/https://www.thenews.com.pk/archive/print/429935|archivedate=16 January 2018}}</ref> He received 47,222 votes and defeated [[Manzoor Wattoo]].<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=4 July 2018 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180526173608/https://ecp.gov.pk/Documents/General%20Elections%202013%20report/Election%20Report%202013%20Volume-II.pdf |archivedate=26 May 2018 }}</ref>

He was re-elected to Provincial Assembly of the Punjab as a candidate of PML-N from Constituency PP-185 (Okara-III) in [[2018 Pakistani general election]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Pakistan election 2018 results: National and provincial assemblies |url=https://www.samaa.tv/news/2018/07/live-pakistan-election-2018-results/ |accessdate=3 September 2018 |work=Samaa TV |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180729083521/https://www.samaa.tv/news/2018/07/live-pakistan-election-2018-results/ |archive-date=2018-07-29 |url-status=live }}</ref>

==References==
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[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Punjab MPAs 2013–2018]]
[[Category:1976 births]]
[[Category:Pakistan Muslim League (N) MPAs (Punjab)]]
[[Category:Punjab MPAs 2002–2007]]
[[Category:Punjab MPAs 2018–2023]]

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