Hoti started his political career in 1990. but was unsuccessful. He was elected for the first time to the Provincial Assembly of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa from PK-23 Mardan constituency in the
2008 Pakistani general election. Following the election, he was elected as the
Chief Minister of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in March 2008 He is considered as the youngest He was elected to the
National Assembly of Pakistan from
NA-9 (Mardan-I) in the
2013 Pakistani general election. In 2014, he was elected as the provincial president of
Awami National Party (ANP). He was re-elected to the National Assembly as a candidate of ANP from Constituency
NA-21 (Mardan-II) in the
2018 Pakistani general election. He was also elected to the Provincial Assembly on the same day in the
2018 Khyber Pakhtunkhwa provincial election as a candidate of ANP from
PK-53 Mardan-VI. However, he chose to retain his National Assembly seat and vacate his Provincial Assembly seat. ==References==