NA-185 Dera Ghazi Khan-II (این اے-185، ڈیرہ غازي خان-2) is a constituency for the National Assembly of Pakistan. It mainly comprises the city of Dera Ghazi Khan which was in the old NA-172 before the 2018 delimitations.[2][3]

Member of Parliament

2002–2018: NA-172 Dera Ghazi Khan-II

Election Member Party
2002 Farooq Leghari NA
2008 Farooq Leghari PML-Q
2011 Awais Leghari PML-Q
2013 Abdul Kareem PML-N

2018-2024: NA-191 Dera Ghazi Khan-III

Election Member Party
2018 Zartaj Gul PTI

2024-present: NA-185 Dera Ghazi Khan-II

Election Member Party
2024 Zartaj Gul SIC

Election 2002

General elections were held on 10 October 2002. Farooq Ahmad Khan Laghari of National Alliance won by 56,343 votes. [4]

General election 2002: NA-172 Dera Ghazi Khan-II
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
NA Sardar Farooq Ahmad Khan Laghari 56,343 51.35
Independent Sardar Muhammad Khan Leghari 39,423 35.93
MMA Rasheed Ahmad Khan 7,099 6.47
PPP Dr. Saeed Ahmad Buzdar 6,850 6.25
Turnout 111,845 36.66
Total valid votes 109,715 98.10
Rejected ballots 2,130 1.90
Majority 16,920 15.42
Registered electors 305,066

Election 2008

General elections were held on 18 February 2008. Farooq Ahmad Khan Laghari of PML-Q won by 45,370 votes. [5]

General election 2008: NA-172 Dera Ghazi Khan-II
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
PML(Q) Farooq Ahmad Khan Leghari 45,370 34.97
PML(N) Abdul Karim 41,894 32.29
PPP Shabbir Anmad Khan Leghari 36,401 28.06
Independent Sardar Muhammad Khan Leghari 3,623 2.79
Others Others (two candidates) 2,444 1.89
Turnout 134,348 34.26
Total valid votes 129,732 96.56
Rejected ballots 4,616 3.44
Majority 3,476 2.68
Registered electors 392,109

By-Election 2011

By-Election 2011: NA-172 Dera Ghazi Khan-II
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
PML(Q) Sardar Awais Ahmed Khan Laghari 61,918 51.60
PML(N) Dr Hafiz Abdul Karim 40,460 33.72
PPP Shabbir Anmad Khan Leghari 16,226 13.52
Others Others (fifteen candidates) 1,398 1.16
Turnout 123,214 31.02
Total valid votes 120,002 97.39
Rejected ballots 3,212 2.61
Majority 21,458 17.88
Registered electors 397,159

Election 2013

General elections were held on 11 May 2013. Hafiz Abdul Kareem of PML-N won by 49,230 votes and became the member of National Assembly. [6]

General election 2013: NA-172 Dera Ghazi Khan-II
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
PML(N) Abdul Kareem 49,230 31.11
Independent Sardar Muhammad Jamal Khan 39,389 24.89
PTI Zartaj Gul Akhwand 38,643 24.42
PML(Q) Sardar Maqsood Khan Leghari 19,558 12.36
Independent Khadim Hussain 5,583 3.53
PPP(SB) Dr. Saeed Ahmad Buzdar 2,358 1.49
Others Others (nine candidates) 3,478 2.20
Turnout 163,847 47.36
Total valid votes 158,239 96.58
Rejected ballots 5,608 3.42
Majority 9,841 6.22
Registered electors 345,974

Election 2018

General elections were held on 25 July 2018.[7]

General election 2018: NA-191 Dera Ghazi Khan-III
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
PTI Zartaj Gul 79,932 42.97
PML(N) Awais Leghari 54,571 29.34
Independent Sardar Dost Muhammad Khan Khosa 31,703 17.04
PPP Parveen Akhtar 7,961 4.28
Independent Dr. Mian Abdul Rehman 5,713 3.07
TLP Abdul Rehman 3,667 1.97
PST Muhammad Naeem 753 0.40
APML-Jinnah Muhammad Al Faisal 542 0.29
AAT Ahmad Bakhsh 464 0.25
Independent Tanveer Ahmad 274 0.15
MQM-P Izhar UI Hag Qureshi Siddiqui 169 0.09
Independent Khaleel Ahmad 161 0.09
Independent Javed lqbal 109 0.06
Turnout 192,422 50.58
Total valid votes 186,019 96.67
Rejected ballots 6,403 3.33
Majority 25,361 13.63
Registered electors 380,414
PTI win (new seat)

Election 2024

Elections were held on 8 February 2024. Zartaj Gul won the election with 94,927 votes.[8]

General election 2024: NA-185 Dera Ghazi Khan-II
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Zartaj Gul[a] 94,927 51.41 Increase8.44
Independent Mehmood Qadir Khan 39,235 21.25
PPP Dost Muhammad Khosa 26,627 14.42 Increase10.14
Others Others (seventeen candidates) 23,850 12.92
Turnout 198,658 49.62 Decrease0.96
Total valid votes 184,639 92.94
Rejected ballots 14,019 7.06
Majority 55,692 30.16 Increase16.53
Registered electors 400,355

See also

Notes

  1. ^ Filed nomination papers as PTI candidate but ECP allowed her to run as an Independent

References

  1. ^ "Election Commission of Pakistan". ecp.gov.pk. Retrieved 6 January 2024.
  2. ^ "ECP - Election Commission of Pakistan". www.ecp.gov.pk. Retrieved 25 December 2022.
  3. ^ Final List of National Assembly Constituencies (PDF). Election Commission of Pakistan. 2018. p. 57. Archived (PDF) from the original on 10 May 2018. Retrieved 18 May 2018.
  4. ^ "Election Result NA-172 D.G. Khan-II Punjab | Pakistan Election 2013 - geo.tv". Archived from the original on 21 May 2014. Retrieved 21 May 2014.
  5. ^ "Election 2008". Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 21 May 2014.
  6. ^ "National Assembly of Pakistan".
  7. ^ "Election Commission of Pakistan". ecp.gov.pk. Retrieved 25 July 2024.
  8. ^ "Election Commission of Pakistan". ecp.gov.pk. Retrieved 17 July 2024.


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