NA-143 Sahiwal-III

NA-143 Sahiwal-III (این اے-143، ساہِيوال-3) is a constituency for the National Assembly of Pakistan.^[2]

NA-143 Sahiwal-III
Constituency for the National Assembly of Pakistan
Region	Sahiwal Tehsil (partly) and Chichawatni Tehsil (partly) including Chichawatni City of Sahiwal District
Electorate	584,698 [1]
Current constituency
Party	Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf
Member(s)	Rai Hassan Nawaz
Created from	NA-163 Sahiwal-IV

Election 2002

Further information: Pakistani general election, 2002

General elections were held on 10 Oct 2002. Farooq Leghari of National Alliance won by 39,312 votes.^[3]

General election 2002: NA-163 Sahiwal-IV

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	NA	Farooq Leghari	39,312	30.97
	PPP	Begum Shahnaz Javed	35,496	27.96
	PML(Q)	Saeed Ahmad Ch.	34,356	27.07
	Independent	Muhammad Ghulam Sarwar	15,715	12.38
	Others	Others (two candidates)	2,057	1.62
Turnout			131,006	50.50
Total valid votes			126,936	96.89
Rejected ballots			4,070	3.11
Majority			3,816	3.01
Registered electors			259,416

By-election 2003

By-election 2003: NA-163 Sahiwal-IV

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Saeed Ahmad Ch.	54,961	53.07
	PPP	Begum Shahnaz Javed	30,227	29.19
	MMA	Maj. (R) Muhammad Ghulam Sarwar	18,214	17.59
	NA	Naveed Anwar Bhinder	156	0.15
Turnout			104,310	40.21
Total valid votes			103,558	99.28
Rejected ballots			752	0.72
Majority			24,734	23.88
Registered electors			259,416

Election 2008

Further information: Pakistani general election, 2008

General elections were held on 18 Feb 2008. Nauman Ahmad Langrial of PML-Q won by 39,864 votes.^[4]

General election 2008: NA-163 Sahiwal-IV

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PML(Q)	Nauman Ahmad Langrial	39,864	30.23
	PPP	Begum Shahnaz Javed	37,986	28.81
	PML(N)	Muhammad Munir Azhar	34,644	26.28
	Independent	Saeed Ahmad Ch.	17,708	13.43
	Pakistan Brohi Party	Makhdoom Nasir Farid Chishti	1,650	1.25
Turnout			135,623	61.81
Total valid votes			131,852	97.22
Rejected ballots			3,771	2.79
Majority			1,878	1.42
Registered electors			219,426
	PML(Q) gain from NA

Election 2013

Further information: Pakistani general election, 2013

General elections were held on 11 May 2013. Muhammad Munir Azhar of PML-N won by 89,126 votes and became the member of National Assembly.^[5]

General election 2013: NA-163 Sahiwal-IV

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PML(N)	Muhammad Munir Azhar	89,126	51.19	24.91
	PML(Q)	Nauman Ahmad Langrial	67,076	38.52	8.31
	PTI	Aftab Irshad Cheema	16,311	9.37
	Others	Others (five candidates)	1,602	0.92
Turnout			178,197	64.52	2.71
Total valid votes			174,115	97.71
Rejected ballots			4,082	2.29
Majority			22,050	12.67
Registered electors			276,191
	PML(N) gain from PML(Q)

Election 2018

Further information: Pakistani general election, 2018

General elections were held on 25 July 2018. Rai Muhammad Murtaza Iqbal won the election with 140,338 votes.

General election 2018: NA-149 Sahiwal-III

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PTI	Rai Muhammad Murtaza Iqbal[6]	140,338	50.17	40.80
	PML(N)	Chaudhry Muhammad Tufail	114,244	40.84	10.35
	PPP	Ali Javed[7]	11,879	4.25
	AAT	Muhammad Ashraf	4,997	1.79
	Tehreek Labbaik Islam	Muhammad Shakeel	3,046	1.09
	MMA	Muhammad Haq Nawaz Khan	2,110	0.75
	Independent	Ashiq Hussain	880	0.31
	Independent	Muhammad Hamza	850	0.30
	APML	Rana Hamid	711	0.25
	Independent	Muhammad Arshad	393	0.14
	NP	Amna Naz	169	0.06
	Independent	Masood Khan	85	0.03
Turnout			284,244	57.15	7.37
Total valid votes			279,702	98.40
Rejected ballots			4,542	1.60
Majority			26,144	9.35
Registered electors			497,331
	PTI gain from PML(N)

Election 2024

Further information: Pakistani general election, 2024

General elections were held on 8 February 2024. Rai Hassan Nawaz won the election with 147,887 votes.^[8]

General election 2024: NA-143 Sahiwal-III

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Rai Hassan Nawaz[a]	147,887	45.84	4.33
	Independent	Chaudhry Muhammad Tufail	83,806	25.98
	IPP	Nauman Ahmad Langrial	32,273	10.00
	Independent	Chaudhry Zahid Iqbal	19,990	6.20
	TLP	Majid Hussain	17,687	5.48
	Others	Others (twelve candidates)	20,941	6.49
Turnout			328,575	56.20	0.95
Total valid votes			322,584	98.18
Rejected ballots			5,991	1.82
Majority			64,081	19.86	10.51
Registered electors			584,698

See also

• NA-142 Sahiwal-II
• NA-144 Khanewal-I

Notes

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