NA-185 Dera Ghazi Khan-II

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]

NA-185 Dera Ghazi Khan-II
Constituency for the National Assembly of Pakistan
Region	Dera Ghazi Khan Tehsil (partly) including Dera Ghazi Khan city, Kot Chutta Tehsil (partly) of Dera Ghazi Khan District
Electorate	400,355 [1]
Current constituency
Created	2018
Member(s)	Vacant
Created from	NA-172 (Dera Ghazi Khan-II)

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

Further information: Pakistani general 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

Further information: Pakistani general 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

Further information: Pakistani general 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

Further information: Pakistani general 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

Further information: Pakistani general 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	8.44
	Independent	Mehmood Qadir Khan	39,235	21.25
	PPP	Dost Muhammad Khosa	26,627	14.42	10.14
	Others	Others (seventeen candidates)	23,850	12.92
Turnout			198,658	49.62	0.96
Total valid votes			184,639	92.94
Rejected ballots			14,019	7.06
Majority			55,692	30.16	16.53
Registered electors			400,355

2025 by election

A by election was triggered due to disqualification of Zartaj Gul Wazir, the Previous MP from his seat.

See also

• NA-184 Dera Ghazi Khan-I
• NA-186 Dera Ghazi Khan-III

Notes

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