NA-186 Dera Ghazi Khan-III

NA-186 Dera Ghazi Khan-III (این اے-186، ڈیرہ غازي خان-3) is a newly created constituency for the National Assembly of Pakistan. It mainly comprises the town and Tehsil of Kot Chutta which was in the old constituency of NA-172 before the 2018 delimitations.^[2][3]

NA-186 Dera Ghazi Khan-III
Constituency for the National Assembly of Pakistan
Region	Kot Chutta Tehsil (partly) of Dera Ghazi Khan District
Electorate	387,004 [1]
Current constituency
Created	2018
Party	Pakistan Muslim League (N)
Member(s)	Awais Leghari
Created from	NA-172 (Dera Ghazi Khan-II)

2018 general election

Further information: Pakistani general election, 2018

General elections were held on 25 July 2018.^[4]

General election 2018: NA-192 Dera Ghazi Khan-IV

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PTI	Sardar Muhammad Khan Laghari[5]	80,683	50.19
	PML(N)	Shehbaz Sharif [6]	67,753	42.15
	PPP	Sardar Muhammad Irfan Ullah Khosa	6,620	4.12
	TLP	Syed Munir Hussain	4,523	2.81
	AAT	Ahmad Bakhsh	617	0.38
	PJDP	Makhdoom Syed Ejaz Hussain	552	0.34
Turnout			166,133	54.93
Total valid votes			160,748	96.76
Rejected ballots			5,385	3.24
Majority			12,930	8.04
Registered electors			302,437
	PTI win (new seat)

2024 general election

Further information: Pakistani general election, 2024

General elections were held on 8 February 2024. Awais Leghari won the election with 100,252 votes.^[7]

General election 2024: NA-186 Dera Ghazi Khan-III

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PML(N)	Awais Leghari	100,252	47.18	5.03
	Independent	Sajjad Hussain[a]	97,990	46.12	4.07
	Others	Others (fifteen candidates)	14,230	6.70
Turnout			216,892	56.04	1.11
Total valid votes			212,472	97.96
Rejected ballots			4,420	2.04
Majority			2,262	1.06
Registered electors			387,004
	PML(N) gain from PTI

See also

• NA-185 Dera Ghazi Khan-II
• NA-187 Rajanpur-I

Notes

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