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| 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) |
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]
General elections were held on 25 July 2018.[4]
| 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) | |||||
General elections were held on 8 February 2024. Awais Leghari won the election with 100,252 votes.[7]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PML(N) | Awais Leghari | 100,252 | 47.18 | ||
| Independent | Sajjad Hussain[a] | 97,990 | 46.12 | ||
| Others | Others (fifteen candidates) | 14,230 | 6.70 | ||
| Turnout | 216,892 | 56.04 | |||
| 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 | |||||