NA-187 Rajanpur-I

NA-187 Rajanpur-I (این اے-187، راجن پُور-1) is a constituency for the National Assembly of Pakistan. It mainly includes the area of Jampur Tehsil. Before the 2018 delimitations, it also included the town of Fazilpur, but it has since been moved to the new NA-194 (Rajanpur-II).^[2]

NA-187 Rajanpur-I
Constituency for the National Assembly of Pakistan
Region	Jampur Tehsil (partly) including Jampur town of Rajanpur District
Electorate	395,237 [1]
Current constituency
Party	Pakistan Muslim League (N)
Member(s)	Ammar Ahmed Khan Laghari
Created from	NA-174 Rajanpur-I

Election 2002

Further information: Pakistani general election, 2002

General elections were held on 10 Oct 2002. Sardar Muhammad Jaffar Khan Leghari of National Alliance won by 59,783 votes.^[3]

Election 2008

Further information: Pakistani general election, 2008

General elections were held on 18 Feb 2008. Sardar Muhammad Jaffar Khan Leghari of PML-Q won by 50,440 votes.^[4]

Election 2013

Further information: Pakistani general election, 2013

General elections were held on 11 May 2013. Sardar Muhammad Jaffar Khan Leghari of PML-N won by 101,705 votes and became the member of National Assembly.^[5]

General election 2013: NA-174 Rajanpur-I

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PML(N)	Sardar Muhammad Jafar Khan Leghari	101,705	48.19
	Independent	Sardar Nasrullah Khan Dreshak	61,863	29.31
	PPP	Khawaja Kaleem-Ud-Din Koreja	25,363	12.02
	Others	Others (thirteen candidates)	22,129	10.48
Turnout			221,247	59.94
Total valid votes			211,060	95.40
Rejected ballots			10,187	4.60
Majority			39,842	18.88
Registered electors			369,102
	PML(N) gain from PML(Q)

Election 2018

Further information: Pakistani general election, 2018

General elections are scheduled to be held on 25 July 2018.

General election 2018: NA-193 Rajanpur-I

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PTI	Sardar Muhammad Jaffar Khan Leghari[6]	81,358	48.94
	Independent	Sardar Sher Ali Gorchani[7]	46,748	28.12
	PPP	Shazia Abid	27,183	16.35
	Independent	Muhammad Mohsin Khan Leghari	4,111	2.47
	Independent	Sher Zaman	2,435	1.46
	Independent	Ali Ahmad Khan Leghari	1,401	0.84
	Independent	Sardar Adeel Hassan Khan Gorchani	1,357	0.82
	ARP	Shafqat Ullah	588	0.35
	Independent	Sardar Ali Raza Khan Dreshak	560	0.34
	Independent	Athar Hassan Khan Gorchani	503	0.30
Turnout			173,132	55.76
Total valid votes			166,244	96.02
Rejected ballots			6,888	3.98
Majority			32,506	20.82
Registered electors			310,453
	PTI gain from PML(N)

By-election 2023

A by-election was held on 26 February 2023 due to the death of Jaffar Khan Leghari, the previous MNA from this seat.^[8] Mohsin Leghari won this seat by a margin of 35,406 votes.^[9]

By-election 2023: NA-193 Rajanpur-I

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PTI	Muhammad Mohsin Khan Leghari	91,103	52.36	3.42
	PML(N)	Ammar Ahmed Khan Laghari	55,697	32.01	N/A
	PPP	Akhtar Hassan Khan Gorchani	20,074	11.54	4.81
	TLP	Mahmood Ahmad	4,037	2.32	N/A
	Others	Others (seven candidates)	3,067	1.76	N/A
Turnout			178,796	47.15	8.61
Total valid votes			173,978	97.31	1.29
Rejected ballots			4,818	2.69	1.29
Majority			35,406	20.35	0.47
Registered electors			379,204
	PTI hold		Swing	3.42

Election 2024

Further information: Pakistani general election, 2024

General elections were held on 8 February 2024. Ammar Ahmed Khan Laghari won the election with 79,811 votes.^[10]

General election 2024: NA-187 Rajanpur-I

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PML(N)	Ammar Ahmed Khan Laghari	79,811	42.43	10.42
	Independent	Muhammad Atif Ali Drishak[a]	67,321	35.79	16.57
	PPP	Athar Hassan Khan Gorchani	18,299	9.73	1.81
	Independent	Awais Dareshak	10,170	5.41
	Others	Others (fourteen candidates)	12,493	6.64
Turnout			195,748	49.53	2.38
Total valid votes			188,094	96.09
Rejected ballots			7,654	3.91
Majority			12,490	6.64
Registered electors			395,237
	PML(N) gain from PTI

See also

• NA-186 Dera Ghazi Khan-III
• NA-188 Rajanpur-II

Notes

1. Filed nomination papers as PTI candidate but ECP allowed him 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. "Election Result NA-174 Rajanpur-I Punjab | Pakistan Election 2013 - geo.tv". Archived from the original on 21 May 2014. Retrieved 21 May 2014.
4. "Geo.tv: Latest News Breaking Pakistan, World, Live Videos". www.geo.tv. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 23 July 2018.
5. "National Assembly of Pakistan". Archived from the original on 18 September 2016. Retrieved 10 September 2016.
6. "PTI fields 173 candidates for NA, 290 for provincial assemblies - The Express Tribune". tribune.com.pk. 8 June 2018. Archived from the original on 12 June 2018. Retrieved 8 June 2018.
7. "PML-N's Rajanpur candidates to contest election independently - Pakistan - Dunya News". dunyanews.tv. 14 February 2008. Archived from the original on 30 June 2018. Retrieved 23 July 2018.
8. "ECP - Election Commission of Pakistan". www.ecp.gov.pk. Retrieved 12 January 2023.
9. "PTI's Mohsin Leghari trounces PML-N in Rajanpur's NA-193 by-poll". Dunya News. 27 February 2023. Retrieved 27 February 2023.
10. "Election Commission of Pakistan". ecp.gov.pk. Retrieved 17 July 2024.

External links

• Election result's official website