NA-44 Dera Ismail Khan-I

NA-44 Dera Ismail Khan-I (این اے-44، ڈیرا اسماعیل خان-I) is a constituency for the National Assembly of Pakistan.^[2]

NA-44 Dera Ismail Khan-I
Constituency for the National Assembly of Pakistan
Region	Paharpur Tehsil, D.I Khan Tehsil (partly) including D.I Khan City and Cantonment area in Dera Ismail Khan District
Electorate	391,882 [1]
Current constituency
Party	Sunni Ittehad Council
Member(s)	Faisal Amin Khan Gandapur
Created from	NA-38 D.I.Khan

Members of Parliament

1977–2002: NA-24 Dera Ismail Khan

Election		Member	Party
	1977	Maulvi M. Wali Khan	PPP
	1985	Shahzada Mohiuddin	Independent
	1988	Syed Abdul Ghafoor Shah	PPP
	1990	Shahzada Mohiuddin	IJI
	1993	Maulana Abdul Rahim	PIF
	1997	Shahzada Mohiuddin	PML-N

2002–2018: NA-24 Dera Ismail Khan

Election		Member	Party
	2002	Maulana Fazal-ur-Rehman	MMA
	2008	Faisal Karim Kundi	PPPP
	2013	Molana Fazal-ur-Rehman	JUI (F)
	by-election 2013	Dawar Khan Kundi	PTI

2018–2023: NA-38 Dera Ismail Khan-I

Election		Member	Party
	2018	Ali Amin Gandapur	PTI

2024–present: NA-44 Dera Ismail Khan-I

Election		Member	Party
	2024 by-election	Faisal Amin Khan Gandapur	SIC

Elections since 2002

2002 general election

2002 General Election: NA-24 D.I. Khan ^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	MMA	Fazal-ur-Rahman	43,124	38.99
	PPPP	Faisal Karim Kundi	36,891	33.35
	PML-Q	Al-haj Sanaullah Khan Miankhel	26,860	24.29
	Independent	Atta-ur-Rehman	1,981	1.79
	National Alliance	Javed Hassan Laghari	774	0.70
	PAT	Abdul Aziz	492	0.44
	Pak Watan	Abid Hussain Chughtai	486	0.44
Majority			6,233	5.64
Turnout			110,608	42.26
	MMA gain from PML (N)

A total of 2,445 votes were rejected.

2008 general election

2008 General Election: NA-24 D.I. Khan ^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PPPP	Faisal Karim Kundi	83,560	60.28	+26.93
	MMA	Fazal-ur-Rahman	45,990	33.17	−5.82
	Pakistan Bachao Party	Abdul Aziz Khan	2,744	1.98
	PML-N	Hizbullah Gandapur	2,155	1.55
	Independent	Ahmad Kundi	1,964	1.42
	Independent	Ikramullah Gandapur	710	0.51
	MQM	Mohammad Zubair Anjum	642	0.46
	Independent	Sardar Umar Farooaq Khan Miankhel	478	0.35
	Independent	Mati Ullah Baloch Advocate	388	0.28
Majority			37,570	27.11
Turnout			138,631	41.14	−1.12
	PPPP gain from MMA

A total of 4,287 votes were rejected.

2013 general election

2013 General Election: NA-24 D.I. Khan ^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JUI-F	Fazal-ur-Rehman	92,395	43.98
	PPPP	Waqar Ahmed Khan	67,769	32.26	−28.02
	PTI	Mustafa Kundi	21,394	10.18
	PML-N	Rehan Malik Advocate	8,501	4.05	+2.50
	Independent	Alhaj Khizer Hayat Diyal	5,215	2.48
	Independent	Waseem Rehan Advocate	2,132	1.01
	Independent	Ubaid Ur Rehman	1,379	0.66
	Independent	Alhaj Sardar Umar Farooq Khan	1,293	0.62
	TTP	Moin Ud Din	1,117	0.53
	Independent	Alhaj Malik Ghulam Ali Esar	1,052	0.50
	Independent	Abdul Aziz	904	0.43
	Pakistan Sariaki Party	Faqir Jamshid Ahmad	868	0.41
	MDM	Khalifa Abdul Qayyum	749	0.36
	MQM	Junaid Tariq Qureshi Advocate	697	0.33	−0.13
	Independent	Syed Zameer Ul Hasnain Shah	697	0.33
	Independent	Maddo Jan	666	0.32
	APML	Malik Nisar Ahmad Thind	558	0.27
	Independent	Malik Arshad Diyal	478	0.23
	JI	Zahid Mohibullah Khan Advocate	392	0.19
	Independent	Mohammad Jibran Shah	270	0.13
	Independent	Faisal Karim Kundi	230	0.11
	Independent	Akram Rasti Gandapur	163	0.08
	Independent	Saif Ur Rehman	145	0.07
	Independent	Shahid Atta Khiyra	144	0.07
	Independent	Mohammad Haroon Awan Advocate	126	0.06
	Independent	Javed Hussan Laghari	116	0.06
	Independent	Mussarat Shaheen	99	0.05
	PML-J	Muhammad Fiaz Qadri	94	0.04
	Independent	Muhammad Akmal	93	0.04
	Independent	Ahmad Karim Kundi	91	0.04
	Independent	Pir Tufail Ahmad Jan Zakori	91	0.04
	Independent	Dawar Khan Kundi	80	0.04
	Independent	Engineer Sher Zaman	67	0.03
Majority			24,626	11.72
Turnout			210,065	56.14	+15.00
	JUI (F) gain from PPPP

A total of 10,510 votes were rejected.

2018 general election

Further information: Pakistani general election, 2018

General elections were held on 25 July 2018.

General election 2018: NA-38 Dera Ismail Khan-I^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PTI	Ali Amin Gandapur	80,236	38.88
	MMA	Fazal-ur-Rehman	45,457	22.03
	PPP	Faisal Karim Kundi	20,429	9.90
	Independent	Waqar Ahmed Khan	18,788	9.10
	Independent	Muhammad Ali Raza	15,070	7.30
	Independent	Syed Husnain Mohyuddin Gillani	7,904	3.83
	TLP	Hafeezullah	6,122	2.97
	Independent	Dawar Khan Kundi	3,774	1.83
	Independent	Hameedullah Khan Qadri	3,588	1.74
	Independent	Chaudhary Sirajuddin	2,018	0.98
	Others	Others (five candidates)	2,973	1.44
Turnout			214,653	54.82
Total valid votes			206,359	96.14
Rejected ballots			8,294	3.86
Majority			34,779	16.85
Registered electors			391,557
	PTI gain from JUI (F)

2024 general election

Further information: Pakistani general election, 2024

General elections were held on 8 February 2024. Ali Amin Gandapur won the election with 92,161 votes.^[6] He later vacated the seat in favour of PK-113 Dera Ismail Khan-III to become the Chief Minister of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.^[7]

General election 2024: NA-44 Dera Ismail Khan-I

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Ali Amin Gandapur[a]	92,161	44.17	5.29
	JUI (F)	Fazal-ur-Rehman	59,585	28.56	N/A
	PPP	Faisal Karim Kundi	35,248	16.89	6.99
	TLP	Muhammad Shafiq Ul Hai	9,315	4.46	1.49
	PTI-P	Syed Muhammad Jawad Asghar Shah	4,064	1.95
	PML(N)	Waqar Ahmed Khan	1,648	0.79	8.39
	ANP	Khurram Shehzad	1,231	0.59
	JI	Muhammad Yousaf Khan	1,167	0.56
	IPP	Mehnaz Ali	1,095	0.52
	Others	Others (eleven candidates)	3,150	1.51
Turnout			215,399	54.97	0.15
Total valid votes			208,644	96.86	0.72
Rejected ballots			6,735	3.14
Majority			32,576	15.61	1.24
Registered electors			391,882

2024 by-election

A by-election was held on 21 April 2024 due to the vacancy by Ali Amin Gandapur.

2024 Pakistani by-elections: NA-44 Dera Ismail Khan-I

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SIC	Faisal Amin Khan Gandapur	66,879	70.06
	PPP	Rashid Khan Kundi	21,979	23.03
	TLP	Akhtar Saeed	2,289	2.40
	PML(N)	Zameer Hussain	1,353	1.42
	Others	Others (15 Candidates)	2,946	3.09
Turnout			97,155	24.50
Total valid votes			95,446	98.24
Rejected ballots			1,709	1.76
Majority			44,900	47.03
Registered electors			396,613

See also

• NA-43 Tank-cum-Dera Ismail Khan
• NA-45 Dera Ismail Khan-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. "{title}" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 December 2015. Retrieved 26 December 2016.
4. http://test1947.ecp.gov.pk/ConstResult.aspx?Const_Id=NA-24&type=NA ^{[dead link‍]}
5. "ECP – Election Commission of Pakistan". www.ecp.gov.pk. Archived from the original on 28 August 2018. Retrieved 28 August 2018.
6. "Election Commission of Pakistan". ecp.gov.pk. Retrieved 12 April 2024.
7. Hayat, Arif (1 March 2024). "PTI's Ali Amin Gandapur elected KP chief minister, demands justice for Imran and party". DAWN.COM. Retrieved 12 April 2024.

External links

• Election result's official website