# NA-23 Mardan-III

NA-23 Mardan-III (این اے-23، مردان-3) is a constituency for the National Assembly of Pakistan. The constituency was formerly known as NA-10 (Mardan-II) from 1977 to 2018. The name changed to NA-22 (Mardan-III) after the delimitation in 2018 and to NA-23 (Mardan-III) after the delimitation in 2022.

## Members of Parliament
### 1977–2002: NA-10 Mardan-II

| Election | Member | Party |
| 1977 | Maulana Habib Gul | PNA |
| 1985 | Haji Nadir Shah | Independent |
| 1988 | Maulana Shaheed Ahmed | JUI (DG) |
| 1990 | M. Aslam Khan Khattak | IND |
| 1993 | Maulana Shaheed Ahmed | MDM |
| 1997 | Shams-ur-Rehamn Qasim | ANP |

### 2002–2018: NA-9 Mardan-II

| Election | Member | Party |
| 2002 | Maulana Muhammad Qasim | MMA |
| 2008 | Maulana Muhammad Qasim | MMA |
| 2013 | Ali Muhammad Khan | PTI |

### 2018–2022: NA-22 Mardan-III

| Election | Election | Member | Party |
| | 2018 | Ali Muhammad Khan | PTI |

### 2023–present: NA-23 Mardan-III

| Election | Election | Member | Party |
| | 2024 | Ali Muhammad Khan | SIC |

## Elections since 2002
### 2002 general election

2002 General Election: NA-10 (Mardan-II) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | MMA | Maulana Muhammad Qasim | 69,726 | 79.51 |
| | PPPP | Rahim Dad Khan | 14,541 | 16.58 |
| | PML-Q | Sher Muhammad Khan | 2,858 | 3.26 |
| | Independent | Jehanzeb Salik | 566 | 0.65 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 55,185 | 62.93 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 87,691 | 39.95 |
| | MMA gain from ANP | MMA gain from ANP | | |
A total of 1,713 votes were rejected.

### 2008 general election

2008 General Election: NA-10 (Mardan-II) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | MMA | Maulana Mohammad Qasim | 29,279 | 31.17 | −48.34 |
| | PPPP | Nawabzada Abdul Qadir Khan | 23,138 | 24.63 | +8.05 |
| | ANP | Mohammed Farooq Khan | 21,115 | 22.48 | |
| | PML | Naseem Muhammad Khan | 6,774 | 7.21 | |
| | PPP (S) | Jalal Khan Khattak | 6,012 | 6.40 | |
| | PML-N | Muhammad Shoaib Khan | 3,782 | 4.03 | |
| | Independent | Atta Ullah | 1,898 | 2.02 | |
| | Awami Himayat Tehreek | Tahir Iqbal | 1,732 | 1.84 | |
| | MQM | Zair Ullah Khan | 201 | 0.22 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 6,141 | 6.54 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 93,931 | 37.76 | −2.19 |
| | MMA hold | MMA hold | Swing | | |
A total of 2,928 votes were rejected.

### 2013 general election

2013 General Election: NA-10 (Mardan-II) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | PTI | Ali Muhammad Khan | 46,531 | 29.55 | |
| | JUI-F | Maulana Muhammad Qasim | 39,269 | 24.94 | |
| | ANP | Muhammad Farooq Khan | 19,436 | 12.34 | |
| | JI | Sultan Muhammad | 19,107 | 12.13 | |
| | PPPP | Nawabzada Abdul Qadir Khan | 15,345 | 9.75 | −14.88 |
| | PML-N | Naseem Muhammad Khan | 11,491 | 7.30 | +3.27 |
| | JUP-N | Muhammad Fayaz | 3,426 | 2.18 | |
| | Tehreek-e-Pasmanada Awam | Abdul Ghaffar Khan Mohmand | 1,638 | 1.04 | |
| | TTP | Qazi Aslam Khan | 724 | 0.46 | |
| | MQM | Maulana Noor ul Haq | 170 | 0.11 | −0.11 |
| | PML | Zardali Khan | 166 | 0.10 | −7.11 |
| | APML | Yar Badshah | 160 | 0.10 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 7,262 | 4.61 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 157,463 | 51.00 | +13.24 |
| | PTI gain from MMA | PTI gain from MMA | | | |
A total of 4,834 votes were rejected.

### 2018 general election

General elections were held on 25 July 2018.
General election 2018: NA-22 (Mardan-III) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | PTI | Ali Muhammad Khan | 58,577 | 29.13 | 0.42 |
| | MMA | Maulana Muhammad Qasim | 56,318 | 28.01 | 9.06$^†$ |
| | PML(N) | Jamshid Khan | 36,625 | 18.22 | 10.92 |
| | ANP | Malak Amaan Khan | 27,104 | 13.48 | 1.14 |
| | Others | Others (three candidates) | 16,839 | 8.38 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 201,057 | 51.59 | 0.59 |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 5,594 | 2.78 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 2,259 | 1.12 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 389,688 | | |
| | PTI hold | PTI hold | Swing | N/A | |
$^†$JUI-F, and JI contested as part of MMA

### 2022 by-election

A by-election was held on 16 October 2022 due to the resignation of Ali Muhammad Khan, the previous MNA from this seat.
By-election 2022: NA-22 (Mardan-III) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | PTI | Imran Khan | 76,681 | 50.01 | 20.88 |
| | JUI (F) | Maulana Muhammad Qasim | 68,181 | 44.46 | N/A$^†$ |
| | JI | Abdul Wasi | 8,239 | 5.37 | N/A$^†$ |
| | Independent | Muhammad Sarwar | 243 | 0.16 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 155,208 | 32.94 | 18.65 |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 1,864 | 1.20 | 1.58 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 8,500 | 5.54 | 4.42 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 471,184 | | |
| | PTI hold | PTI hold | PTI hold | PTI hold | PTI hold |
$^†$JUI-F, and JI previously contested jointly as part of MMA

### 2024 general election

General elections were held on 8 February 2024. Ali Muhammad Khan won the election with 102,188 votes.
General election 2024: NA-23 Mardan-III :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Independent | Ali Muhammad Khan | 102,188 | 51.59 | 1.58 |
| | ANP | Ahmad Khan | 33,922 | 17.13 | N/A |
| | JUI (F) | Kareem Ullah Khan | 32,659 | 16.49 | 27.97 |
| | Others | Others (eight candidates) | 29,302 | 14.79 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 203,177 | 44.35 | 11.41 |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 5,106 | 2.51 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 68,266 | 34.47 | 28.93 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 458,114 | | |