# NA-178 (Muzaffargarh-III)

NA-178 (Muzaffargarh-III) (Urdu: این اے-۱۷۸، مُظفّرگڑھ-۳) was a constituency for the National Assembly of Pakistan.

## Area

The constituency consisted of following area
* (a)Muzaffargarh Municipal Committee
* (b) Khangarh Town Committee.
* (c) Muzaffargarh Qanungo Halqa excluding the following Patwar Circles:—
** (i) Rakh Khan Pur
** (ii) Khan Pur Shumali
* (d) The following Patwar Circles of Muradabad Qanungo Habqa•—
** (i) Ali Pur Janubi
** (ii) Khangarh Janubi
** (iii) Thatha Siyalan
* (e) The following Qanungo Halqa of Muzaffargarh Tehsil
** (i) Shah Jamal
** (ii) Meharpur
** (iii) Khanguh
of Muzaffargarh District.

## Election 2002

General elections were held on 10 Oct 2002. Muhammad Shahid Jamil Qureshi of PML-Q won by 60,386 votes.
General election 2002: NA-178 Muzaffargarh-III :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | PML(Q) | Muhammad Shahid Jamil Qureshi | 60,386 | 48.92 |
| | PDP | Sultan Ahmad Khan | 56,728 | 45.95 |
| | MMA | Mehar Tanveer Ahmad Jangla | 2,339 | 1.90 |
| | Others | Others (seven candidates) | 3,998 | 3.23 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 127,307 | 46.48 |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 123,451 | 96.97 |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 3,856 | 3.03 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 3,658 | 2.97 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 273,899 | |

## Election 2008

General elections were held on 18 Feb 2008. Jamshed Ahmad Khan Dasti of PPP won by 57,946 votes.
General election 2008: NA-178 Muzaffargarh-III :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | PPP | Jamshaid Ahmad Dasti | 57,946 | 42.44 |
| | PML(Q) | Nawab Zada Iftikhar Ahmad Khan Babar | 42,485 | 31.12 |
| | PDP | Nawabzada Mansoor Ahmad Khan | 30,582 | 22.40 |
| | PML(N) | lhasn Kareem Qureshi | 3,089 | 2.26 |
| | Others | Others (two candidates) | 2,434 | 1.78 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 140,817 | 49.66 |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 136,536 | 96.96 |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 4,281 | 3.04 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 15,461 | 11.32 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 283,548 | |

## By-Election 2010

By-Election 2010: NA-178 Muzaffargarh-III :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | PPP | Jamshaid Ahmad Dasti | 53,817 | 44.50 |
| | PDP | Nawabzada Iftikhar Ahmad Khan Babar | 50,102 | 41.43 |
| | Independent | Malik Ghulam Mustafa Khar | 6,162 | 5.10 |
| | Independent | Khawaja Taj Rasool Shahjamali | 5,186 | 4.29 |
| | Independent | Sajjad Hussain Qureshi | 3,612 | 2.99 |
| | Others | Others (thirteen candidates) | 2,060 | 1.69 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 122,161 | 43.09 |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 120,939 | 99.00 |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 1,222 | 1.00 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 3,715 | 3.07 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 283,523 | |

## Election 2013

General elections were held on 11 May 2013. Jamshed Ahmad Khan Dasti an Independent candidate won by 79,417 votes and became the member of National Assembly.
General election 2013: NA-178 Muzaffargarh-III :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Independent | Jamshaid Ahmad Dasti | 79,417 | 37.95 |
| | PML(N) | Muhammad Abad | 63,228 | 30.22 |
| | PTI | Muhammad Sajid Naeem Qureshi | 33,212 | 15.87 |
| | PPP | Nawabzada Iftikhar Ahmad Khan | 26,048 | 12.45 |
| | Others | Others (fifteen candidates) | 7,356 | 3.51 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 216,214 | 61.84 |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 209,261 | 96.78 |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 6,953 | 3.22 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 16,189 | 7.73 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 349,646 | |