# NA-185 Dera Ghazi Khan-II

NA-185 Dera Ghazi Khan-II (این اے-185، ڈیرہ غازي خان-2) is a constituency for the National Assembly of Pakistan. It mainly comprises the city of Dera Ghazi Khan which was in the old NA-172 before the 2018 delimitations.

## Member of Parliament
### 2002–2018: NA-172 Dera Ghazi Khan-II

| Election | Member | Party |
| 2002 | Farooq Leghari | NA |
| 2008 | Farooq Leghari | PML-Q |
| 2011 | Awais Leghari | PML-Q |
| 2013 | Abdul Kareem | PML-N |

### 2018-2024: NA-191 Dera Ghazi Khan-III

| Election | Election | Member | Party |
| | 2018 | Zartaj Gul | PTI |

### 2024-present: NA-185 Dera Ghazi Khan-II

| Election | Election | Member | Party |
| | 2024 | Zartaj Gul | SIC |

## Election 2002

General elections were held on 10 October 2002. Farooq Ahmad Khan Laghari of National Alliance won by 56,343 votes.
General election 2002: NA-172 Dera Ghazi Khan-II :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | NA | Sardar Farooq Ahmad Khan Laghari | 56,343 | 51.35 |
| | Independent | Sardar Muhammad Khan Leghari | 39,423 | 35.93 |
| | MMA | Rasheed Ahmad Khan | 7,099 | 6.47 |
| | PPP | Dr. Saeed Ahmad Buzdar | 6,850 | 6.25 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 111,845 | 36.66 |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 109,715 | 98.10 |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 2,130 | 1.90 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 16,920 | 15.42 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 305,066 | |

## Election 2008

General elections were held on 18 February 2008. Farooq Ahmad Khan Laghari of PML-Q won by 45,370 votes.
General election 2008: NA-172 Dera Ghazi Khan-II :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | PML(Q) | Farooq Ahmad Khan Leghari | 45,370 | 34.97 |
| | PML(N) | Abdul Karim | 41,894 | 32.29 |
| | PPP | Shabbir Anmad Khan Leghari | 36,401 | 28.06 |
| | Independent | Sardar Muhammad Khan Leghari | 3,623 | 2.79 |
| | Others | Others (two candidates) | 2,444 | 1.89 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 134,348 | 34.26 |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 129,732 | 96.56 |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 4,616 | 3.44 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 3,476 | 2.68 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 392,109 | |

## By-Election 2011

By-Election 2011: NA-172 Dera Ghazi Khan-II :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | PML(Q) | Sardar Awais Ahmed Khan Laghari | 61,918 | 51.60 |
| | PML(N) | Dr Hafiz Abdul Karim | 40,460 | 33.72 |
| | PPP | Shabbir Anmad Khan Leghari | 16,226 | 13.52 |
| | Others | Others (fifteen candidates) | 1,398 | 1.16 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 123,214 | 31.02 |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 120,002 | 97.39 |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 3,212 | 2.61 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 21,458 | 17.88 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 397,159 | |

## Election 2013

General elections were held on 11 May 2013. Hafiz Abdul Kareem of PML-N won by 49,230 votes and became the member of National Assembly.
General election 2013: NA-172 Dera Ghazi Khan-II :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | PML(N) | Abdul Kareem | 49,230 | 31.11 |
| | Independent | Sardar Muhammad Jamal Khan | 39,389 | 24.89 |
| | PTI | Zartaj Gul Akhwand | 38,643 | 24.42 |
| | PML(Q) | Sardar Maqsood Khan Leghari | 19,558 | 12.36 |
| | Independent | Khadim Hussain | 5,583 | 3.53 |
| | PPP(SB) | Dr. Saeed Ahmad Buzdar | 2,358 | 1.49 |
| | Others | Others (nine candidates) | 3,478 | 2.20 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 163,847 | 47.36 |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 158,239 | 96.58 |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 5,608 | 3.42 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 9,841 | 6.22 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 345,974 | |

## Election 2018

General elections were held on 25 July 2018.
General election 2018: NA-191 Dera Ghazi Khan-III :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | PTI | Zartaj Gul | 79,932 | 42.97 | |
| | PML(N) | Awais Leghari | 54,571 | 29.34 | |
| | Independent | Sardar Dost Muhammad Khan Khosa | 31,703 | 17.04 | |
| | PPP | Parveen Akhtar | 7,961 | 4.28 | |
| | Independent | Dr. Mian Abdul Rehman | 5,713 | 3.07 | |
| | TLP | Abdul Rehman | 3,667 | 1.97 | |
| | PST | Muhammad Naeem | 753 | 0.40 | |
| | APML-Jinnah | Muhammad Al Faisal | 542 | 0.29 | |
| | AAT | Ahmad Bakhsh | 464 | 0.25 | |
| | Independent | Tanveer Ahmad | 274 | 0.15 | |
| | MQM-P | Izhar UI Hag Qureshi Siddiqui | 169 | 0.09 | |
| | Independent | Khaleel Ahmad | 161 | 0.09 | |
| | Independent | Javed lqbal | 109 | 0.06 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 192,422 | 50.58 | |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 186,019 | 96.67 | |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 6,403 | 3.33 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 25,361 | 13.63 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 380,414 | | |
| | PTI win (new seat) | PTI win (new seat) | PTI win (new seat) | PTI win (new seat) | PTI win (new seat) |

## Election 2024

Elections were held on 8 February 2024. Zartaj Gul won the election with 94,927 votes.
General election 2024: NA-185 Dera Ghazi Khan-II :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Independent | Zartaj Gul | 94,927 | 51.41 | 8.44 |
| | Independent | Mehmood Qadir Khan | 39,235 | 21.25 | |
| | PPP | Dost Muhammad Khosa | 26,627 | 14.42 | 10.14 |
| | Others | Others (seventeen candidates) | 23,850 | 12.92 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 198,658 | 49.62 | 0.96 |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 184,639 | 92.94 | |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 14,019 | 7.06 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 55,692 | 30.16 | 16.53 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 400,355 | | |