Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf-backed (PTI) Ali Amin Khan Gandapur clinched the seat inNA-44 Dera Ismail Khan-I constituency by beatingJamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) Chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman.
He received92,244 votes in the February 8 elections.
Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf-backed (PTI)Ali Amin Khan Gandapur, Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) Chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman,Pakistan Peoples Party’s (PPP)Faisal Karim Kundi,Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan’s (TLP)Muhammad Shafiq Ul Hai,Jamaat-e-Islami’s (JI)Muhammad Yousaf Khan and others vied for the National Assembly seat from the said constituency.
The NA-44Dera Ismail Khan-I constituency — formerlyNA-38 Dera Ismail Khan-I — comprises Paharpur Tehsil, Charge No 5 of DI Khan Tehsil, DI Khan Cantonment's Charge No 1, along withShor Kot and Chahkan Qanungo Halqas of DI Khan Tehsil excluding Kotla Saidan Patwar Circle.
In the previous 2018 general elections, PTI'sAli Amin Khan Gandapur won by 80,236 votes with Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal's (MMA) candidate Maulana Fazlur Rehman securing second place with45,457 votes.
The constituency's population stands at 772,742 with391,882 registered voters — of which208,481 and183,401 are male and female voters, respectively.