NA-159 Vehari-IV

NA-159 Vehari-IV
NA-159 Vehari-IV
Constituency; for the National Assembly of Pakistan
Region	Mailsi Tehsil (partly) including Mailsi city of Vehari District
Electorate	489,806
Current constituency
Party	Independent
Member(s)	Aurangzeb Khan Khichi
Created from	NA-170 Vehari-IV

NA-159 Vehari-IV (این اے-159، وِہاڑى-4) is a constituency for the National Assembly of Pakistan.^[2]

Election 2002

General elections were held on 10 Oct 2002. Azhar Ahmad Khan Yousaf Zai of PPP won by 73,014 votes.^[3]

General election 2002: NA-170 Vehari-IV
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	PPP	Azhar Ahmad Khan Yousafzai	73,014	51.79
	PML(Q)	Aurangzeb Khan Khichi	59,967	42.53
	PML(N)	Sardar Noor Ahmed Khan Malezai	3,702	2.63
	Independent	Ahmed Nawaz Khan Khichi	2,380	1.69
	Others	Others (three candidates)	1,922	1.36
Turnout			145,137	51.35
Total valid votes			140,985	97.14
Rejected ballots			4,152	2.86
Majority			13,047	9.26
Registered electors			282,646

General elections were held on 18 Feb 2008. Mahmood Hayat Khan Tochi Khan of PPP won by 87,124 votes.^[4]

General election 2008: NA-170 Vehari-IV
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	PPP	Mehmood Hayat Khan	87,124	56.31
	PML(Q)	Aurangzeb Khan Khichi	56,816	36.72
	Independent	Saeed Ahmed Khan	5,875	3.80
	Others	Others (five candidates)	4,918	3.17
Turnout			159,373	48.56
Total valid votes			154,733	97.09
Rejected ballots			4,640	2.91
Majority			30,308	19.59
Registered electors			328,176
	PPP hold

General elections were held on 11 May 2013. Saeed Ahmed Khan Manais of PML-N won by 83,895 votes and became the member of National Assembly.^[5]

General elections were be held on 25 July 2018.

General election 2018: NA-165 Vehari-IV
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	PTI	Aurangzeb Khan Khichi^[6]	99,393	46.45
	PML(N)	Saeed Ahmed Khan	65,575	30.64
	Independent	Mian Majid Nawaz	21,411	10.01
	PPP	Mehmood Hayat Khan	15,372	7.18
	TLP	Ghulam Mustafa	8,166	3.82
	Independent	Haq Dad Ali Khan	2,011	0.94
	Independent	Ahmed Nawaz Khan Khichi	1,045	0.49
	Independent	Asif Saeed Minhas	743	0.35
	Independent	Abdullah Hayat Khan	274	0.13
Turnout			218,182	56.43
Total valid votes			213,990	98.08
Rejected ballots			4,192	1.92
Majority			33,813	15.80
Registered electors			386,581
	PTI gain from PML(N)

General elections were held on 8 February 2024. Aurangzeb Khan Khichi won the election with 116,302 votes.^[7]

General election 2024: NA-159 Vehari-IV
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Aurangzeb Khan Khichi^[a]	116,302	44.01	2.44
	PML(N)	Saeed Ahmed Khan	96,637	36.57	5.93
	PPP	Mehmood Hayat Khan	26,804	10.14	2.96
	TLP	Muhammad Iqbal	12,660	4.79	0.97
	Others	Others (eleven candidates)	11,843	4.48
Turnout			269,293	54.98	1.45
Total valid votes			264,246	98.13
Rejected ballots			5,047	1.87
Majority			19,665	7.44	8.36
Registered electors			489,806

^ Filed nomination papers as PTI candidate but ECP allowed him to run as an Independent

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