NA-247 Karachi Central-I
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| NA-247 Karachi Central-I | |
|---|---|
| Constituency for the National Assembly of Pakistan | |
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| Region | New Karachi Town (partly) of Karachi Central District in Karachi |
| Electorate | 451,867 [1] |
| Current constituency | |
| Party | MQM-P |
| Member(s) | Khawaja Izharul Hassan |
| Created from | NA-244 Karachi-VI |
NA-247 Karachi Central-I (این اے-247، کراچی وسطی-1) is a constituency for the National Assembly of Pakistan that encompasses most of New Karachi.[2][3]
Members of Parliament
[edit]2018–2023: NA-253 Karachi Central-I
[edit]| Election | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Usama Qadri | MQM-P | |
2024–present: NA-247 Karachi Central-I
[edit]| Election | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Khawaja Izharul Hassan | MQM-P | |
Election 2002
[edit]General elections were held on 10 October 2002.Syed Haider Abbas Rizvi of Muttahida Qaumi Movement won by 54,101 votes.[4]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MQM | Syed Haider Abbas Rizvi | 54,101 | 56.82 | ||
| MMA | Dr. Meiraj-Ul-Huda Siddiqui | 28,559 | 29.99 | ||
| PST | Saqib Ishtiaq Qadri | 7,141 | 7.50 | ||
| NA | Javed Jabbar | 2,057 | 2.16 | ||
| Others | Others (five candidates) | 3,363 | 3.53 | ||
| Turnout | 95,248 | 40.24 | |||
| Total valid votes | 95,221 | 99.97 | |||
| Rejected ballots | 27 | 0.03 | |||
| Majority | 25,542 | 26.83 | |||
| Registered electors | 236,700 | ||||
| MQM hold | |||||
Election 2008
[edit]General elections were held on 18 February 2008. Sheikh Salahuddin of Muttahida Qaumi Movement won by 174,044 votes.[5]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MQM | Sheikh Salahuddin | 174,044 | 93.78 | ||
| PPP | Ghulam Qadir | 9,271 | 5.00 | ||
| Others | Others (three candidates) | 2,266 | 1.22 | ||
| Turnout | 187,073 | 64.31 | |||
| Total valid votes | 185,581 | 99.20 | |||
| Rejected ballots | 1,492 | 0.80 | |||
| Majority | 164,773 | 88.78 | |||
| Registered electors | 290,891 | ||||
| MQM hold | |||||
Election 2013
[edit]General elections were held on 11 May 2013. Sheikh Salahuddin of Muttahida Qaumi Movement won by 133,885 votes and became the member of National Assembly.[6]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MQM | Sheikh Salahuddin | 133,885 | 74.16 | ||
| PTI | Khalid Masood Khan | 26,495 | 14.68 | ||
| JI | Syed Muhammad Bilal | 9,230 | 5.11 | ||
| MDM | Abdul Hai Sheikh | 7,045 | 3.90 | ||
| Others | Others (nine candidates) | 3,869 | 2.15 | ||
| Turnout | 194,429 | 61.01 | |||
| Total valid votes | 180,524 | 92.85 | |||
| Rejected ballots | 13,905 | 7.15 | |||
| Majority | 107,390 | 59.48 | |||
| Registered electors | 318,697 | ||||
| MQM hold | |||||
Election 2018
[edit]General elections were held on 25 July 2018.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MQM-P | Usama Qadri | 52,426 | 34.48 | ||
| PTI | Muhammad Ashraf Jabbar | 39,145 | 25.75 | ||
| TLP | Mufti Muhammad Amjad Ali Qadri | 24,794 | 16.31 | ||
| PSP | Syed Mustafa Kamal | 12,891 | 8.48 | ||
| MMA | Munim Zafar Khan | 9,357 | 6.15 | ||
| PML(N) | Khalid Mumtaz Advocate | 6,763 | 4.45 | ||
| Others | Others (thirteen candidates) | 6,670 | 4.38 | ||
| Turnout | 154,016 | 38.12 | |||
| Total valid votes | 152,046 | 98.72 | |||
| Rejected ballots | 1,970 | 1.28 | |||
| Majority | 13,281 | 8.73 | |||
| Registered electors | 404,053 | ||||
| MQM-P† hold | Swing | N/A | |||
†MQM-P is considered heir apparent to MQM
Election 2024
[edit]General elections were held on 8 February 2024. Khawaja Izharul Hassan won the election with 65,050 votes.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MQM-P | Khawaja Izharul Hassan | 65,050 | 34.69 |  0.21
| |
| Independent | Syed Abbas Husnain[a] | 52,058 | 27.85 | 2.10
| |
| JI | Monem Zafar Khan | 23,863 | 12.76 | N/A | |
| TLP | Muhammad Farooq | 14,863 | 7.95 |  8.36
| |
| Independent | Syed Muhammad Asif Raza | 10,323 | 5.52 | N/A | |
| PPP | Sheikh Muhammad Maaz Feroz | 6,355 | 3.40 | 1.25
| |
| Others | Others (twenty one candidates) | 14,468 | 7.74 | ||
| Turnout | 190,115 | 43.51 | 5.39
| ||
| Total valid votes | 186,953 | 98.34 | |||
| Rejected ballots | 3,162 | 1.66 | |||
| Majority | 12,992 | 6.95 | |||
| Registered electors | 436,934 | ||||
| MQM-P hold | |||||
See also
[edit]Notes
[edit]- ^ Filed nomination papers as PTI candidate but ECP allowed him to run as an Independent
References
[edit]- ^ "Election Commission of Pakistan". ecp.gov.pk. Retrieved 6 January 2024.
- ^ "ECP - Election Commission of Pakistan". www.ecp.gov.pk. Retrieved 25 December 2022.
- ^ "Delimitation". Election Commission of Pakistan. 2018.
- ^ "Election Result NA-244 Karachi-VI Sindh - Pakistan Election 2013 - geo.tv". election2013.geo.tv. Archived from the original on 10 January 2015. Retrieved 18 July 2018.
- ^ "Geo.tv: Latest News Breaking Pakistan, World, Live Videos". www.geo.tv. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 18 July 2018.
- ^ "National Assembly of Pakistan". Archived from the original on 18 September 2016. Retrieved 10 September 2016.
- ^ "ECP - Election Commission of Pakistan". www.ecp.gov.pk. Retrieved 22 October 2018.
External links
[edit]- Election result's official website
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