NA-249 Karachi Central-III
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| NA-249 Karachi Central-III | |
|---|---|
| Constituency for the National Assembly of Pakistan | |
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| Region | Nazimabad Town (partly) and Liaquatabad Town (partly) of Karachi Central District in Karachi |
| Electorate | 548,806 [1] |
| Current constituency | |
| Party | MQM-P |
| Member(s) | Ahmed Salim Siddiqui |
| Created from | NA-247 Karachi-IX |
NA-249 Karachi Central-III (این اے-249, کراچی وسطی-3) is a constituency for the National Assembly of Pakistan.[2]
Area
[edit]This constituency includes neighborhoods of Liaquatabad, named after first Prime Minister of Pakistan Liaquat Ali Khan, and Nazimabad, named after second Prime Minister of Pakistan Khawaja Nazimuddin.[3]
According to statistics, the total population of the area covered in NA-255 is 755,412, and of them, 460,110 are registered voters; 255,753 of total voters in the constituency are male while the constituency has 204,357 female voters.[4]
Members of Parliament
[edit]2018–2023: NA-255 Karachi Central-III
[edit]| Election | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Khalid Maqbool Siddiqui | MQM-P | |
2024–present: NA-249 Karachi Central-III
[edit]| Election | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Ahmed Salim Siddiqui | MQM-P | |
Election 2002
[edit]General elections were held on 10 October 2002. Israr-Ul-Ebad Khan of Muttahida Qaumi Movement won by 51,564 votes.[5]
Election 2008
[edit]General elections were held on 18 February 2008. Dr. Nadeem Ehsan of Muttahida Qaumi Movement won his seat and became member of National Assembly.[6]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MQM | Dr. Nadeem Ehsan | 168,007 | 91.95 | ||
| PPP | Saathi Ishaque | 13,963 | 7.64 | ||
| Others | Others (three candidates) | 744 | 0.41 | ||
| Turnout | 184,035 | 60.65 | |||
| Total valid votes | 182,714 | 99.28 | |||
| Rejected ballots | 1,321 | 0.72 | |||
| Majority | 154,044 | 84.31 | |||
| Registered electors | 303,455 | ||||
| MQM hold | |||||
Election 2013
[edit]General elections were held on 11 May 2013. Sufyan Yousuf of Muttahida Qaumi Movement won by 126,263 votes and became the member of National Assembly.[7]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MQM | Sufyan Yousuf | 126,263 | 74.66 | ||
| PTI | Rashid Siddiqui | 35,349 | 20.90 | ||
| Others | Others (ten candidates) | 7,500 | 4.44 | ||
| Turnout | 174,049 | 57.30 | |||
| Total valid votes | 169,112 | 97.16 | |||
| Rejected ballots | 4,937 | 2.84 | |||
| Majority | 90,914 | 53.76 | |||
| Registered electors | 303,774 | ||||
| MQM hold | |||||
Election 2018
[edit]General elections were held on 25 July 2018.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MQM-P | Khalid Maqbool Siddiqui | 59,807 | 34.72 | ||
| PTI | Mahmood Moulvi | 50,352 | 29.23 | ||
| TLP | Muhammad Adeel | 21,289 | 12.36 | ||
| MMA | Muhammad Mustaqeem Qureshi | 11,323 | 6.57 | ||
| PPP | Zafar Ahmed Siddiqui | 8,106 | 4.71 | ||
| PSP | Attaul Mustafa Jameel Rathore | 8,099 | 4.70 | ||
| PML(N) | Nasiruddin Mehmood | 7,608 | 4.42 | ||
| Others | Others (eight candidates) | 5,669 | 3.29 | ||
| Turnout | 174,406 | 37.91 | |||
| Total valid votes | 172,253 | 98.77 | |||
| Rejected ballots | 2,153 | 1.23 | |||
| Majority | 9,455 | 5.49 | |||
| Registered electors | 460,110 | ||||
| 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. Ahmed Salim Siddiqui won the election with 77,529 votes.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MQM-P | Ahmed Salim Siddiqui | 77,529 | 38.68 |  3.96
| |
| Independent | Uzair Ali Khan[a] | 51,152 | 25.52 |  3.71
| |
| JI | Mian Muslim Pervaiz | 27,205 | 13.57 | N/A | |
| Independent | Muhammad Zahid Qureshi | 15,764 | 7.86 | N/A | |
| TLP | Hafiz Muhammad Hamid Mehmood Kagani | 9,494 | 4.74 | 7.62
| |
| PPP | Abdul Waheed | 7,502 | 3.74 | 0.97
| |
| Others | Others (twenty one candidates) | 11,787 | 5.88 | ||
| Turnout | 203,169 | 36.63 | 1.28
| ||
| Total valid votes | 200,433 | 98.65 | |||
| Rejected ballots | 2,736 | 1.35 | |||
| Majority | 26,377 | 13.16 | |||
| Registered electors | 554,641 | ||||
| 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.
- ^ "In NA-255, past winners may get a run for their money". The Express Tribune. 22 July 2018. Retrieved 31 January 2024.
- ^ "NA-255 Karachi: The issues and expectations of constituents". www.geo.tv. Retrieved 31 January 2024.
- ^ "Election Result NA-247 Karachi-IX Sindh | Pakistan Election 2013 - geo.tv". Archived from the original on 29 May 2014. Retrieved 28 May 2014.
- ^ "KARACHI: MQM major election winner in city, PPP distant second". DAWN.COM. 20 February 2008. Retrieved 11 July 2019.
- ^ "National Assembly of Pakistan". www.na.gov.pk. Archived from the original on 18 September 2016. Retrieved 21 July 2018.
- ^ "ECP - Election Commission of Pakistan". www.ecp.gov.pk. Retrieved 21 October 2018.
External links
[edit]- Election result's official website
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