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NA-238 Karachi East-IV

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NA-238 Karachi East-IV
Constituency
for the National Assembly of Pakistan
RegionJamshed Town, Firozabad Town (partly), Gulshan-e-Iqbal Town (partly) and Karachi Cantonment (partly) of Karachi East District in Karachi
Electorate561,283 [1]
Current constituency
Created2018
PartyMQM-P
Member(s)Sadiq Iftikhar
Created fromNA-252 Karachi-XIV

NA-238 Karachi East-IV (این اے-238، کراچی مشرقی-4) is a newly-created a constituency for the National Assembly of Pakistan. It mainly comprises the areas of Jamshed Quarters Subdivision, and Firozabad Subdivision that were previously in the western portion of the old NA-252.[2][3]

Members of Parliament

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2018–2023: NA-245 Karachi East-IV

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Election Member Party
2018-2022 Aamir Liaquat Hussain PTI
2022 Mahmood Moulvi PTI

2024–present: NA-238 Karachi East-IV

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Election Member Party
2024 Sadiq Iftikhar MQM–P

Election 2018

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General elections were held on 25 July 2018.

General election 2018: NA-245 Karachi East-IV [4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
PTI Aamir Liaquat Hussain 56,664 33.96
MQM-P Farooq Sattar 35,429 21.23
TLP Allama Muhammad Ahmed Raza Amjadi 20,733 12.42
MMA Saifuddin 20,142 12.07
PML(N) Khawaja Tariq Nazir 9,681 5.80
PPP Farrukh Niaz Tanoli 8,822 5.29
PSP Sagheer Ahmad 6,222 3.73
Others Others (eight candidates) 6,294 3.77
Turnout 166,868 37.62
Rejected ballots 2,881 1.73
Majority 21,235 12.73
Registered electors 443,540
PTI gain from MQM-P

By-election 2022

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A by-election was held on 21 August 2022 due to the death of Aamir Liaquat Hussain, the former MNA from this seat.[5]

By-election 2022: NA-245 Karachi East-IV
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
PTI Mahmood Moulvi 29,475 48.85 Increase14.89
MQM-P Moeed Anwar 13,193 21.87 Increase0.64
TLP Ahmed Raza Amjadi 9,836 16.30 Increase3.88
Independent Farooq Sattar 3,479 5.77
PSP Syed Hafeezuddin 1,177 1.95 Decrease1.78
Others Others (twelve candidates) 3,576 5.93
Turnout 60,740 11.79 Decrease25.83
Total valid votes 60,336 99.33 Increase1.06
Rejected ballots 404 0.67 Decrease1.06
Majority 16,282 26.99 Increase14.26
Registered electors 515,003
PTI hold Swing N/A

Election 2024

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General elections were held on 8 February 2024. Sadiq Iftikhar won the election with 54,885 votes.

General election 2024: NA-238 Karachi East-IV
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
MQM-P Sadiq Iftikhar 54,885 32.67 Increase10.80
Independent Haleem Adil Sheikh[a] 36,885 21.95 Decrease26.90
JI Saif Uddin 36,281 21.60 N/A
TLP Muhammad Waseem 10,594 6.31 Decrease9.99
PPP Pir Omer Uddin Zafar 10,464 6.23 Increase5.68
Others Others (Twenty one candidates) 18,896 11.25
Turnout 171,146 30.49 Increase18.70
Total valid votes 168,005 98.16
Rejected ballots 3,141 1.84
Majority 18,000 10.71
Registered electors 561,283
MQM-P gain from PTI

See also

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Notes

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

References

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  1. ^ "Election Commission of Pakistan". ecp.gov.pk. Retrieved 6 January 2024.
  2. ^ "ECP - Election Commission of Pakistan". www.ecp.gov.pk. Retrieved 25 December 2022.
  3. ^ Final List of National Assembly Constituencies (PDF). Election Commission of Pakistan. 2018. p. 68. Archived (PDF) from the original on 10 May 2018. Retrieved 18 May 2018.
  4. ^ "ECP – Election Commission of Pakistan". www.ecp.gov.pk. Archived from the original on 4 August 2018. Retrieved 4 August 2018.
  5. ^ "PTI retains Aamir Liaquat Hussain's vacant NA-245 seat in by-poll". Geo News. 21 August 2022. Retrieved 21 August 2022.