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NA-240 Karachi South-II

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NA-240 Karachi South-II
Constituency
for the National Assembly of Pakistan
RegionLyari Town (partly), Garden Town and Aram Bagh Town (partly) of Karachi South in Karachi
Electorate385,971 [1]
Current constituency
Created2002
PartyMQM-P
Member(s)Arshad Abdullah Vohra

NA-240 Karachi South-II (این اے-240، کراچی جنوبی -2) is a constituency for the National Assembly of Pakistan. It mainly comprised the historic Saddar Town neighborhood of Karachi. After the 2018 delimitations, its areas have been divided among the constituencies of NA-246 (Karachi South-I) and NA-247 (Karachi South-II), with NA-247 getting the larger piece. The Garden Subdivision was equally distributed between the two. After 2023 Delimitations This constituency revived.[2]

Election of 2002

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General elections were held on 10 October 2002. Aamir Liaquat Hussain of Muttahida Qaumi Movement won by 30,458 votes.[3]

Election of 2008

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General elections were held on 18 February 2008. Farooq Sattar of Muttahida Qaumi Movement won by 103,846 votes.[4]

General election 2008: NA-249 Karachi South-XI
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
MQM Farooq Sattar 103,846 57.45
PPP Abdul Habib Memon 73,324 40.57
Others Others (three candidates) 3,578 1.98
Turnout 182,457 47.01
Total valid votes 180,748 99.06
Rejected ballots 1,709 0.94
Majority 30,522 16.88
Registered electors 388,099
MQM hold

Election of 2013

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General elections were held on 11 May 2013. Farooq Sattar of Muttahida Qaumi Movement – London won by 109,952 votes and became the member of National Assembly.[5]

General election 2013: NA-249 Karachi South-XI
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
MQM Farooq Sattar 109,952 59.29
PPP Abdul Aziz Memon 64,974 35.03
JUI (F) Muhammad Owais Siddiqui 7,647 4.12
Others Others (seven candidates) 2,884 1.56
Turnout 188,091 61.76
Total valid votes 185,457 98.60
Rejected ballots 2,634 1.40
Majority 44,978 24.26
Registered electors 304,528
MQM hold

Election 2024

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General elections were held on 8 February 2024 and Arshad Abdullah Vohra of Muttahida Qaumi Movement - Pakistan won by 30,573 votes and became a member of the National Assembly.

General election 2024: NA-240 Karachi South-II
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
MQM-P Arshad Abdullah Vohra 30,573 26.59
Independent Ramzan Ghanchi[a] 27,318 23.76
TLP Syed Zaman Ali Jafri 17,091 14.86
PPP Saleem Mandviwalla 17,025 14.81
JI Syed Abdul Rasheed 16,128 14.03
Others Others (fourteen candidates) 6,847 5.95
Turnout 116,654 30.22
Total valid votes 114,982 98.57
Rejected ballots 1,672 1.43
Majority 3,255 2.83
Registered electors 385,971
MQM-P win (new seat)

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. ^ Final List of National Assembly Constituencies (PDF). Election Commission of Pakistan. 2018. pp. 68–69.
  3. ^ "Election Result NA-249 Karachi-XI Sindh | Pakistan Election 2013 - geo.tv". Archived from the original on 29 May 2014. Retrieved 28 May 2014.
  4. ^ "Election 2008". Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 28 May 2014.
  5. ^ "National Assembly of Pakistan".
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