NA-235 Karachi East-I

NA-235 Karachi East-I
Constituency
for the National Assembly of Pakistan
RegionGulzar-e-Hijri town of Karachi East District in Karachi
Electorate170,176 [1]
Current constituency
PartyMQM-P
Member(s)Muhammad Iqbal Khan
Created fromNA-253 Karachi-XV

NA-235 Karachi East-I (این اے-235، کراچی مشرقی-1) is a constituency for the National Assembly of Pakistan. After the 2018 delimitations, Gulshan-e-Iqbal part of the former NA-253 is now in NA-243 (Karachi East-II).[2]

Members of Parliament

2018–2023: NA-242 Karachi East-I

Election Member Party
2018 Saifur Rehman Khan PTI

2024–present: NA-235 Karachi East-I

Election Member Party
2024 Muhammad Iqbal Khan MQM–P

Election 2002

Further information: Pakistani general election, 2002

General elections were held on 10 October 2002. Asad Ullah Bhutto of Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal won by 28,840 votes.[3]

General election 2002: NA-253 Karachi East-XV
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
MMA Asadullah Bhutto 28,840 36.18
MQM Dr. Muhammad Fahimud-Din 25,960 32.57
PPP Shafi Muhammad Shah 13,947 17.50
PTI Ali Haider Saleem 4,374 5.49
PMA Moinuddin 2,401 3.01
Others Others (thirteen candidates) 4,181 5.25
Turnout 80,804 32.40
Total valid votes 79,703 98.64
Rejected ballots 1,101 1.36
Majority 2,880 3.61
Registered electors 249,365

Election 2008

Further information: Pakistani general election, 2008

General elections were held on 18 February 2008. Syed Haider Abbas Rizvi of Muttahida Qaumi Movement won by 96,973 votes.[4]

General election 2008: NA-253 Karachi East-XV
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
MQM Haider Abbas Rizvi 96,973 63.45
PPP Faisal Raza Abidi 47,101 30.82
Others Others (sixteen candidates) 8,769 5.73
Turnout 155,587 36.76
Total valid votes 152,843 98.24
Rejected ballots 2,744 1.76
Majority 49,872 32.63
Registered electors 423,284
MQM hold

Election 2013

Further information: Pakistani general election, 2013

General elections were held on 11 May 2013. Muhammad Muzammil Qureshi of Muttahida Qaumi Movement won by 101,386 votes and became the member of National Assembly.[5]

General election 2013: NA-253 Karachi East-XV
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
MQM Muhammad Muzammil Qureshi 101,386 50.49
PTI Muhammad Ashraf Jabbar Qureshi 61,913 30.83
JI Asadullah Bhutto 12,651 6.30
PPP Muhammad Murad Baloch 10,127 5.04
MDM Abdul Majeed Pitafi 8,242 4.10
MWM Syed Asghar Abbas Zaidi 4,633 2.31
Others Others (twenty four candidates) 1,860 0.93
Turnout 211,768 40.74
Total valid votes 200,812 94.83
Rejected ballots 10,956 5.17
Majority 39,473 19.66
Registered electors 519,854
MQM hold

Election 2018

Further information: Pakistani general election, 2018
General election 2018: NA-242 Karachi East-I [6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
PTI Saifur Rehman Khan 27,333 38.65
PPP Muhammad Iqbal Sand 11,823 16.72
MMA Asadullah Bhutto 8,262 11.68
PML(N) Haji Sharafat Khan 7,060 9.98
MQM-P Kishwer Zehra 6,393 9.04
Others Others (fourteen candidates) 8,179 11.57
Turnout 70,711 38.56
Rejected ballots 1,661 2.36
Majority 15,510 21.93
Registered electors 183,373
PTI gain from MQM-P

Election 2024

Further information: Pakistani general election, 2024

General elections were held on 8 February 2024. Muhammad Iqbal Khan won the election with 20,185 votes.

General election 2024: NA-235 Karachi East-I
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
MQM-P Muhammad Iqbal Khan 20,185 30.01 Increase20.97
Independent Saifur Rehman Khan[a] 14,167 21.06 Decrease17.59
PPP Muhammad Asif Khan 11,431 17.00 Increase0.28
JI Meraj Ul Huda Siddiqui 6,652 9.89 N/A
PML(N) Sharafat Khan 5,041 7.49 Decrease2.49
Others Others (Twenty candidates) 9,784 14.55
Turnout 68,933 40.51 Increase1.95
Total valid votes 67,260 97.57
Rejected ballots 1,673 2.43
Majority 6,018 8.95
Registered electors 170,181
MQM-P gain from PTI

See also

Notes

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

References

  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. ^ "Election Result NA-253 Karachi-XV Sindh | Pakistan Election 2013 - geo.tv". Archived from the original on 29 May 2014. Retrieved 28 May 2014.
  4. ^ "Geo.tv: Latest News Breaking Pakistan, World, Live Videos". www.geo.tv. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 21 July 2018.
  5. ^ "National Assembly of Pakistan". www.na.gov.pk. Archived from the original on 30 September 2016. Retrieved 21 July 2018.
  6. ^ "ECP - Election Commission of Pakistan". www.ecp.gov.pk. Archived from the original on 3 August 2018. Retrieved 3 August 2018.
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