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==Members of Parliament==
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Revision as of 23:56, 3 May 2024

NA-249 Karachi Central-III
Constituency
for the National Assembly of Pakistan
RegionNazimabad Town (partly) and Liaquatabad Town (partly) of Karachi Central District in Karachi
Electorate548,806 [1]
Current constituency
PartyMuttahida Qaumi Movement – Pakistan
Member(s)Ahmed Salim Siddiqui
Created fromNA-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

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

2018-2023: NA-255 Karachi Central-III

Election Member Party
2018 Khalid Maqbool Siddiqui MQM-P

2024-present: NA-249 Karachi Central-III

Election Member Party
2024 Ahmed Salim Siddiqui MQM-P

Election 2002

General elections were held on 10 Oct 2002. Israr-Ul-Ebad Khan of Muttahida Qaumi Movement won by 51,564 votes.[5]

Election 2008

General elections were held on 18 Feb 2008. Syed Asif Husnain of Muttahida Qaumi Movement won his seat and became member of National Assembly.[6]

Election 2013

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]

Election 2018

General elections were held on 25 July 2018.

General election 2018: NA-255 (Karachi Central-III)[8]
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

General elections were held on 8 February 2024. Ahmed Salim Siddiqui won the election with 77,529 votes.

General election 2024: NA-249 Karachi Central-III
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
MQM-P Ahmed Salim Siddiqui 77,529 38.68 Increase3.96
Independent Uzair Ali Khan[a] 51,152 25.52 Decrease3.71
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 Decrease7.62
PPP Abdul Waheed 7,502 3.74 Decrease0.97
Others Others (twenty one candidates) 11,787 5.88
Turnout 203,169 36.63 Decrease1.28
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

References

  1. ^ "Election Commission of Pakistan". ecp.gov.pk. Retrieved 2024-01-06.
  2. ^ "ECP - Election Commission of Pakistan". www.ecp.gov.pk. Retrieved 2022-12-25.
  3. ^ "In NA-255, past winners may get a run for their money". The Express Tribune. 2018-07-22. Retrieved 2024-01-31.
  4. ^ "NA-255 Karachi: The issues and expectations of constituents". www.geo.tv. Retrieved 2024-01-31.
  5. ^ "Election Result NA-247 Karachi-IX Sindh | Pakistan Election 2013 - geo.tv". Archived from the original on 2014-05-29. Retrieved 2014-05-28.
  6. ^ "KARACHI: MQM major election winner in city, PPP distant second". DAWN.COM. 2008-02-20. Retrieved 2019-07-11.
  7. ^ "National Assembly of Pakistan". www.na.gov.pk. Archived from the original on 18 September 2016. Retrieved 21 July 2018.
  8. ^ "ECP - Election Commission of Pakistan". www.ecp.gov.pk. Retrieved 21 October 2018.



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