NA-249 Karachi Central-III

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
Current constituency
PartyMQM-P
MemberAhmed 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.

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.

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.

Assembly Segments

Constituency number Constituency District Current MPA Party
127 PS-127 Karachi Central-VI Karachi Central Muhammad Maaz Mehboob MQM-P
128 PS-128 Karachi Central-VII Taha Ahmed Khan

Members of Parliament

2018–2023: NA-255 Karachi Central-III

ElectionMemberParty
2018Khalid Maqbool Siddiqui MQM-P

2024–present: NA-249 Karachi Central-III

ElectionMemberParty
2024Ahmed Salim Siddiqui MQM-P

Election 2002

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

General election 2002: NA-247 (Karachi Central-IX)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
MQM Israr-Ul-Ebad Khan 51,564 59.20
MMA Muhammad Taqi 26,526 30.46
PPP Syed Masood Hussain 3,581 4.11
PST Mohammad Farhat Hussain Saddqui 3,559 4.09
Others Others (six candidates) 1,869 2.14
Turnout 88,302 36.34
Total valid votes 87,099 98.64
Rejected ballots 1,203 1.36
Majority 25,038 28.74
Registered electors 243,006
MQM hold

Election 2008

General elections were held on 18 February 2008. Dr. Nadeem Ehsan of Muttahida Qaumi Movement won his seat and became member of National Assembly.

General election 2008: NA-247 (Karachi Central-IX)
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

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.

General election 2013: NA-247 (Karachi Central-IX)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
MQM Sufiyan 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

General elections were held on 25 July 2018.

General election 2018: NA-255 (Karachi Central-III)
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
PTI Uzair Ali Khan 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

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. Archived from the original on 6 January 2024. Retrieved 6 January 2024.
  2. ↑ "ECP - Election Commission of Pakistan". www.ecp.gov.pk. Archived from the original on 26 November 2022. Retrieved 25 December 2022.
  3. ↑ "In NA-255, past winners may get a run for their money". The Express Tribune. 22 July 2018. Retrieved 31 January 2024.
  4. ↑ "NA-255 Karachi: The issues and expectations of constituents". www.geo.tv. Retrieved 31 January 2024.
  5. ↑ "Election Result NA-247 Karachi-IX Sindh | Pakistan Election 2013 - geo.tv". Archived from the original on 29 May 2014. Retrieved 28 May 2014.
  6. ↑ "KARACHI: MQM major election winner in city, PPP distant second". DAWN.COM. 20 February 2008. Retrieved 11 July 2019.
  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. Archived from the original on 23 August 2022. Retrieved 21 October 2018.