NA-236 Karachi East-II

NA-236 Karachi East-II (این اے-236، کراچی مشرقی-٢) is a newly-created constituency for the National Assembly of Pakistan, created during the 2018 delimitation. It primarily covers the Gulshan-e-Iqbal Subdivision and census charges 12 and 13 of Jamshed Quarters. This constituency was formed from parts of the former NA-252 (Karachi-XIV), along with the section of Gulshan-e-Iqbal included in NA-253.[3][4][2]

NA-236 Karachi East-II
Constituency
for the National Assembly of Pakistan
RegionGulshan-e-Iqbal Town (partly) and Faisal Cantonment (partly) of Karachi East District in Karachi
Electorate542,409 [1]
Current constituency
Created2018
PartyMQM-P
Member(s)Hassaan Sabir
Created fromNA-252 Karachi-XIV
NA-253 Karachi-XV[2]

Area

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This constituency consists of Mohammad Ali Society, Dhoraji, Pir Ilahi Buksh Colony, PECHS-II, Bahadurabad, Eissa Nagri, Gulshan-e-Iqbal, Patel Para, Gulistan-e-Jauhar, Sharafabad and East Garden areas of Karachi East District.[5][2]

Members of Parliament

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2018–2023: NA-243 Karachi East-II

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Election Member Party
2018 Imran Khan PTI
By-election 2018 Alamgir Khan PTI

2024–present: NA-236 Karachi East-II

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Election Member Party
2024 Hassaan Sabir MQM–P

Election 2018

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General elections were held on 25 July 2018. Chairman Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf, Imran Khan won the election but vacated this constituency and three others in favor of NA-95 (Mianwali-I).[6]

General election 2018: NA-243 Karachi East-II [7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
PTI Imran Khan 91,373 56.05
MQM-P Syed Ali Raza Abidi 24,082 14.77
MMA Muhammad Osama Razi Khan 16,214 9.95
PPP Shehla Raza 10,633 6.52
PML(N) Sheikh Muhammad Shah Jahan 7,912 4.85
TLP Syed Nawazul Huda 6,489 3.98
Others Others (nine candidates) 6,332 3.88
Turnout 165,298 41.14
Total valid votes 163,018 98.63
Rejected ballots 2,280 1.37
Majority 67,291 41.28
Registered electors 401,833
PTI gain from MQM-P

By-election 2018

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By-elections were held in this constituency on 14 October 2018.[8]

By-election 2018: NA-243 Karachi East-II [9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
PTI Alamgir Khan 37,035 58.82  2.77
MQM-P Aamir Chishti 15,434 24.51  9.74
PPP Hakim Ali 6,808 10.81  4.29
Others Others (nineteen candidates) 3,686 5.86
Turnout 63,252 15.71  25.43
Total valid votes 62,963 99.54  0.91
Rejected ballots 289 0.46  0.91
Majority 21,601 34.31  6.97
Registered electors 402,731
PTI hold Swing  3.49

Election 2024

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General elections were held on 8 February 2024. Hassaan Sabir won the election with 38,871 votes.

General election 2024: NA-236 Karachi East-II
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
MQM-P Hassaan Sabir 38,871 28.76  4.25
PPP Muhammad Muzammil Qureshi 32,231 23.85  13.04
JI Muhammad Osama Razi Khan 21,082 15.60 N/A
Others Others (Thirty one candidates) 42,980 31.80
Turnout 135,215 24.93  9.22
Total valid votes 135,164 99.96
Rejected ballots 51 0.04
Majority 6,640 4.91
Registered electors 542,409
MQM-P gain from PTI

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Election Commission of Pakistan". ecp.gov.pk. Retrieved 6 January 2024.
  2. ^ a b c "Why does everyone want to win Karachi?". www.geo.tv. Archived from the original on 17 June 2018. Retrieved 17 June 2018.
  3. ^ "ECP - Election Commission of Pakistan". www.ecp.gov.pk. Retrieved 25 December 2022.
  4. ^ Final List of National Assembly Constituencies (PDF). Election Commission of Pakistan. 2018. p. 67. Archived (PDF) from the original on 10 May 2018. Retrieved 18 May 2018.
  5. ^ "Imran, Bilawal file papers in Karachi – The Express Tribune". tribune.com.pk. 8 June 2018. Archived from the original on 12 June 2018. Retrieved 8 June 2018.
  6. ^ "Eight additional seats vacated by federal lawmakers before taking oath". www.geo.tv. Archived from the original on 13 August 2018. Retrieved 13 August 2018.
  7. ^ "ECP – Election Commission of Pakistan". www.ecp.gov.pk. Archived from the original on 3 August 2018. Retrieved 3 August 2018.
  8. ^ generator, metatags. "ECP – Election Commission of Pakistan". www.ecp.gov.pk. Archived from the original on 8 August 2018. Retrieved 19 August 2018.
  9. ^ "National Assembly – Google Drive". drive.google.com. Retrieved 23 October 2018.