NA-237 Karachi East-III

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NA-237 Karachi East-III (این اے-237، کراچی مشرقی-۳) is a constituency for the National Assembly of Pakistan.[2]

NA-237 Karachi East-III
Constituency
for the National Assembly of Pakistan
RegionFirozabad Town (partly) and Mazar-e-Quaid of Karachi East District in Karachi
Electorate413,942 [1]
Current constituency
PartyPakistan People's Party
Member(s)Asad Alam Niazi
Created fromNA-251 Karachi-XIII

Area

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The constituency primarily consists of Faisal Cantonment, Defence View, Kashmir Colony, Akhtar Colony, Manzoor Colony, Azam Basti, Chanesar Goth, Mehmoodabad, Baloch Colony, Dhoraji Colony, Ferozabad, Hill Park, Muhammad Ali Society, Naval Colony, Karsaz, KDA Scheme, Gulistan-e-Johar and Pehlwan Goth.[3]

Members of Parliament

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2018–2023: NA-244 Karachi East-III

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Election Member Party
2018 Ali Haider Zaidi PTI

2024–present: NA-237 Karachi East-III

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Election Member Party
2024 Asad Alam Niazi PPP

Election 2002

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General elections were held on 10 October 2002. Syeed Safwanullah of Muttahida Qaumi Movement won by 23,856 votes.[4]

Election 2008

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General elections were held on 18 February 2008. Waseem Akhtar of Muttahida Qaumi Movement won by 83,537 votes.[5]

General election 2008: NA-251 Karachi-XIII
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
MQM Waseem Akhtar 83,537 63.76
PML(N) Mushahid Ullah Khan 22,304 17.02
PPP Ch. Umar Hayat Sandhu 17,823 13.60
Independent Irfanullah Khan Marwat 6,653 5.08
Others Others (three candidates) 707 0.54
Turnout 133,697 39.65
Total valid votes 131,024 98.00
Rejected ballots 2,673 2.00
Majority 61,233 46.74
Registered electors 337,193
MQM hold

Election 2013

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General elections were held on 11 May 2013. Syed Ali Raza Abidi of Muttahida Qaumi Movement won by 81,603 votes and became the member of National Assembly.[6]

General election 2013: NA-251 Karachi-XIII
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
MQM Syed Ali Raza Abidi 81,603 47.61
PTI Raja Azhar Khan 40,388 23.57
JI Zahid Saeed 27,166 15.85
PML(N) Syed Muhammad Nihal Hashmi 13,223 7.72
PPP Zulfiqar Ali Qaim Khani 6,637 3.87
Others Others (twelve candidates) 2,368 1.38
Turnout 173,638 50.75
Total valid votes 171,385 98.70
Rejected ballots 2,253 1.30
Majority 41,215 24.04
Registered electors 342,155
MQM hold

Election 2018

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General elections were held on 25 July 2018.

General election 2018: NA-244 Karachi East-III [7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
PTI Ali Haider Zaidi 69,475 40.70
PML(N) Miftah Ismail 31,247 18.30
MQM-P Rauf Siddiqui 19,527 11.44
MMA Zahid Saeed 17,894 10.48
PPP Mian Waqar Akhtar Paganwala 14,745 8.64
TLP Yashaullah Khan Afghan 9,273 5.43
Others Others (fifteen candidates) 5,834 3.42
Turnout 170,711 41.91
Rejected ballots 2,716 1.59
Majority 38,228 22.40
Registered electors 407,363
PTI gain from MQM-P

Election 2024

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General elections were held on 8 February 2024. Asad Alam Niazi won the election with 40,840 votes.

General election 2024: NA-237 Karachi East-III
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
PPP Asad Alam Niazi 40,840 28.22  19.58
Independent Zahoor Uddin[a] 33,322 23.03  17.67
JI Irfan Ahmed 22,257 15.38 N/A
MQM-P Rauf Siddiqui 15,412 10.65  0.79
TLP Muhammad Shahid 8,826 6.10  0.67
PML(N) Rehan Qaiser 8,188 5.66  12.64
Others Others (Thirty candidates) 15,870 10.97
Turnout 147,617 35.66  6.25
Total valid votes 144,715 98.03
Rejected ballots 2,902 1.97
Majority 7,518 5.20
Registered electors 413,952
PPP gain from PTI

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. ^ "ECP - Election Commission of Pakistan". www.ecp.gov.pk. Retrieved 25 December 2022.
  3. ^ "Another stronghold MQM-P struggles to retain - Daily Times". dailytimes.com.pk. 22 July 2018. Archived from the original on 23 July 2018. Retrieved 4 August 2018.
  4. ^ "Election Result NA-251 Karachi-XIII Sindh | Pakistan Election 2013 - geo.tv". Archived from the original on 29 May 2014. Retrieved 28 May 2014.
  5. ^ "Geo.tv: Latest News Breaking Pakistan, World, Live Videos". www.geo.tv. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 21 July 2018.
  6. ^ "National Assembly of Pakistan". www.na.gov.pk. Archived from the original on 18 September 2016. Retrieved 21 July 2018.
  7. ^ "ECP - Election Commission of Pakistan". www.ecp.gov.pk. Archived from the original on 4 August 2018. Retrieved 4 August 2018.
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