NA-248 Karachi Central-II
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| NA-248 Karachi Central-II | |
|---|---|
| Constituency for the National Assembly of Pakistan | |
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| Region | Gulberg Town, New Karachi Town (partly) and Liaquatabad Town (partly) of Karachi Central District in Karachi |
| Electorate | 590,713 [1] |
| Current constituency | |
| Party | MQM-P |
| Member(s) | Khalid Maqbool Siddiqui |
| Created from | NA-246 Karachi-VIII |
NA-248 Karachi Central-II ( این اے-248، کراچی وسطی-2) is a constituency for the National Assembly of Pakistan.[2]
Area
[edit]The constituency includes the areas of Bandhani Colony, Godhra Camp, Al Azam Square, Gabol Colony, Sharifabad, Timber Market, Hussainabad, Sohrab Goth, Azizabad, Al Noor Society, Aga Khan University Hospital, Samanabad, Gulberg, Ancholi, Water Pump, Gulshan-e-Ameen, and Yousuf Plaza.[3]
Members of Parliament
[edit]2002–2018: NA-246 Karachi-VIII
[edit]| Election | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | Haji Aziz Ullah | MQM | |
| 2008 | Sufiyan Yousuf | MQM | |
| 2013 | Nabil Gabol | MQM | |
| 2015 | Kunwar Naveed Jamil | MQM | |
2018–2023: NA-254 Karachi Central-II
[edit]| Election | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Muhammad Aslam Khan | PTI | |
2024–present: NA-248 Karachi Central-II
[edit]| Election | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Khalid Maqbool Siddiqui | MQM–P | |
Election 2002
[edit]General elections were held on 10 October 2002. Haji Aziz Ullah of Muttahida Qaumi Movement won by 53,134 votes.[4]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MQM | Aziz Ullah | 53,134 | 54.71 | ||
| MMA | Rashid Naseem | 32,879 | 33.85 | ||
| PST | Altaf Hussain Qadri Babi | 3,840 | 3.95 | ||
| PPP | Khalid Ali Shanshah | 3,075 | 3.17 | ||
| PML(Q) | Naisra Athar | 2,322 | 2.39 | ||
| Others | Others (five candidates) | 1,878 | 1.93 | ||
| Turnout | 97,965 | 37.43 | |||
| Total valid votes | 97,128 | 99.15 | |||
| Rejected ballots | 837 | 0.85 | |||
| Majority | 20,255 | 20.86 | |||
| Registered electors | 261,736 | ||||
| MQM hold | |||||
Election 2008
[edit]General elections were held on 18 February 2008. Sufiyan Yousuf of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement won by 186,993 votes.[5]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MQM | Sufiyan Yousuf | 186,933 | 96.22 | ||
| PPP | Sohail Ansari | 6,741 | 3.47 | ||
| Independent | Saifullah | 604 | 0.31 | ||
| Turnout | 195,559 | 63.07 | |||
| Total valid votes | 194,278 | 99.35 | |||
| Rejected ballots | 1,281 | 0.65 | |||
| Majority | 180,192 | 92.75 | |||
| Registered electors | 310,045 | ||||
| MQM hold | |||||
Election 2013
[edit]General elections were held on 11 May 2013. Nabeel Gabol of Muttahida Qaumi Movement won by 137,874 votes and became the member of National Assembly.[6]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MQM | Nabil Gabol | 137,874 | 73.99 | ||
| PTI | Amir Sharjeel | 31,875 | 17.10 | ||
| JI | Rashid Naseem | 10,321 | 5.54 | ||
| Others | Others (six candidates) | 6,285 | 3.37 | ||
| Turnout | 202,301 | 56.54 | |||
| Total valid votes | 186,355 | 92.12 | |||
| Rejected ballots | 15,946 | 7.88 | |||
| Majority | 105,999 | 56.89 | |||
| Registered electors | 357,781 | ||||
| MQM hold | |||||
By-election 2015
[edit]A by-election was held on 23 April 2015 due to the resignation of Nabeel Gabol, the previous MNA from this seat. Kanwar Naveed Jamil of Muttahida Qaumi Movement won by 95,644 votes while Imran Ismail of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf was in second place with 35,546 votes.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MQM | Kunwar Naveed Jamil | 95,644 | 73.41 | ||
| PTI | Imran Ismail | 24,821 | 19.05 | ||
| JI | Rashid Naseem | 9,056 | 6.95 | ||
| Others | Others (twelve candidates) | 774 | 0.59 | ||
| Turnout | 131,424 | 36.73 | |||
| Total valid votes | 130,295 | 99.14 | |||
| Rejected ballots | 1,129 | 0.86 | |||
| Majority | 70,823 | 54.36 | |||
| Registered electors | 357,801 | ||||
| MQM hold | |||||
Election 2018
[edit]General elections were held on 25 July 2018.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PTI | Muhammad Aslam Khan | 75,702 | 38.61 | ||
| MQM-P | Sheikh Salahuddin | 48,813 | 24.90 | ||
| TLP | Mufti Ateeq Ahmed Ismail Zai | 28,546 | 14.56 | ||
| MMA | Rashid Naseem | 26,373 | 13.45 | ||
| Others | Others (twelve candidates) | 16,629 | 8.48 | ||
| Turnout | 198,897 | 39.20 | |||
| Total valid votes | 196,063 | 98.58 | |||
| Rejected ballots | 2,834 | 1.42 | |||
| Majority | 26,889 | 13.71 | |||
| Registered electors | 507,438 | ||||
| PTI gain from MQM-P | |||||
Election 2024
[edit]General elections were held on 8 February 2024. Khalid Maqbool Siddiqui won the election with 103,082 votes.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MQM-P | Khalid Maqbool Siddiqui | 103,082 | 38.87 |  13.97
| ||
| Independent | Arslan Khalid[a] | 86,342 | 32.56 |  6.05
| ||
| JI | Muhammad Babar Khan | 38,881 | 14.66 | N/A | ||
| TLP | Muhammad Amjad Ali | 13,134 | 4.95 | 9.61
| ||
| PPP | Muhammad Hassan Khan | 5,448 | 2.05 | 0.31
| ||
| Others | Others (twenty nine candidates) | 18,306 | 6.90 | |||
| Turnout | 266,077 | 44.36 | 5.16
| |||
| Total valid votes | 265,193 | 99.67 | ||||
| Rejected ballots | 884 | 0.33 | ||||
| Majority | 17,460 | 6.58 | ||||
| Registered electors | 599,811 | |||||
| MQM-P gain from PTI | ||||||
See also
[edit]Notes
[edit]- ^ Filed nomination papers as PTI candidate but ECP allowed him to run as an Independent
References
[edit]- ^ "Election Commission of Pakistan". ecp.gov.pk. Retrieved 6 January 2024.
- ^ "ECP - Election Commission of Pakistan". www.ecp.gov.pk. Retrieved 25 December 2022.
- ^ "As the kite struggles to soar, other parties try to gain space in NA-254 - The Express Tribune". tribune.com.pk. 22 July 2018. Archived from the original on 5 October 2018. Retrieved 22 October 2018.
- ^ "Election Result NA-246 Karachi-VIII Sindh | Pakistan Election 2013 - geo.tv". Archived from the original on 29 May 2014. Retrieved 28 May 2014.
- ^ "Geo.tv: Latest News Breaking Pakistan, World, Live Videos". www.geo.tv. Archived from the original on 8 April 2015. Retrieved 21 July 2018.
- ^ "National Assembly of Pakistan". www.na.gov.pk. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 21 July 2018.
- ^ "ECP - Election Commission of Pakistan". www.ecp.gov.pk. Retrieved 21 October 2018.
External links
[edit]- Election result's official website
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