NA-242 Karachi Keamari-I

NA-242 Karachi Keamari-I
NA-242 Karachi Keamari-I
Constituency; for the National Assembly of Pakistan
Region	Baldia Town and SITE Town (partly) of Keamari District in Karachi
Electorate	437,790
Current constituency
Party	MQM-P
Member(s)	Syed Mustafa Kamal
Created from	NA-241 Karachi-III

NA-242 Karachi Keamari-I (این اے-242، کراچی کیماڑی-1) is a constituency for the National Assembly of Pakistan that encompasses Baldia.^[2]

Members of Parliament

2002–2018: NA-241 Karachi-III

	Member	Party
2002	Muhammad Laeeq Khan	MMA
2008	Iqbal Qadri	MQM
2013	Iqbal Qadri	MQM

2018–2022: NA-249 Karachi West-II

Election		Member	Party
	2018	Faisal Vawda	PTI
	2021	Qadir Khan Mandokhel	PPP

Election 2002

General elections were held on 10 Oct 2002. Muhammad Laeeq Khan of Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal won by 26,812 votes.^[3]

Election 2008

General elections were held on 18 Feb 2008. Iqbal Qadri of Muttahida Qaumi Movement won by 93,617 votes.^[4]

General election 2008: NA-241 Karachi West-III
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	MQM	Iqbal Qadri	93,617	64.24
	ANP	Zarbali Syed	36,236	24.86
	PPP	Dr. Muhammad Shakir Alam	11,544	7.92
	PML(N)	Wazeer Ahmed Afridi	3,510	2.41
	Others	Others (seven candidates)	828	0.57
Turnout			147,344	54.86
Total valid votes			145,735	98.91
Rejected ballots			1,609	1.09
Majority			57,381	39.38
Registered electors			268,582
	MQM gain from MMA

Election 2013

General elections were held on 11 May 2013. Iqbal Qadri of Muttahida Qaumi Movement won by 95,584 votes and became the member of National Assembly.^[5]

General election 2013: NA-241 Karachi West-III
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	MQM	Iqbal Qadri	95,584	58.61
	PTI	Dr. Saeed Ahmed Afridi	27,827	17.06
	JI	Muhammad Laeeq Khan	14,438	8.85
	JUI (F)	Misbah Ul Alam	11,697	7.17
	ANP	Syed Karam Darwesh	7,190	4.41
	PPP	Ali Ahmed	3,361	2.06
	Others	Others (thirteen candidates)	3,001	1.84
Turnout			164,066	52.44
Total valid votes			163,098	99.41
Rejected ballots			968	0.59
Majority			67,757	41.55
Registered electors			312,861
	MQM hold

Election 2018

General elections were held on 25 July 2018.

General election 2018: NA-249 Karachi West-II ^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	PTI	Faisal Vawda	35,344	27.50
	PML(N)	Shehbaz Sharif	34,626	26.95
	TLP	Mufti Abid Mubarak Hussain	23,981	18.66
	MQM-P	Aslam Shah	13,534	10.53
	MMA	Syed Attaullah Shah	10,307	8.02
	PPP	Qadir Mandokhail	7,236	5.63
	Others	Others (nine candidates)	3,473	2.71
Turnout			131,185	39.58
Total valid votes			128,501	97.95
Rejected ballots			2,684	2.05
Majority			718	0.55
Registered electors			331,430
	PTI gain from MQM-P

By-election 2021

A by-election was held in this constituency on 29 April 2021. The Election Commission of Pakistan stayed the process for consolidation of result and fixed May 4 as the date for hearing of Pakistan Muslim League (N) candidate, Miftah Ismail’s application seeking a recount of votes.^[7] Upon accepting his request, lawmakers were asked by the ECP to reach the office of the returning officer (RO) on May 6 for the recount.^[8] On May 6 recounting of votes again started which held until 8 May and in the final result PPP candidate was again declared as the winner with the margin of 909 votes from its rival PML-N.^[9] On the other hand, all of the four main political parties (PML-N, PSP, PTI and MQM-Pakistan) boycotted this recount demanding the repoll again in whole constituency.^[10]

By-election 2021: NA-249 Karachi West-II ^[11]^[12]^[13]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PPP	Qadir Khan Mandokhel	15,656	31.42	+25.79
	PML(N)	Miftah Ismail	14,747	29.59	+2.64
	TLP	Mufti Nazeer Ahmed	10,668	21.41	+2.75
	PSP	Syed Mustafa Kamal	8,728	17.52
	PTI	Amjad Iqbal Afridi	8,681	17.42	−10.08
	MQM-P	Hafiz Muhammad Mursaleen	7,007	14.06	+3.53
Turnout			73,471	21.64
Total votes			49,831
Registered electors			339,591
	PPP gain from PTI

Election 2024

General elections were held on 8 February 2024. Syed Mustafa Kamal won the election with 71,527 votes.

General election 2024: NA-242 Karachi Keamari-I
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	MQM-P	Syed Mustafa Kamal	71,527	37.89	23.83
	Independent	Dawa Khan^[a]	53,770	28.47	11.05
	PPP	Qadir Khan Mandokhel	17,464	9.25	22.17
	JI	Fazal Ahad	13,706	7.26	N/A
	TLP	Muhammad Sajid	13,547	7.17	14.24
	PML(N)	Ghulam Shoaib	11,894	6.30	23.29
	Others	Others (twenty-three candidates)	6,927	3.67
Turnout			191,288	43.69	22.05
Total valid votes			188,835	98.72
Rejected ballots			2,453	1.28
Registered electors			437,790
	MQM-P gain from PPP

Notes

^ Filed nomination papers as PTI candidate but ECP allowed him to run as an Independent

References

^ "Election Commission of Pakistan". ecp.gov.pk. Retrieved 2024-01-06.
^ "ECP - Election Commission of Pakistan". www.ecp.gov.pk. Retrieved 2022-12-25.
^ "Election Result NA-241 Karachi-III Sindh | Pakistan Election 2013 - geo.tv". Archived from the original on 2014-05-29. Retrieved 2014-05-28.
^ "Geo.tv: Latest News Breaking Pakistan, World, Live Videos". www.geo.tv. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 20 April 2018.
^ "National Assembly of Pakistan". www.na.gov.pk. Archived from the original on 18 September 2016. Retrieved 20 April 2018.
^ Election Commission of Pakistan. "ECP - Election Commission of Pakistan". www.ecp.gov.pk. Retrieved 22 October 2018.
^ Khan, Iftikhar A. (2021-05-02). "ECP stays consolidation of NA-249 by-election result". DAWN.COM. Retrieved 2021-05-06.
^ "ECP accepts PML-N's plea, orders recounting in NA-249". The Express Tribune. 2021-05-04. Retrieved 2021-05-06.
^ "PPP's Qadir Mandokhail emerges victorious in NA-249 recount". ARY NEWS. 2021-05-08. Retrieved 2021-05-09.
^ Ali, Qazi Hassan | Fahad Chaudhry | Imtiaz (2021-05-06). "Four political parties boycott NA-249 Karachi by-poll recount". DAWN.COM. Retrieved 2021-05-09.
^ Geo News. "NA-249 Karachi by-election results". www.geo.tv. Retrieved 30 April 2021.
^ Samaa TV. "PPP's Qadir Khan Mandokhail wins NA-249 Karachi by-election". www.samaa.tv. Retrieved 30 April 2021.
^ "NA-249 by-election: PPP wins Karachi seat after recount". Dunya News. Retrieved 2021-05-09.

External links

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[Candidate_status-14] Filed nomination papers as PTI candidate but ECP allowed him to run as an Independent

[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] "Election Result NA-241 Karachi-III Sindh | Pakistan Election 2013 - geo.tv". Archived from the original on 2014-05-29. Retrieved 2014-05-28.

[4] "Geo.tv: Latest News Breaking Pakistan, World, Live Videos". www.geo.tv. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 20 April 2018.

[5] "National Assembly of Pakistan". www.na.gov.pk. Archived from the original on 18 September 2016. Retrieved 20 April 2018.

[6] Election Commission of Pakistan. "ECP - Election Commission of Pakistan". www.ecp.gov.pk. Retrieved 22 October 2018.

[7] Khan, Iftikhar A. (2021-05-02). "ECP stays consolidation of NA-249 by-election result". DAWN.COM. Retrieved 2021-05-06.

[8] "ECP accepts PML-N's plea, orders recounting in NA-249". The Express Tribune. 2021-05-04. Retrieved 2021-05-06.

[9] "PPP's Qadir Mandokhail emerges victorious in NA-249 recount". ARY NEWS. 2021-05-08. Retrieved 2021-05-09.

[10] Ali, Qazi Hassan | Fahad Chaudhry | Imtiaz (2021-05-06). "Four political parties boycott NA-249 Karachi by-poll recount". DAWN.COM. Retrieved 2021-05-09.

[11] Geo News. "NA-249 Karachi by-election results". www.geo.tv. Retrieved 30 April 2021.

[12] Samaa TV. "PPP's Qadir Khan Mandokhail wins NA-249 Karachi by-election". www.samaa.tv. Retrieved 30 April 2021.

[13] "NA-249 by-election: PPP wins Karachi seat after recount". Dunya News. Retrieved 2021-05-09.

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