NA-244 Karachi West-I

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NA-244 Karachi West-I
Constituency
for the National Assembly of Pakistan
RegionManghopir Town (partly) of Karachi West District in Karachi
Electorate155,824 [1]
Current constituency
Created30 November 2023
PartyMuttahida Qaumi Movement – Pakistan
Member(s)Farooq Sattar
Created fromNA-243 Karachi-V

NA-244 Karachi West-I (این اے-244،کراچی مغربی-1) is a constituency for the National Assembly of Pakistan.[2]

Area[edit]

This constituency includes following Karachi neighborhoods: Surjani Town, Taiser Town, Qalandarani Goth, Abdullah Goth, Gulshan-e-Maymar, Mominabad, Gulshan-e-Tauheed, Manghopir, Ghazi Goth, Hazratabad, Ittehad Town, KDA Flats, etc.[3]

Members of Parliament[edit]

2018-2023: NA-252 Karachi West-V[edit]

Election Member Party
2018 Aftab Jehangir PTI

2024-present: NA-244 Karachi West-I[edit]

Election Member Party
2024 Farooq Sattar MQM–P

Election 2002[edit]

General elections were held on 10 Oct 2002. Sultan Ahmed Khan of Muttahida Qaumi Movement won by 62,245 votes.[4]

Election 2008[edit]

General elections were held on 18 Feb 2008. Abdul Waseem of Muttahida Qaumi Movement won by 167,764 votes.[5]

Election 2013[edit]

General elections were held on 11 May 2013. Abdul Waseem of Muttahida Qaumi Movement won by 192,638 votes and became the member of National Assembly.[6]

Election 2018[edit]

General elections were held on 25 July 2018.

General election 2018: NA-252 Karachi West-V [7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
PTI Aftab Jehangir 21,065 24.92
MQM-P Abdul Kadir Khanzada 17,858 21.12
TLP Muhammad Furqan 10,107 11.96
MMA Abdul Majeed Khaskheli 10,074 11.92
PPP Abdul Khaliq Mirza 9,909 11.72
PML(N) Muhammad Ayub Khan 6,495 7.68
PSP Iftikhar Akbar Randhawa 4,786 5.66
Others Others (nine candidates) 4,248 5.02
Turnout 86,757 39.61
Total valid votes 84,542 97.45
Rejected ballots 2,215 2.55
Majority 3,207 3.80
Registered electors 219,042
PTI gain from MQM-P

Election 2024[edit]

General elections were held on 08 February 2024. Farooq Sattar of MQM-P won by 20,048 votes and became the member of National Assembly.

General election 2024: NA-244 Karachi West-I
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
MQM-P Farooq Sattar 20,048 33.76 Increase12.64
Independent Aftab Jehangir[a] 14,073 23.70 Decrease1.22
PPP Abdul Berr 7,450 12.54 Increase0.82
JI Irfan Ahmed 6,141 10.34 N/A
TLP Zameer Hussain 4,340 7.31 Decrease4.65
PML(N) Ghulam Rasool 2,277 3.83 Decrease3.85
Independent Syed Muhammad Rehmat Ali Rehmani 2,155 3.63 N/A
Others Others (seventeen candidates) 2,907 4.89
Turnout 60,631 38.95 Decrease0.66
Total valid votes 59,391 97.95
Rejected ballots 1,240 2.05
Majority 5,975 10.06
Registered electors 155,682
MQM-P gain from PTI

See also[edit]

Notes[edit]

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

References[edit]

  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. ^ Mughal, Bilal Karim (19 July 2018). "PPP, MMA main contenders in NA-252 constituency". dawn.com. Archived from the original on 2018-08-31. Retrieved 22 October 2018.
  4. ^ "Election Result NA-243 Karachi-V Sindh | Pakistan Election 2013 - geo.tv". Archived from the original on 2014-05-29. Retrieved 2014-05-28.
  5. ^ "Geo.tv: Latest News Breaking Pakistan, World, Live Videos". www.geo.tv. Archived from the original on 2015-09-24. Retrieved 2014-05-28.
  6. ^ "National Assembly of Pakistan". www.na.gov.pk. Archived from the original on 2016-09-18. Retrieved 2016-09-10.
  7. ^ Election Commission of Pakistan. "ECP - Election Commission of Pakistan". www.ecp.gov.pk. Retrieved 22 October 2018.

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