NA-244 Karachi West-I

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
PartyMQM-P
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

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]

Assembly Segments

Constituency number Constituency District Current MPA Party
116 PS-116 Karachi West-I Karachi West District Ali Ahmed Jan PPP
117 PS-117 Karachi West-II Sheikh Abdullah MQM-P

Members of Parliament

2018–2023: NA-252 Karachi West-V

Election Member Party
2018 Aftab Jehangir PTI

2024–present: NA-244 Karachi West-I

Election Member Party
2024 Farooq Sattar MQM–P

Election 2002

Further information: Pakistani general election, 2002

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

General election 2002: NA-243 Karachi Central Cum Karachi West
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
MQM Sultan Ahmed Khan 62,245 66.29
MMA Muhammad Saleemuddin Qureshi 13,105 13.96
PPP Anwar Ahmed Khan Yousufzai 8,391 8.94
PST Muhammad Iftikhar Ahmed Bhatti 6,911 7.36
PML(Q) Badar Iqbal 2,580 2.75
Others Others (two candidates) 661 0.70
Turnout 94,001 37.50
Total valid votes 93,893 99.89
Rejected ballots 108 0.11
Majority 49,140 52.33
Registered electors 250,670

Election 2008

Further information: Pakistani general election, 2008

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

General election 2008: NA-243 Karachi Central Cum Karachi West
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
MQM Abdul Waseem 167,764 87.32
PPP Zafar Ahmed Siddiqui 22,147 11.53
Others Others (four candidates) 2,222 1.15
Turnout 193,864 58.17
Total valid votes 192,133 99.11
Rejected ballots 1,731 0.89
Majority 145,617 75.79
Registered electors 333,290
MQM hold

Election 2013

Further information: Pakistani general election, 2013

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]

General election 2013: NA-243 Karachi Central Cum Karachi West
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
MQM Abdul Waseem 192,638 79.86
PTI Zahid Hussain Hashmi 29,875 12.38
JI Muhammad Yousuf 8,578 3.56
PPP Syed Sohail Abidi 5,831 2.42
Independent Abdul Nabi Brohi 3,457 1.43
Others Others (four candidates) 854 0.35
Turnout 245,061 57.77
Total valid votes 241,233 98.44
Rejected ballots 3,828 1.56
Majority 162,762 67.48
Registered electors 424,198
MQM hold

Election 2018

Further information: Pakistani general election, 2018

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 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

Further information: Pakistani general election, 2024

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

Notes

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

References

  1. ^ "Election Commission of Pakistan". ecp.gov.pk. Archived from the original on 6 January 2024. Retrieved 6 January 2024.
  2. ^ "ECP - Election Commission of Pakistan". www.ecp.gov.pk. Archived from the original on 26 November 2022. Retrieved 25 December 2022.
  3. ^ Mughal, Bilal Karim (19 July 2018). "PPP, MMA main contenders in NA-252 constituency". dawn.com. Archived from the original on 31 August 2018. Retrieved 22 October 2018.
  4. ^ "Election Result NA-243 Karachi-V 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 28 May 2014.
  6. ^ "National Assembly of Pakistan". www.na.gov.pk. Archived from the original on 18 September 2016. Retrieved 10 September 2016.
  7. ^ Election Commission of Pakistan. "ECP - Election Commission of Pakistan". www.ecp.gov.pk. Retrieved 22 October 2018.
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