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NA-247 Karachi Central-I
Constituency
for the National Assembly of Pakistan
RegionNew Karachi Town (partly) of Karachi Central District in Karachi
Electorate451,867 [1]
Current constituency
PartyMQM-P
Member(s)Khawaja Izharul Hassan
Created fromNA-244 Karachi-VI

NA-247 Karachi Central-I (این اے-247، کراچی وسطی-1) is a constituency for the National Assembly of Pakistan that encompasses most of New Karachi.[2][3]

Members of Parliament

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2018–2023: NA-253 Karachi Central-I

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Election Member Party
2018 Usama Qadri MQM-P

2024–present: NA-247 Karachi Central-I

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Election Member Party
2024 Khawaja Izharul Hassan MQM-P

Election 2002

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General elections were held on 10 October 2002.Syed Haider Abbas Rizvi of Muttahida Qaumi Movement won by 54,101 votes.[4]

General election 2002: NA-244 Karachi Central-VI
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
MQM Haider Abbas Rizvi 54,101 56.82
MMA Dr. Meiraj-Ul-Huda Siddiqui 28,559 29.99
PST Saqib Ishtiaq Qadri 7,141 7.50
NA Javed Jabbar 2,057 2.16
Others Others (five candidates) 3,363 3.53
Turnout 95,248 40.24
Total valid votes 95,221 99.97
Rejected ballots 27 0.03
Majority 25,542 26.83
Registered electors 236,700
MQM hold

Election 2008

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General elections were held on 18 February 2008. Sheikh Salahuddin of Muttahida Qaumi Movement won by 174,044 votes.[5]

General election 2008: NA-244 Karachi Central-VI
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
MQM Sheikh Salahuddin 174,044 93.78
PPP Ghulam Qadir 9,271 5.00
Others Others (three candidates) 2,266 1.22
Turnout 187,073 64.31
Total valid votes 185,581 99.20
Rejected ballots 1,492 0.80
Majority 164,773 88.78
Registered electors 290,891
MQM hold

Election 2013

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General elections were held on 11 May 2013. Sheikh Salahuddin of Muttahida Qaumi Movement won by 133,885 votes and became the member of National Assembly.[6]

General election 2013: NA-244 Karachi Central-VI
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
MQM Sheikh Salahuddin 133,885 74.16
PTI Khalid Masood Khan 26,495 14.68
JI Syed Muhammad Bilal 9,230 5.11
MDM Abdul Hai Sheikh 7,045 3.90
Others Others (nine candidates) 3,869 2.15
Turnout 194,429 61.01
Total valid votes 180,524 92.85
Rejected ballots 13,905 7.15
Majority 107,390 59.48
Registered electors 318,697
MQM hold

Election 2018

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General elections were held on 25 July 2018.

General election 2018: NA-253 Karachi Central-I [7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
MQM-P Usama Qadri 52,426 34.48
PTI Muhammad Ashraf Jabbar 39,145 25.75
TLP Mufti Muhammad Amjad Ali Qadri 24,794 16.31
PSP Syed Mustafa Kamal 12,891 8.48
MMA Munim Zafar Khan 9,357 6.15
PML(N) Khalid Mumtaz Advocate 6,763 4.45
Others Others (thirteen candidates) 6,670 4.38
Turnout 154,016 38.12
Total valid votes 152,046 98.72
Rejected ballots 1,970 1.28
Majority 13,281 8.73
Registered electors 404,053
MQM-P hold Swing N/A

MQM-P is considered heir apparent to MQM

Election 2024

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General elections were held on 8 February 2024. Khawaja Izharul Hassan won the election with 65,050 votes.

General election 2024: NA-247 Karachi Central-I
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
MQM-P Khawaja Izharul Hassan 65,050 34.69 Increase0.21
Independent Syed Abbas Husnain[a] 52,058 27.85 Increase2.10
JI Monem Zafar Khan 23,863 12.76 N/A
TLP Muhammad Farooq 14,863 7.95 Decrease8.36
Independent Syed Muhammad Asif Raza 10,323 5.52 N/A
PPP Sheikh Muhammad Maaz Feroz 6,355 3.40 Increase1.25
Others Others (twenty one candidates) 14,468 7.74
Turnout 190,115 43.51 Increase5.39
Total valid votes 186,953 98.34
Rejected ballots 3,162 1.66
Majority 12,992 6.95
Registered electors 436,934
MQM-P hold

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. ^ "Delimitation". Election Commission of Pakistan. 2018.
  4. ^ "Election Result NA-244 Karachi-VI Sindh - Pakistan Election 2013 - geo.tv". election2013.geo.tv. Archived from the original on 10 January 2015. Retrieved 18 July 2018.
  5. ^ "Geo.tv: Latest News Breaking Pakistan, World, Live Videos". www.geo.tv. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 18 July 2018.
  6. ^ "National Assembly of Pakistan". Archived from the original on 18 September 2016. Retrieved 10 September 2016.
  7. ^ "ECP - Election Commission of Pakistan". www.ecp.gov.pk. Retrieved 22 October 2018.
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