NA-243 (Karachi East-II)

NA-243 (Karachi East-II)
Constituency
for the National Assembly of Pakistan
Region Karachi East District
Electorate 401,833
Current constituency
Created 2018
Member(s) Alamgir Khan
Created from NA-252 (Karachi-XIV)
NA-253 (Karachi-XV)[1]

NA-243 (Karachi East-II) (Urdu: این اے-٢٤٣، کراچی مشرقی-٢) is a newly-created a constituency for the National Assembly of Pakistan. It mainly comprises the Gulshan-e-Iqbal Subdivision, and census charge 12 and 13 of Jamshed Quarters. It was created in the 2018 delimitation from areas of old NA-252 and the section of Gulshan-e-Iqbal in NA-253.[2][1]

Area

This constituency consists of Mohammad Ali Society, Dhoraji, Pir Ilahi Buksh Colony, PECHS-II, Bahadurabad, Eissa Nagri, Gulshan-e-Iqbal, Patel Para, Gulistan-e-Jauhar, Sharafabad and East Garden areas of Karachi East District.[3][1]

Members of Parliament

Since 2018: NA-243 (Karachi East-II)

ElectionMemberParty
2018Imran Khan PTI
By-election 2018Alamgir Khan PTI

Election 2018

General elections were held on 25 July 2018. Chairman Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf, Imran Khan won the election but vacated this constituency and three others in favor of NA-95 (Mianwali-I).[4]

General election 2018: NA-243 (Karachi East-II)[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
PTI Imran Khan 91,373 55.28
MQM-P Syed Ali Raza Abidi 24,082 14.57
MMA Muhammad Osama Razi Khan 16,214 9.81
PPP Shehla Raza 10,633 6.43
PML (N) Sheikh Muhammad Shah Jahan 7,912 4.79
TLP Syed Nawazul Huda 6,489 3.93
Others Others (nine candidates) 6,332 3.82
Turnout 165,298 41.14
Rejected ballots 2,280 1.37
Majority 67,291 40.71
Registered electors 401,833
PTI gain from MQM

By-election 2018

By-elections will be held in this constituency on 14 October 2018.[6]

By-election 2018: NA-243 (Karachi East-II)[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
PTI Alamgir Khan
MQM-P Amir Waliuddin Chishti
PPP Hakim Ali
PML (N) Sharafat Ali
TLP Syed Nawazul Huda
PSP Syed Asif Husnain
Independent Muhammad Muzammil Qureshi
Independent Muhammad Arif
Independent Muhammad Daniyal
Independent Mushtaq Ahmed Ishtiaq Dhool
Independent Rehan Zafar Ahmed Ghauri
Independent Syed Shahid Ali Hashmi
Independent Sikandar Hassan
Independent Muhammad Ashraf Jabbar
Independent Muhammad Arsalan Khan
Independent Rehan Mansoor
Independent Sajjad Nadeem
Independent Syed Safeerul Hassan Shah
Independent Zubair Hadi Siddiqui
PMA Muhammad Shaheer Siddiqui
Others Others ([number of] candidates)
Turnout
Total valid votes
Rejected ballots
Majority
Registered electors
PTI hold Swing N/A

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Why does everyone want to win Karachi?". www.geo.tv. Archived from the original on 2018-06-17. Retrieved 2018-06-17.
  2. Final List of National Assembly Constituencies (PDF). Election Commission of Pakistan. 2018. p. 67. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2018-05-10. Retrieved 2018-05-18.
  3. "Imran, Bilawal file papers in Karachi - The Express Tribune". tribune.com.pk. 8 June 2018. Archived from the original on 12 June 2018. Retrieved 8 June 2018.
  4. "Eight additional seats vacated by federal lawmakers before taking oath". www.geo.tv. Retrieved 13 August 2018.
  5. "ECP - Election Commission of Pakistan". www.ecp.gov.pk. Archived from the original on 3 August 2018. Retrieved 3 August 2018.
  6. generator, metatags. "ECP - Election Commission of Pakistan". www.ecp.gov.pk. Retrieved 19 August 2018.
  7. "{title}". Retrieved 2018-10-13.


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