NA-248 Karachi Central-II
Constituency
for the National Assembly of Pakistan
RegionGulberg Town, New Karachi Town (partly) and Liaquatabad Town (partly) of Karachi Central District in Karachi
Electorate590,713 [1]
Current constituency
Member(s)Vacant
Created fromNA-246 Karachi-VIII

NA-248 Karachi Central-II ( این اے-248، کراچی وسطی-2) is a constituency for the National Assembly of Pakistan.[2]

Area

The constituency includes the areas of Bandhani Colony, Godhra Camp, Al Azam Square, Gabol Colony, Sharifabad, Timber Market, Hussainabad, Sohrab Goth, Azizabad, Al Noor Society, Aga Khan University Hospital, Samanabad, Gulberg, Ancholi, Water Pump, Gulshan-e-Ameen, and Yousuf Plaza.[3]

Members of Parliament

2002-2018: NA-246 Karachi-VIII

ElectionMemberParty
2002Haji Aziz Ullah MQM
2008 Sufiyan Yousuf MQM
2013 Nabil Gabol MQM
2015 Kunwar Naveed Jamil MQM

2018-2023: NA-254 Karachi Central-II

ElectionMemberParty
2018Muhammad Aslam Khan PTI

Election 2002

General elections were held on 10 October 2002. Haji Aziz Ullah of Muttahida Qaumi Movement won by 53,134 votes.[4]

Election 2008

General elections were held on 18 February 2008. Sufiyan Yousuf of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement won by 186,993 votes.[5]

Election 2013

General elections were held on 11 May 2013. Nabeel Gabol of Muttahida Qaumi Movement won by 137,874 votes and became the member of National Assembly.[6]

By-election 2015

A by-election was held on 23 April 2015 due to the resignation of Nabeel Gabol, the previous MNA from this seat. Kanwar Naveed Jamil of Muttahida Qaumi Movement won by 95,644 votes while Imran Ismail of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf was in second place with 35,546 votes.

Election 2018

General elections were held on 25 July 2018.

General election 2018: NA-254 Karachi Central-II [7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
PTI Muhammad Aslam Khan 75,702 38.61
MQM-P Sheikh Salahuddin 48,813 24.90
TLP Mufti Ateeq Ahmed Ismail Zai 28,546 14.56
MMA Rashid Naseem 26,373 13.45
Others Others (twelve candidates) 16,629 8.48
Turnout 198,897 39.20
Total valid votes 196,063 98.58
Rejected ballots 2,834 1.42
Majority 26,889 13.71
Registered electors 507,438
PTI gain from MQM-P

Election 2024

General elections will be held on 8 February 2024.

See also

References

  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. ↑ "As the kite struggles to soar, other parties try to gain space in NA-254 - The Express Tribune". tribune.com.pk. 22 July 2018. Archived from the original on 2018-10-05. Retrieved 22 October 2018.
  4. ↑ "Election Result NA-246 Karachi-VIII 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 8 April 2015. Retrieved 21 July 2018.
  6. ↑ "National Assembly of Pakistan". www.na.gov.pk. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 21 July 2018.
  7. ↑ "ECP - Election Commission of Pakistan". www.ecp.gov.pk. Retrieved 21 October 2018.


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