NA-253 (Karachi Central-I)

NA-253 (Karachi Central-I) (Urdu: این اے-۲۵۳، کراچی-۶) is a constituency for the National Assembly of Pakistan that encompasses most of New Karachi.[1]

NA-253 (Karachi Central-I)
Constituency
for the National Assembly of Pakistan
RegionKarachi Central District
Electorate404,053
Current constituency
Member(s)Usama Qadri
Created fromNA-244 (Karachi-VI)

Members of Parliament

Since 2018: NA-253 (Karachi Central-I)

ElectionMemberParty
2018Usama Qadri MQM-P

Election 2002

General elections were held on 10 Oct 2002. Syed Haider Abbas Rizvi of Muttahida Qaumi Movement won by 54,101 votes.[2]

Election 2008

General elections were held on 18 Feb 2008. Sheikh Salahuddin of Muttahida Qaumi Movement won by 174,044 votes.[3]

Election 2013

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.[4]

Election 2018

General elections were held on 25 July 2018.

General election 2018: NA-253 (Karachi Central-I)[5]
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

See also

References

  1. "Delimitation". Election Commission of Pakistan. 2018.
  2. "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.
  3. "Geo.tv: Latest News Breaking Pakistan, World, Live Videos". www.geo.tv. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 18 July 2018.
  4. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2016-09-18. Retrieved 2016-09-10.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  5. "ECP - Election Commission of Pakistan". www.ecp.gov.pk. Retrieved 22 October 2018.


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