NA-237 Karachi East-II

NA-237 Karachi East-II (این اے-237، 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][3][1]

NA-237 Karachi East-II
Constituency
for the National Assembly of Pakistan
RegionGulshan-e-Iqbal Town (partly) and Faisal Cantonment (partly) of Karachi East District in Karachi
Electorate402,731
Current constituency
Created2018
Member(s)Vacant
Created fromNA-252 Karachi-XIV
NA-253 Karachi-XV[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.[4][1]

Members of Parliament

Since 2018: NA-243 Karachi East-II
ElectionMemberParty
2018Imran Khan PTI
By-election 2018Alamgir Khan PTI

Election 2018
Further information: Pakistani general 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).[5]

General election 2018: NA-243 Karachi East-II [6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
PTI Imran Khan 91,373 56.05
MQM-P Syed Ali Raza Abidi 24,082 14.77
MMA Muhammad Osama Razi Khan 16,214 9.95
PPP Shehla Raza 10,633 6.52
PML(N) Sheikh Muhammad Shah Jahan 7,912 4.85
TLP Syed Nawazul Huda 6,489 3.98
Others Others (nine candidates) 6,332 3.88
Turnout 165,298 41.14
Total valid votes 163,018 98.63
Rejected ballots 2,280 1.37
Majority 67,291 41.28
Registered electors 401,833
PTI gain from MQM-P

By-election 2018
Further information: Pakistani by-elections, 2018

By-elections were held in this constituency on 14 October 2018.[7]

By-election 2018: NA-243 Karachi East-II [8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
PTI Alamgir Khan 37,035 58.82 Increase2.77
MQM-P Amir Waliuddin Chishti 15,434 24.51 Increase9.74
PPP Hakim Ali 6,808 10.81 Increase4.29
Others Others (nineteen candidates) 3,686 5.86
Turnout 63,252 15.71 Decrease25.43
Total valid votes 62,963 99.54 Increase0.91
Rejected ballots 289 0.46 Decrease0.91
Majority 21,601 34.31 Decrease6.97
Registered electors 402,731
PTI hold Swing Decrease3.49

See also

References
  1. "Why does everyone want to win Karachi?". www.geo.tv. Archived from the original on 2018-06-17. Retrieved 2018-06-17.
  2. "ECP - Election Commission of Pakistan". www.ecp.gov.pk. Retrieved 2022-12-25.
  3. 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.
  4. "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.
  5. "Eight additional seats vacated by federal lawmakers before taking oath". www.geo.tv. Archived from the original on 2018-08-13. Retrieved 13 August 2018.
  6. "ECP – Election Commission of Pakistan". www.ecp.gov.pk. Archived from the original on 3 August 2018. Retrieved 3 August 2018.
  7. generator, metatags. "ECP – Election Commission of Pakistan". www.ecp.gov.pk. Archived from the original on 2018-08-08. Retrieved 19 August 2018.
  8. "National Assembly – Google Drive". drive.google.com. Retrieved 23 October 2018.


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