NA-239 Karachi East-IV
NA-239 Karachi East-IV (این اے-239، کراچی مشرقی-4) is a newly-created a constituency for the National Assembly of Pakistan. It mainly comprises the areas of Jamshed Quarters Subdivision, and Firozabad Subdivision that were previously in the western portion of the old NA-252.[1][2]
| NA-239 Karachi East-IV | |
|---|---|
| Constituency for the National Assembly of Pakistan | |
 | |
| Region | Jamshed Town, Firozabad Town (partly), Gulshan-e-Iqbal Town (partly) and Karachi Cantonment (partly) of Karachi East District in Karachi |
| Electorate | 515,003 |
| Current constituency | |
| Created | 2018 |
| Member(s) | Mahmood Moulvi |
| Created from | NA-252 Karachi-XIV |
Members of Parliament
2018-2023: NA-245 Karachi East-IV
| Election | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-2022 | Aamir Liaquat Hussain | PTI | |
| 2022 | Mahmood Moulvi | PTI | |
Election 2018
General elections were held on 25 July 2018.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PTI | Aamir Liaquat Hussain | 56,664 | 33.96 | ||
| MQM-P | Farooq Sattar | 35,429 | 21.23 | ||
| TLP | Allama Muhammad Ahmed Raza Amjadi | 20,733 | 12.42 | ||
| MMA | Saifuddin | 20,142 | 12.07 | ||
| PML(N) | Khawaja Tariq Nazir | 9,681 | 5.80 | ||
| PPP | Farrukh Niaz Tanoli | 8,822 | 5.29 | ||
| PSP | Sagheer Ahmed | 6,222 | 3.73 | ||
| Others | Others (eight candidates) | 6,294 | 3.77 | ||
| Turnout | 166,868 | 37.62 | |||
| Rejected ballots | 2,881 | 1.73 | |||
| Majority | 21,235 | 12.73 | |||
| Registered electors | 443,540 | ||||
| PTI gain from MQM-P | |||||
By-election 2022
A by-election was held on 21 August 2022 due to the death of Aamir Liaquat Hussain, the former MNA from this seat.[4]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PTI | Mahmood Moulvi | 29,522 | 48.93 |  14.97 | |
| MQM-P | Moeed Anwar | 13,239 | 21.94 | 0.71 | |
| TLP | Ahmed Raza Amjadi | 10,055 | 16.67 | 4.25 | |
| Independent | Farooq Sattar | 3,497 | 5.80 | ||
| MQM-H | Muhammad Shahid | 1,176 | 1.95 | 0.21 | |
| PSP | Syed Hafeezuddin | 1,082 | 1.79 |  1.78 | |
| Others | Others (eleven candidates) | 1,765 | 2.93 | ||
| Turnout | 60,760 | 11.79 | 25.83 | ||
| Total valid votes | 60,336 | 99.33 | 1.06 | ||
| Rejected ballots | 424 | 0.67 | 1.06 | ||
| Majority | 16,282 | 26.99 | 14.26 | ||
| Registered electors | 515,003 | ||||
| PTI hold | Swing | N/A | |||
References
- "ECP - Election Commission of Pakistan". www.ecp.gov.pk. Retrieved 2022-12-25.
- Final List of National Assembly Constituencies (PDF). Election Commission of Pakistan. 2018. p. 68. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2018-05-10. Retrieved 2018-05-18.
- "ECP – Election Commission of Pakistan". www.ecp.gov.pk. Archived from the original on 4 August 2018. Retrieved 4 August 2018.
- "PTI retains Aamir Liaquat Hussain's vacant NA-245 seat in by-poll". Geo News. 21 August 2022. Retrieved 21 August 2022.
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