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NA-234 Karachi Korangi-III

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NA-234 Karachi Korangi-III
Constituency
for the National Assembly of Pakistan
RegionKorangi Town (partly) and Korangi Cantonment (partly) of Korangi District in Karachi
Electorate314,450
Current constituency
PartyPakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf
Member(s)Faheem Khan
Created fromNA-254 Karachi-XVI

NA-234 Karachi Korangi-III (این اے-234، کراچی کورنگی-3) is a constituency for the National Assembly of Pakistan. The constituency had previously been a stronghold of PTI.[1][2]

Members of Parliament

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2018–2023: NA-241 Karachi Korangi-III

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Election Member Party
2018 Faheem Khan PTI

2024–present: NA-234 Karachi Korangi-III

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Election Member Party
2024 Faheem Khan PTI

Election 2002

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The Pakistan General elections of 2002 were held in Pakistan on 10 October. MQM had a tough election run with competition from the coalition of most religious parties named MMA, however the people of NA-254 showed their support by making Nawab Mirza Advocate of MQM victorious by a significant margin. Mirza got 42888 votes as compared to 16733 of runner-up Syed Zahid Siraj.[3]

Election 2008

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General election were supposed to be held on 8 January 2008 but were postponed due to the death of Benazir Bhutto and the PPPP led violence that followed. Elections were eventually held on 18 February 2008.

Dr. Muhammad Ayoub Shaikh of the MQM succeeded in the election 2008 and became the member of National Assembly. He received 132648 votes while the runner-up, Syed Sohail Abrar of the PPPP, could get only 14302 votes.[4]

General election 2008: NA-254 Karachi East Cum Malir-XVI
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
MQM Muhammad Ayoub Shaikh 132,648 86.98
PPP Syed Sohail Abrar 14,302 9.38
PML(N) Malik Akhtar Hussain Awan 4,965 3.26
Others Others (five candidates) 1,587 0.38
Turnout 155,050 50.18
Total valid votes 153,502 99.00
Rejected ballots 1,548 1.00
Majority 118,346 77.60
Registered electors 309,017
MQM hold

Election 2013

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General election 2013 was held on 11 May however the elections of this constituency were delayed after ANP's candidate, Sadiq Zaman Khattak, was killed on May 2, 2013 by unknown militants. The Taliban later accepted responsibility for the attack stating that it was a part of the attacks on the secular parties: ANP, PPPP & MQM.[5]

The elections were held on 22 August 2013 under heavy security. The voter turnout was low as generally, the enthusiasm to vote is very low in by elections. Some people complained of not being allowed to vote due to errors in the electoral lists.[6] The election commission announced the results on August 23, 2013 declaring MQM's Muhammad Ali Rashid the winner with 84% of the votes.[7][8]

General election 2013: NA-254 Karachi East Cum Malir-XVI
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
MQM Ali Rashid 53,045 83.69
PTI Muhammad Naeem 5,855 9.24
PML(N) Mian Muhammad Ilyas Rasheed 2,533 4.00
Others Others (twelve candidates) 1,949 3.07
Turnout 63,809 16.85
Total valid votes 63,382 99.33
Rejected ballots 427 0.67
Majority 47,190 74.45
Registered electors 378,712
MQM hold

Election 2018

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General elections were held on 25 July 2018.

General election 2018: NA-241 Karachi Korangi-III [9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
PTI Faheem Khan 26,706 23.41
MQM-P Muhammad Moin Aamir Pirzada 23,873 20.93
TLP Allama Tahir Iqbal Qadri 19,184 16.82
PML(N) Taib Zar Khan 16,892 14.81
PPP Moazzam Ali Qureshi 9,367 8.21
PSP Muhammad Danish Khan 5,167 4.53
GDA Abdul Hafiz 4,606 4.04
Others Others (eight candidates) 6,017 5.27
Turnout 114,072 36.28
Rejected ballots 2,260 1.98
Majority 2,833 2.48
Registered electors 314,450
PTI gain from MQM-P

Election 2024

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General elections were held on 8 February 2024. Muhammad Moin Aamir Pirzada won the election with 72,009 votes.

General election 2024: NA-234 Karachi Korangi-III
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
MQM-P Muhammad Moin Aamir Pirzada 72,009 41.60 Increase20.67
Independent Faheem Khan[a] 44,487 25.70 Increase2.29
PPP Muhammad Ali Rashid 18,038 10.42 Increase2.21
JI Akhter Hussain Qureshi 13,521 7.81 N/A
TLP Abdul Sattar 8,763 5.06 Decrease11.76
PML(N) Saleem Zia 6,580 3.80 Decrease11.01
Others Others (fourteen candidates) 9,719 5.61
Turnout 175,071 45.40 Increase9.12
Total valid votes 173,117 98.88
Rejected ballots 1,954 1.12
Majority 27,522 15.90
Registered electors 385,628
MQM-P gain from PTI

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ Filed nomination papers as PTI candidate but ECP allowed him to run as an Independent

References

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  1. ^ "ECP - Election Commission of Pakistan". www.ecp.gov.pk. Retrieved 25 December 2022.
  2. ^ "Na 254". 23 August 2013. Archived from the original on 21 May 2014. Retrieved 21 May 2014.
  3. ^ "Na 254". Archived from the original on 23 September 2015. Retrieved 11 August 2014.
  4. ^ "NA-254 Karachi XVI Detail Election Result 2008". Archived from the original on 12 August 2014. Retrieved 11 August 2014.
  5. ^ "Election Postponed". 3 May 2013. Archived from the original on 21 May 2014. Retrieved 21 May 2014.
  6. ^ "By elections". 23 August 2013. Archived from the original on 21 May 2014. Retrieved 21 May 2014.
  7. ^ "Result 2013". Archived from the original on 21 May 2014. Retrieved 21 May 2014.
  8. ^ "Result". 23 August 2013. Archived from the original on 21 May 2014. Retrieved 21 May 2014.
  9. ^ "ECP - Election Commission of Pakistan". www.ecp.gov.pk. Archived from the original on 3 August 2018. Retrieved 3 August 2018.
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