NA-241 Karachi South-III

{{further|Pakistani general election, 2002}}

General elections were held In NA-250 Karachi-XII on 10 October 2002.

Abdul Sattar Afghani of Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal won by 24,462 votes followed by Nasreen Jalil of MQM with 19,414 votes {{Cite web |title=Election Commission of Pakistan |url=https://ecp.gov.pk/general-elections-2002 |access-date=2023-12-30 |website=ecp.gov.pk}}{{Election box begin |title=General election 2002: NA-250 Karachi-XII}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|party = Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal

|candidate = Abdul Sattar Afghani

|votes = 21,462

|percentage = 31.43

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Muttahida Qaumi Movement – Pakistan|candidate=Nasreen Jalil|votes=19,414|percentage=28.43|change=}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Pakistan People's Party|candidate=Dr. Mirza Ikhtiar Baig|votes=12,105|percentage=17.73|change=}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Pakistan Muslim League (N)|candidate=Mamnoon Hussain|votes=5,565|percentage=8.15|change=}}{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Pakistan Muslim League (Q)|candidate=M.A. Wajid Jawad|votes=4,718|percentage=6.91|change=}}{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf|candidate=Syed Kamal Shah|votes=3,176|percentage=4.65|change=}}{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Sunni Tehreek|candidate=Syed Javed Umer|votes=1,226|percentage=1.80|change=}}

{{Election box candidate

|party = Others

|candidate = Others (eight candidates)

|votes = 617

|percentage = 0.90

|change =

}}

{{Election box turnout|votes=69,235|percentage=33.71|change=}}

{{Election box total valid

|votes = 68,283

|percentage = 98.63

|change =

}}

{{Election box rejected

|votes = 952

|percentage = 1.37

|change =

}}

{{Election box majority|votes=2,048|percentage=3.00|change=}}

{{Election box registered electors

|reg. electors = 205,400

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{further|Pakistani general election, 2008}}

The result of the 2008 general election in this constituency is given below.

Khushbakhat Shujaat of MQM succeeded in the election 2008 and became the member of National Assembly with 52,045 votes, followed by Dr. Mirza Ikhtiar Baig of PPP, who secured 44,412 votes.{{cite web|title=Election result 2008 for NA-250|url=http://www2.ecp.gov.pk/vsite/ElectionResult/Search.aspx?constituency=NA&constituencyid=NA-250|publisher=ECP|access-date=15 October 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121115231656/http://www2.ecp.gov.pk/vsite/ElectionResult/Search.aspx?constituency=NA&constituencyid=NA-250|archive-date=15 November 2012|url-status=dead|df=mdy-all}}{{Election box begin |title=General election 2008: NA-250 Karachi-XII}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|party = Muttahida Qaumi Movement – Pakistan

|candidate = Khush Bakhat Shujaat

|votes = 52,045

|percentage = 51.16

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Pakistan People's Party|candidate=Dr. Mirza Ikhtiar Baig|votes=44,412|percentage=43.66|change=}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Pakistan Muslim League (N)|candidate=Saleem Zia|votes=3,480|percentage=3.42|change=}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent politician|candidate=Haleem Ahmed Siddiqui|votes=1,333|percentage=1.31|change=}}

{{Election box candidate

|party = Others

|candidate = Others (eight candidates)

|votes = 461

|percentage = 0.45

|change =

}}

{{Election box turnout|votes=104,176|percentage=30.23|change=}}

{{Election box total valid

|votes = 101,731

|percentage = 97.65

|change =

}}

{{Election box rejected

|votes = 2,445

|percentage = 2.35

|change =

}}

{{Election box majority|votes=7,633|percentage=7.50|change=}}

{{Election box registered electors

|reg. electors = 344,657

}}

{{Election box gain with party link without swing|loser=Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal|winner=Muttahida Qaumi Movement – Pakistan}}

{{Election box end}}

{{further|Pakistani general election, 2013}}

File:A women voter casts her ballot in a polling station in NA-250.jpg

Dr. Arif Alvi of PTI won the 2013 elections with a total of 76,305 votes. The elections were held on 11 May but there were abundant reports of election irregularities{{cite web|title=Dr Arif Alvi brings ballot papers to DHA polling stations|url=http://tribune.com.pk/story/547416/dr-arif-alvi-brings-ballot-papers-to-dha-polling-stations/|publisher=Express Tribune|access-date=11 May 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130608063313/http://tribune.com.pk/story/547416/dr-arif-alvi-brings-ballot-papers-to-dha-polling-stations/|archive-date=8 June 2013|url-status=live|df=dmy-all|date=2013-05-11}} which resulted in the Election Commission of Pakistan declaring a re-polling a week later on 19 May 2013 in 42 polling stations out of a total of 186. Alvi was declared the winner with 76,305 votes, followed by Khushbakht Shujaat of MQM at 28,374, and then Naimatullah Khan belonging to Jamaat-e-Islami, who received 11,149 votes. Jamaat-e-Islami boycotted the elections on the afternoon of 11 May (election day), citing massive election rigging in Karachi and Hyderabad.{{cite web|title=JI announces election boycott in Karachi, Hyderabad|url=http://tribune.com.pk/story/547464/ji-announces-election-boycott-in-karachi-hyderabad/|publisher=Express Tribune|access-date=11 May 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130608065355/http://tribune.com.pk/story/547464/ji-announces-election-boycott-in-karachi-hyderabad/|archive-date=8 June 2013|url-status=live|df=dmy-all|date=2013-05-11}}

On 18 May, a day before the re-polling, PTI leader Zahra Shahid Hussain was assassinated outside her house.{{cite web|title=PTI leader Zahra Shahid Hussain shot dead in Karachi|url=http://tribune.com.pk/story/551263/pti-leader-shot-dead-in-karachi/|publisher=Express Tribune|access-date=18 May 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130607050004/http://tribune.com.pk/story/551263/pti-leader-shot-dead-in-karachi/|archive-date=7 June 2013|url-status=live|df=dmy-all|date=2013-05-18}} The entire week, the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) had been appealing to the Election Commission of Pakistan to hold elections throughout the NA-250 constituency, but their appeal was rejected. Ultimately MQM chose to boycott the re-polling of 42 polling stations in NA-250 on 19 May. Alvi of PTI was declared as a Member of the National Assembly of Pakistan from NA-250 Constituency of Karachi.

Dr. Arif Alvi of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf was declared the winner with 77,659 votes, followed by Khushbakht Shujaat of MQM at 30,365, and Naimatullah Khan of Jamaat-e-Islami, who received 11,698 votes.{{cite news|author=Election Commission of Pakistan|title=2013 Election Results for NA-250|url=http://www2.ecp.gov.pk/vsite/ElectionResult/Search.aspx?constituency=NA&constituencyid=NA-250|access-date=9 June 2013|date=19 May 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121115231656/http://www2.ecp.gov.pk/vsite/ElectionResult/Search.aspx?constituency=NA&constituencyid=NA-250|archive-date=15 November 2012|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}{{Election box begin |title=General election 2013: NA-250 Karachi-XII}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|party = Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf

|candidate = Arif Alvi

|votes = 77,659

|percentage = 60.47

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Muttahida Qaumi Movement – Pakistan|candidate=Khush Bakhat Shujaat|votes=30,365|percentage=23.65|change=}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Jamaat-e-Islami Pakistan|candidate=Niamatullah Khan|votes=11,698|percentage=9.11|change=}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Pakistan People's Party|candidate=Muhammad Rashid Hussain Rabani|votes=4,520|percentage=3.52|change=}}

{{Election box candidate

|party = Others

|candidate = Others (twenty eight candidates)

|votes = 4,176

|percentage = 3.25

|change =

}}

{{Election box turnout|votes=129,737|percentage=35.49|change=}}

{{Election box total valid

|votes = 128,418

|percentage = 98.98

|change =

}}

{{Election box rejected

|votes = 1,319

|percentage = 1.02

|change =

}}

{{Election box majority|votes=47,294|percentage=36.82|change=}}

{{Election box registered electors

|reg. electors = 365,531

}}

{{Election box gain with party link without swing|loser=Muttahida Qaumi Movement – Pakistan|winner=Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf}}

{{Election box end}}

{{further|Pakistani general election, 2018}}

Previously this constituency was labelled as NA-250, but in the 2018 general elections it was re-labelled by the Election Commission of Pakistan as NA-247 Karachi South-II. The 2018 general elections were held on 25 July [https://ecp.gov.pk/storage/files/1/National%20Assembly1.pdf 2018]. Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf's Arif Alvi [https://ecp.gov.pk/storage/files/1/nr1.pdf won] the election but later resigned{{Cite web |last=Mahmood |first=Aisha |date=2018-09-05 |title=President-elect Arif Alvi tenders resignation from NA seat |url=http://www.brecorder.com/news/437216 |access-date=2023-12-30 |website=Brecorder |language=en}} from the National Assembly constituency as he was then elected as the 13th President of Pakistan.{{Election box begin |title=General election 2018: NA-247 Karachi South-II {{cite web|url=https://www.ecp.gov.pk/ConstResult.aspx?Const_Id=NA-247&type=NA&Election_ID=10070&Election=GENERAL+ELECTION+25+JUL+2018|title=ECP - Election Commission of Pakistan|website=www.ecp.gov.pk|access-date=13 October 2018}}}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|party = Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf

|candidate = Arif Alvi

|votes = 91,020

|percentage = 42.05

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Tehreek Labbaik Pakistan|candidate=Syed Zaman Ali Shah Jaffery|votes=24,680|percentage=11.40|change=}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan|candidate=Farooq Sattar|votes=24,146|percentage=11.16|change=}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal|candidate=Muhammad Hussain Mehanti|votes=22,780|percentage=10.52|change=}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Pakistan Peoples Party|candidate=Abdul Aziz Memon|votes=19,552|percentage=9.03|change=}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Pakistan Muslim League (N)|candidate=Afnan Ullah Khan|votes=18,130|percentage=8.38|change=}}

{{Election box candidate

|party = Others

|candidate = Others (seventeen candidates)

|votes = 16,138

|percentage = 7.46

|change =

}}

{{Election box turnout|votes=219,037|percentage=40.27|change=}}

{{Election box total valid

|votes = 216,446

|percentage = 98.82

|change =

}}

{{Election box rejected

|votes = 2,591

|percentage = 1.18

|change =

}}

{{Election box majority|votes=66,340|percentage=30.65|change=}}

{{Election box registered electors

|reg. electors = 543,964

}}

{{Election box hold with party link

|winner = Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf

|swing = N/A

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{further|Pakistani by-elections, October 2018}}

On 5 September 2018, Arif Alvi tendered his resignation from the National Assembly as he was elected as the 13th President of Pakistan. The by-election was then held in this constituency on 21 October 2018.{{cite web|url=https://nation.com.pk/11-Sep-2018/by-polls-for-na-247-pk-71-on-21st-october|title=By-polls for NA-247, PK-71 on 21st October|date=11 September 2018|website=nation.com.pk|access-date=13 October 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181012041759/https://nation.com.pk/11-Sep-2018/by-polls-for-na-247-pk-71-on-21st-october|archive-date=2018-10-12|url-status=live}}{{Election box begin |title=By-election 2018: NA-247 Karachi South-II {{cite web|url=https://drive.google.com/drive/u/0/mobile/folders/1N__F60FsbJrsAA7s0G6Tww8ALhW-fiPo/1pidR4mWFXlIWhibcqt1iq8ERT2SOfF1l/1YMjePtbZjrOzgkpLHugk7Ce5yNG-RNuc?usp=sharing&sort=13&direction=a|title=National Assembly - Google Drive|website=drive.google.com|access-date=25 October 2018}}}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|party = Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf

|candidate = Aftab Siddiqui

|votes = 32,456

|percentage = 51.83

|change = {{increase}}9.78

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan

|candidate = Sadiq Iftikhar

|votes = 14,026

|percentage = 22.40

|change = {{increase}}11.24

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Pakistan Peoples Party

|candidate = Qaiser Khan Nizamani

|votes = 13,360

|percentage = 21.34

|change = {{increase}}12.31

}}

{{Election box candidate

|party = Others

|candidate = Others (nine candidates)

|votes = 2,774

|percentage = 4.43

|change =

}}

{{Election box turnout

|votes = 63,157

|percentage = 11.56

|change = {{decrease}}28.71

}}

{{Election box total valid

|votes = 62,616

|percentage = 99.14

|change = {{increase}}0.32

}}

{{Election box rejected

|votes = 541

|percentage = 0.86

|change = {{decrease}}0.32

}}

{{Election box majority

|votes = 18,430

|percentage = 29.43

|change = {{decrease}}1.22

}}

{{Election box registered electors

|reg. electors = 546,451

}}

{{Election box hold with party link

|winner = Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf

|swing = N/A

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{further|Pakistani general election, 2024}}

General elections was held on 8 February 2024. Mirza Ikhtiar Baig won the election with 52,456 votes.{{Election box begin|title=General election 2024: NA-241 Karachi South-III}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|party=Pakistan Peoples Party|candidate=Mirza Ikhtiar Baig|votes=52,456|percentage=47.58|change={{increase}}26.24}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent politician|candidate=Khurrum Sher Zaman{{efn|Filed nomination papers as PTI candidate but ECP allowed him to run as an Independent|name=Candidate status}}|votes=48,610|percentage=44.10|change={{decrease}}7.73}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Jamaat-e-Islami|candidate=Naveed Ali Baig|votes=4,112|percentage=3.73|change=N/A}}

{{Election box candidate|party=Others|candidate=Others (thirty-four candidates)|votes=5,059|percentage=4.59|change=}}

{{Election box turnout|votes=170,004|percentage=23.83|change={{increase}}12.27}}{{Election box total valid|votes=110,237|percentage=100.00}}

{{Election box rejected|votes=0|percentage=0.00|change=}}

{{Election box majority|votes=3,846|percentage=3.49|change=}}

{{Election box registered electors|reg. electors=462,512}}

{{Election box gain with party link no swing|loser=Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf|winner=Pakistan Peoples Party}}{{Election box end}}

• NA-240 Karachi South-II
• NA-242 Karachi Keamari-I

{{Reflist}}

• [https://web.archive.org/web/20130608015336/http://www.ecp.gov.pk/electionresult/Search.aspx?constituency=NA&constituencyid=NA-250 Election result of NA-250]'s official website
• [http://electionlivenews.com/candidates-for-na-247-karachi-south-ii-in-general-election-2018/ Candidates for ] NA-247 Karachi South-II

{{National Assembly constituencies of Pakistan}}

NA-250

Karachi