NA-249 Karachi Central-III | |
Parl Name: | National Assembly of Pakistan |
Party: | Muttahida Qaumi Movement – Pakistan |
Member: | Ahmed Salim Siddiqui |
Region: | Nazimabad Town (partly) and Liaquatabad Town (partly) of Karachi Central District in Karachi |
Electorate: | 548,806 [1] |
Previous: | NA-247 Karachi-IX |
NA-249 Karachi Central-III is a constituency for the National Assembly of Pakistan.[2]
This constituency includes neighborhoods of Liaquatabad, named after first Prime Minister of Pakistan Liaquat Ali Khan, and Nazimabad, named after second Prime Minister of Pakistan Khawaja Nazimuddin.[3]
According to statistics, the total population of the area covered in NA-255 is 755,412, and of them, 460,110 are registered voters; 255,753 of total voters in the constituency are male while the constituency has 204,357 female voters.[4]
See also: Pakistani general election, 2002. General elections were held on 10 October 2002. Israr-Ul-Ebad Khan of Muttahida Qaumi Movement won by 51,564 votes.[5]
See also: Pakistani general election, 2008. General elections were held on 18 February 2008. Syed Asif Husnain of Muttahida Qaumi Movement won his seat and became member of National Assembly.[6]
See also: Pakistani general election, 2013. General elections were held on 11 May 2013. Sufyan Yousuf of Muttahida Qaumi Movement won by 126,263 votes and became the member of National Assembly.[7]
General elections were held on 25 July 2018.†MQM-P is considered heir apparent to MQM
General elections were held on 8 February 2024. Ahmed Salim Siddiqui won the election with 77,529 votes.