NA-235 Karachi East-I

NA-235 Karachi East-I (این اے-235، کراچی مشرقی-1) is a constituency for the National Assembly of Pakistan. After the 2018 delimitations, Gulshan-e-Iqbal part of the former NA-253 is now in NA-243 (Karachi East-II).^[2]

NA-235 Karachi East-I
Constituency for the National Assembly of Pakistan
Region	Gulzar-e-Hijri town of Karachi East District in Karachi
Electorate	170,176 [1]
Current constituency
Party	MQM-P
Member(s)	Muhammad Iqbal Khan
Created from	NA-253 Karachi-XV

Assembly Segments

Constituency number	Constituency	District	Current MPA	Party
97	PS-97 Karachi East-I	Karachi East	Rana Shoukat Ali		MQM-P
98	PS-98 Karachi East-II		Arsalan Perwaiz Siddiqui

Members of Parliament

2018–2023: NA-242 Karachi East-I

Election		Member	Party
	2018	Saifur Rehman Khan	PTI

2024–present: NA-235 Karachi East-I

Election		Member	Party
	2024	Muhammad Iqbal Khan	MQM–P

Election 2002

Further information: Pakistani general election, 2002

General elections were held on 10 October 2002. Asad Ullah Bhutto of Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal won by 28,840 votes.^[3]

General election 2002: NA-253 Karachi East-XV

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	MMA	Asadullah Bhutto	28,840	36.18
	MQM	Dr. Muhammad Fahimud-Din	25,960	32.57
	PPP	Shafi Muhammad Shah	13,947	17.50
	PTI	Ali Haider Zaidi	4,374	5.49
	PMA	Moinuddin	2,401	3.01
	Others	Others (thirteen candidates)	4,181	5.25
Turnout			80,804	32.40
Total valid votes			79,703	98.64
Rejected ballots			1,101	1.36
Majority			2,880	3.61
Registered electors			249,365

Election 2008

Further information: Pakistani general election, 2008

General elections were held on 18 February 2008. Syed Haider Abbas Rizvi of Muttahida Qaumi Movement won by 96,973 votes.^[4]

General election 2008: NA-253 Karachi East-XV

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	MQM	Haider Abbas Rizvi	96,973	63.45
	PPP	Faisal Raza Abidi	47,101	30.82
	Others	Others (sixteen candidates)	8,769	5.73
Turnout			155,587	36.76
Total valid votes			152,843	98.24
Rejected ballots			2,744	1.76
Majority			49,872	32.63
Registered electors			423,284
	MQM hold

Election 2013

Further information: Pakistani general election, 2013

General elections were held on 11 May 2013. Muhammad Muzammil Qureshi of Muttahida Qaumi Movement won by 101,386 votes and became the member of National Assembly.^[5]

General election 2013: NA-253 Karachi East-XV

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	MQM	Muhammad Muzammil Qureshi	101,386	50.49
	PTI	Muhammad Ashraf Jabbar Qureshi	61,913	30.83
	JI	Asadullah Bhutto	12,651	6.30
	PPP	Muhammad Murad Baloch	10,127	5.04
	MDM	Abdul Majeed Pitafi	8,242	4.10
	MWM	Syed Asghar Abbas Zaidi	4,633	2.31
	Others	Others (twenty four candidates)	1,860	0.93
Turnout			211,768	40.74
Total valid votes			200,812	94.83
Rejected ballots			10,956	5.17
Majority			39,473	19.66
Registered electors			519,854
	MQM hold

Election 2018

Further information: Pakistani general election, 2018

General election 2018: NA-242 Karachi East-I ^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PTI	Saifur Rehman Khan	27,333	38.65
	PPP	Muhammad Iqbal Sand	11,823	16.72
	MMA	Asadullah Bhutto	8,262	11.68
	PML(N)	Haji Sharafat Khan	7,060	9.98
	MQM-P	Kishwer Zehra	6,393	9.04
	Others	Others (fourteen candidates)	8,179	11.57
Turnout			70,711	38.56
Rejected ballots			1,661	2.36
Majority			15,510	21.93
Registered electors			183,373
	PTI gain from MQM-P

Election 2024

Further information: Pakistani general election, 2024

General elections were held on 8 February 2024. Muhammad Iqbal Khan won the election with 20,185 votes.

General election 2024: NA-235 Karachi East-I

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	MQM-P	Muhammad Iqbal Khan	20,185	30.01	20.97
	Independent	Saifur Rehman Khan[a]	14,167	21.06	17.59
	PPP	Muhammad Asif Khan	11,431	17.00	0.28
	JI	Meraj Ul Huda Siddiqui	6,652	9.89	N/A
	PML(N)	Sharafat Khan	5,041	7.49	2.49
	Others	Others (Twenty candidates)	9,784	14.55
Turnout			68,933	40.51	1.95
Total valid votes			67,260	97.57
Rejected ballots			1,673	2.43
Majority			6,018	8.95
Registered electors			170,181
	MQM-P gain from PTI

See also

• NA-234 Karachi Korangi-III
• NA-236 Karachi East-II

Notes

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