NA-247 Karachi Central-I

NA-247 Karachi Central-I (این اے-247، کراچی وسطی-1) is a constituency for the National Assembly of Pakistan that encompasses most of New Karachi.^[2][3]

NA-247 Karachi Central-I
Constituency for the National Assembly of Pakistan
Region	New Karachi Town (partly) of Karachi Central District in Karachi
Electorate	451,867 [1]
Current constituency
Party	MQM-P
Member(s)	Khawaja Izharul Hassan
Created from	NA-244 Karachi-VI

Assembly Segments

Constituency number	Constituency	District	Current MPA	Party
122	PS-122 Karachi Central-I	Karachi Central	Rehan Akram Mirza		MQM-P
123	PS-123 Karachi Central-II		Abdul Waseem

Members of Parliament

2018–2023: NA-253 Karachi Central-I

Election		Member	Party
	2018	Usama Qadri	MQM-P

2024–present: NA-247 Karachi Central-I

Election		Member	Party
	2024	Khawaja Izharul Hassan	MQM-P

Election 2002

Further information: Pakistani general election, 2002

General elections were held on 10 October 2002.Syed Haider Abbas Rizvi of Muttahida Qaumi Movement won by 54,101 votes.^[4]

General election 2002: NA-244 Karachi Central-VI

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	MQM	Haider Abbas Rizvi	54,101	56.82
	MMA	Dr. Meiraj-Ul-Huda Siddiqui	28,559	29.99
	PST	Saqib Ishtiaq Qadri	7,141	7.50
	NA	Javed Jabbar	2,057	2.16
	Others	Others (five candidates)	3,363	3.53
Turnout			95,248	40.24
Total valid votes			95,221	99.97
Rejected ballots			27	0.03
Majority			25,542	26.83
Registered electors			236,700
	MQM hold

Election 2008

Further information: Pakistani general election, 2008

General elections were held on 18 February 2008. Sheikh Salahuddin of Muttahida Qaumi Movement won by 174,044 votes.^[5]

General election 2008: NA-244 Karachi Central-VI

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	MQM	Sheikh Salahuddin	174,044	93.78
	PPP	Ghulam Qadir	9,271	5.00
	Others	Others (three candidates)	2,266	1.22
Turnout			187,073	64.31
Total valid votes			185,581	99.20
Rejected ballots			1,492	0.80
Majority			164,773	88.78
Registered electors			290,891
	MQM hold

Election 2013

Further information: Pakistani general election, 2013

General elections were held on 11 May 2013. Sheikh Salahuddin of Muttahida Qaumi Movement won by 133,885 votes and became the member of National Assembly.^[6]

General election 2013: NA-244 Karachi Central-VI

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	MQM	Sheikh Salahuddin	133,885	74.16
	PTI	Khalid Masood Khan	26,495	14.68
	JI	Syed Muhammad Bilal	9,230	5.11
	MDM	Abdul Hai Sheikh	7,045	3.90
	Others	Others (nine candidates)	3,869	2.15
Turnout			194,429	61.01
Total valid votes			180,524	92.85
Rejected ballots			13,905	7.15
Majority			107,390	59.48
Registered electors			318,697
	MQM hold

Election 2018

Further information: Pakistani general election, 2018

General elections were held on 25 July 2018.

General election 2018: NA-253 Karachi Central-I ^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	MQM-P	Usama Qadri	52,426	34.48
	PTI	Muhammad Ashraf Jabbar	39,145	25.75
	TLP	Mufti Muhammad Amjad Ali Qadri	24,794	16.31
	PSP	Syed Mustafa Kamal	12,891	8.48
	MMA	Munim Zafar Khan	9,357	6.15
	PML(N)	Khalid Mumtaz Advocate	6,763	4.45
	Others	Others (thirteen candidates)	6,670	4.38
Turnout			154,016	38.12
Total valid votes			152,046	98.72
Rejected ballots			1,970	1.28
Majority			13,281	8.73
Registered electors			404,053
	MQM-P† hold		Swing	N/A

^†MQM-P is considered heir apparent to MQM

Election 2024

Further information: Pakistani general election, 2024

General elections were held on 8 February 2024. Khawaja Izharul Hassan won the election with 65,050 votes.

General election 2024: NA-247 Karachi Central-I

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	MQM-P	Khawaja Izharul Hassan	65,050	34.69	0.21
	Independent	Syed Abbas Husnain[a]	52,058	27.85	2.10
	JI	Monem Zafar Khan	23,863	12.76	N/A
	TLP	Muhammad Farooq	14,863	7.95	8.36
	Independent	Syed Muhammad Asif Raza	10,323	5.52	N/A
	PPP	Sheikh Muhammad Maaz Feroz	6,355	3.40	1.25
	Others	Others (twenty one candidates)	14,468	7.74
Turnout			190,115	43.51	5.39
Total valid votes			186,953	98.34
Rejected ballots			3,162	1.66
Majority			12,992	6.95
Registered electors			436,934
	MQM-P hold

See also

• NA-246 Karachi West-III
• NA-248 Karachi Central-II

Notes

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