NA-250 Karachi Central-IV

NA-250 Karachi Central-IV (این اے-250، کراچی وسطی-4) is a constituency for the National Assembly of Pakistan that covers North Nazimabad.^[2][3]

NA-250 Karachi Central-IV
Constituency for the National Assembly of Pakistan
Region	Nazimabad Town (partly) and North Nazimabad Town of Karachi Central District in Karachi
Electorate	553,540 [1]
Current constituency
Party	MQM-P
Member(s)	Farhan Chishti
Created from	NA-256 Karachi Central-IV

Assembly Segments

Constituency number	Constituency	District	Current MPA	Party
129	PS-129 Karachi Central-VIII	Karachi Central	Hafiz Naeem ur Rehman		JI
130	PS-130 Karachi Central-IX		Jamal Ahmed		MQM-P

Members of Parliament

2018–2023: NA-256 Karachi Central-IV

Election		Member	Party
	2018	Najeeb Haroon	PTI

2024–present: NA-250 Karachi Central-IV

Election		Member	Party
	2024	Farhan Chishti	MQM–P

Election 2002

Further information: Pakistani general election, 2002

General elections were held on 10 Oct 2002. Kanwar Khalid Younus of Muttahida Qaumi Movement won by 51,696 votes.^[4]

General election 2002: NA-245 Karachi Central-VII

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	MQM	Kunwar Khalid Yunus	51,696	50.45
	MMA	Syed Munawwar Hassan	41,947	40.93
	PPP	Muhammad Haseen	3,232	3.15
	Others	Others (five candidates)	5,606	5.47
Turnout			103,587	40.50
Total valid votes			102,481	98.93
Rejected ballots			1,106	1.07
Majority			9,749	9.52
Registered electors			255,754
	MQM hold

Election 2008

Further information: Pakistani general election, 2008

General elections were held on 18 Feb 2008. Farhat Mohammad Khan of Muttahida Qaumi Movement won by 149,157 votes.^[5]

General election 2008: NA-245 Karachi Central-VII

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	MQM	Farhat Mohammad Khan	149,157	88.61
	PPP	Qazi Muhammad Bashir	15,392	9.14
	Others	Others (three candidates)	3,779	2.25
Turnout			169,169	49.18
Total valid votes			168,328	99.50
Rejected ballots			841	0.50
Majority			133,765	79.47
Registered electors			344,004
	MQM hold

Election 2013

Further information: Pakistani general election, 2013

General elections were held on 11 May 2013. Muhammad Rehan Hashmi of Muttahida Qaumi Movement won by 115,776 votes and became the member of National Assembly.^[6]

General election 2013: NA-245 Karachi Central-VII

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	MQM	Muhammad Rehan Hashmi	115,776	58.91
	PTI	Muhammad Riaz Haider	54,937	27.95
	JI	Mairajul Huda Siddiqui	22,452	11.42
	Others	Others (ten candidates)	3,381	1.72
Turnout			208,552	54.46
Total valid votes			196,546	94.24
Rejected ballots			12,006	5.76
Majority			60,839	30.96
Registered electors			382,932
	MQM hold

By-Election 2016

By-Election 2016: NA-245 Karachi Central-VII

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	MQM	Muhammad Kamal	39,576	86.15
	PPP	Shahid Hussian	3,111	6.77
	PTI	Amjad Ullah Khan	1,498	3.26
	Others	Others (thirteen candidates)	1,755	3.82
Turnout			45,940	11.26
Total valid votes			45,940	100
Rejected ballots			0	0
Majority			36,465	79.38
Registered electors			407,867
	MQM hold

Election 2018

Further information: Pakistani general election, 2018

General elections were held on 25 July 2018.

General election 2018: NA-256 Karachi Central-IV ^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PTI	Najeeb Haroon	89,850	45.18
	MQM-P	Amir Waliuddin Chishti	45,575	22.92
	MMA	Mairajul Huda Siddiqui	22,364	11.25
	PML(N)	Dost Muhammad Faizi	9,221	4.64
	TLP	Mufti Muhammad Ali Qadri	9,144	4.60
	PSP	Muhammad Adil Siddiqui	9,030	4.54
	PPP	Sajid Hasan	7,587	3.82
	Others	Others (nine candidates)	6,095	3.05
Turnout			201,984	41.25
Total valid votes			198,866	98.46
Rejected ballots			3,118	1.54
Majority			44,275	22.26
Registered electors			489,665
	PTI gain from MQM-P

Election 2024

Further information: 2024 Pakistani general election

General elections were held on 8 February 2024. Farhan Chishti won the election with 79,925 votes.

General election 2024: NA-250 Karachi Central-IV

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	MQM-P	Farhan Chishti	79,925	42.43	19.51
	JI	Hafiz Naeem ur Rehman	43,659	23.18	N/A
	Independent	Muhammad Riaz Haider[a]	37,629	19.98	25.20
	Independent	Jowhar Abid	5,906	3.14	N/A
	PPP	Khuwaja Sohail Mansoor	5,720	3.04	0.78
	Others	Others (twenty candidates)	15,525	8.24
Turnout			191,042	34.51	6.74
Total valid votes			188,364	98.60
Rejected ballots			2,678	1.40
Majority			36,266	19.25
Registered electors			553,540
	MQM-P gain from PTI

See also

• NA-249 Karachi Central-III
• NA-251 Sherani-cum-Zhob-cum-Killa Saifullah

Notes

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