NA-244 Karachi West-I

NA-244 Karachi West-I (این اے-244،کراچی مغربی-1) is a constituency for the National Assembly of Pakistan.^[2]

NA-244 Karachi West-I
Constituency for the National Assembly of Pakistan
Region	Manghopir Town (partly) of Karachi West District in Karachi
Electorate	155,824 [1]
Current constituency
Created	30 November 2023
Party	MQM-P
Member(s)	Farooq Sattar
Created from	NA-243 Karachi-V

Area

This constituency includes following Karachi neighborhoods: Surjani Town, Taiser Town, Qalandarani Goth, Abdullah Goth, Gulshan-e-Maymar, Mominabad, Gulshan-e-Tauheed, Manghopir, Ghazi Goth, Hazratabad, Ittehad Town, KDA Flats, etc.^[3]

Assembly Segments

Constituency number	Constituency	District	Current MPA	Party
116	PS-116 Karachi West-I	Karachi West District	Ali Ahmed Jan		PPP
117	PS-117 Karachi West-II		Sheikh Abdullah		MQM-P

Members of Parliament

2018–2023: NA-252 Karachi West-V

Election		Member	Party
	2018	Aftab Jehangir	PTI

2024–present: NA-244 Karachi West-I

Election		Member	Party
	2024	Farooq Sattar	MQM–P

Election 2002

Further information: Pakistani general election, 2002

General elections were held on 10 October 2002. Sultan Ahmed Khan of Muttahida Qaumi Movement won by 62,245 votes.^[4]

General election 2002: NA-243 Karachi Central Cum Karachi West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	MQM	Sultan Ahmed Khan	62,245	66.29
	MMA	Muhammad Saleemuddin Qureshi	13,105	13.96
	PPP	Anwar Ahmed Khan Yousufzai	8,391	8.94
	PST	Muhammad Iftikhar Ahmed Bhatti	6,911	7.36
	PML(Q)	Badar Iqbal	2,580	2.75
	Others	Others (two candidates)	661	0.70
Turnout			94,001	37.50
Total valid votes			93,893	99.89
Rejected ballots			108	0.11
Majority			49,140	52.33
Registered electors			250,670

Election 2008

Further information: Pakistani general election, 2008

General elections were held on 18 February 2008. Abdul Waseem of Muttahida Qaumi Movement won by 167,764 votes.^[5]

General election 2008: NA-243 Karachi Central Cum Karachi West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	MQM	Abdul Waseem	167,764	87.32
	PPP	Zafar Ahmed Siddiqui	22,147	11.53
	Others	Others (four candidates)	2,222	1.15
Turnout			193,864	58.17
Total valid votes			192,133	99.11
Rejected ballots			1,731	0.89
Majority			145,617	75.79
Registered electors			333,290
	MQM hold

Election 2013

Further information: Pakistani general election, 2013

General elections were held on 11 May 2013. Abdul Waseem of Muttahida Qaumi Movement won by 192,638 votes and became the member of National Assembly.^[6]

General election 2013: NA-243 Karachi Central Cum Karachi West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	MQM	Abdul Waseem	192,638	79.86
	PTI	Zahid Hussain Hashmi	29,875	12.38
	JI	Muhammad Yousuf	8,578	3.56
	PPP	Syed Sohail Abidi	5,831	2.42
	Independent	Abdul Nabi Brohi	3,457	1.43
	Others	Others (four candidates)	854	0.35
Turnout			245,061	57.77
Total valid votes			241,233	98.44
Rejected ballots			3,828	1.56
Majority			162,762	67.48
Registered electors			424,198
	MQM hold

Election 2018

Further information: Pakistani general election, 2018

General elections were held on 25 July 2018.

General election 2018: NA-252 Karachi West-V ^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PTI	Aftab Jehangir	21,065	24.92
	MQM-P	Abdul Kadir Khanzada	17,858	21.12
	TLP	Muhammad Furqan	10,107	11.96
	MMA	Abdul Majeed Khaskheli	10,074	11.92
	PPP	Abdul Khaliq Mirza	9,909	11.72
	PML(N)	Muhammad Ayub Khan	6,495	7.68
	PSP	Iftikhar Randhawa	4,786	5.66
	Others	Others (nine candidates)	4,248	5.02
Turnout			86,757	39.61
Total valid votes			84,542	97.45
Rejected ballots			2,215	2.55
Majority			3,207	3.80
Registered electors			219,042
	PTI gain from MQM-P

Election 2024

Further information: Pakistani general election, 2024

General elections were held on 08 February 2024. Farooq Sattar of MQM-P won by 20,048 votes and became the member of National Assembly.

General election 2024: NA-244 Karachi West-I

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	MQM-P	Farooq Sattar	20,048	33.76	12.64
	Independent	Aftab Jehangir[a]	14,073	23.70	1.22
	PPP	Abdul Berr	7,450	12.54	0.82
	JI	Irfan Ahmed	6,141	10.34	N/A
	TLP	Zameer Hussain	4,340	7.31	4.65
	PML(N)	Ghulam Rasool	2,277	3.83	3.85
	Independent	Syed Muhammad Rehmat Ali Rehmani	2,155	3.63	N/A
	Others	Others (seventeen candidates)	2,907	4.89
Turnout			60,631	38.95	0.66
Total valid votes			59,391	97.95
Rejected ballots			1,240	2.05
Majority			5,975	10.06
Registered electors			155,682
	MQM-P gain from PTI

See also

• NA-243 Karachi Keamari-II
• NA-245 Karachi West-II

Notes

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