Constituency NA-250

Constituency NA-250 (Karachi-XII)
Constituency
for the National Assembly of Pakistan
Region Karachi District
Electorate 365,531 voters
Current constituency
Member(s) Arif Alvi

Constituency NA-250 (Karachi-XII) (Urdu: ۱این اے-۲۵۰، کراچی-۲‎) is a constituency for the National Assembly of Pakistan.

Election 2002

General elections were held on 10 Oct 2002. Abdul Sattar Afghani of Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal won by 24,462 votes.[1]

Election 2008

The result of general election 2008 in this constituency is given below.

Result

Khushbakhat Shujaat of MQM succeeded in the election 2008 and became the member of National Assembly with 52,045 votes followed second by Dr. Mirza Ikhtiar Baig of PPP securing 44,412 votes.[2]

Contesting Candidates Party Affiliation Votes Polled
Khushbakhat Shujaat Muttahida Qaumi Movement Pakistan 52045
Dr. Mirza Ikhtiar Baig Pakistan Peoples Party Parliamentarians 44412
Saleem Zia Pakistan Muslim League (N) 3480
Captain Haleem Ahmed Siddiqui Independent 1333
Muhammad Farooq Bangsh Awami National Party 89
Muhammad Hanif Sunni Tehreek 73
Khurram Muhammad Qamar Pakistan Qaumi League 72
Muhammad Ejaz Alam Independent 72
Javaid Ahmed Chhatari Advocate Independent 56
Begum Salma Ahmed Independent 44
Tahir Khan Independent 34
Abdul Wahab Baloch Advocate Sindh United Party 21

Election 2013

Dr. Arif Alvi of PTI won the 2013 elections with a total of 76,305 votes. The elections were held on 11 May but there was abundant reports of election irregularities[3] which resulted in the Election Commission of Pakistan declaring a re-polling a week later on 19 May 2013 in 42 polling stations out of a total of 186 polling stations. Dr. Arif Alvi of PTI was declared the winner with 76,305 votes followed by Khushbakht Shujaat of MQM at 28,374 and then Naimatullah Khan belonging to Jamaat-e-Islami who received 11,149 votes. Jamaat-e-Islami boycotted the elections on the afternoon of the 11th of May (election day) citing massive election rigging in Karachi & Hyderabad.[4] On the 18th of May, a day before the re-polling PTI leader Zahra Shahid Hussain was assassinated outside her house.[5] The entire week Muttahida Qaumi Movement had been appealing to the Election Commission of Pakistan to hold elections throughout the NA-250 constituency, but their appeal was rejected, ultimately MQM choose to boycott the re-polling of 42 polling stations in NA-250 on the 19th of May. Dr. Arif Alvi of PTI was declared as a Member of the National Assembly of Pakistan from NA-250 Constituency of Karachi

Result

Dr. Arif Alvi of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf was declared the winner with 76,305 votes followed by Khushbakht Shujaat of MQM at 28,374 and then Naimatullah Khan of Jamaat-e-Islami who received 11,149 votes came 3rd.[6]

Contesting Candidates Party Affiliation Votes Polled
Arif ur Rehman Alvi Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf 76305
Khushbakht Shujat Muttahidda Qaumi Movement 28374
Mr. Naimatullah Khan Jamaat-e-Islami Pakistan 11149
Muhammad Rashid Hussain Rabani Pakistan Peoples Party Parliamentarians 4556
Muhammad Abdullah Jamiat Ulama-e-Islam (F) 747
Syed Muhammad Hanif Awami National Party 701
Saleem Zia Independent 658
Syed Ali Hussain Majlis-e-Wahdat-e-Muslimeen Pakistan 429
Muhammad Kamran Khan Independent 254
Muhammad Jibran Nasir Independent 253
Zafar Iqbal Independent 135
Muhammad Arif Mansoori Pakistan Sunni Tehreek 133
Khan Amanullah Khan Pakistan Muslim League 112
Molvi Muhammad Iqbal Haider Advocate Independent 95
Mehfooz Yar Khan Independent 73
Muhammad Qaseem Independent 62
Saman Sultana Jafri Independent 51
Raja Arif Sultan Minhas Independent 36
Arshad Lal Junejo Independent 36
Dr Jehanzeb Mughal Independent 32
Muhammad Usman Sorthia Independent 22
Malik Shamriz Awan All Pakistan Muslim League 21
Ghulam Muhammad Banglani Independent 21
Sardar Muhammad Iqbal Independent 16
Javed Ahmed Chhatari Independent 14
Muhammad Shafiq Independent 13
Wasim Ahmed Independent 11
Abdul Hamid Yousufi Independent 11
Mahmood Hussain Qureshi Independent 10
Ghulam Muhammad Khan Independent 10
Abdul Hakeem Independent 3
Ikhtiar Ali Channa Independent 1

References

  1. ↑ http://election2013.geo.tv/constituency/results/250/NA-250.html
  2. ↑ "Election result 2008 for NA-250". ECP. Retrieved October 15, 2012.
  3. ↑ "Dr Arif Alvi brings ballot papers to DHA polling stations". Express Tribune. Retrieved 11 May 2013.
  4. ↑ "JI announces election boycott in Karachi, Hyderabad". Express Tribune. Retrieved 11 May 2013.
  5. ↑ "PTI leader Zahra Shahid Hussain shot dead in Karachi". Express Tribune. Retrieved 18 May 2013.
  6. ↑ "2013 Election Results for NA-250". 19 May 2013. Retrieved 9 June 2013. |first1= missing |last1= in Authors list (help)

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