NA-231 Karachi Malir-III

NA-231 Karachi Malir-III (این اے-231، کراچی ملیر-3) is a newly created a constituency for the National Assembly of Pakistan. It mainly comprises the Airport Subdivision, Malir Cantonment, and first 5 of 7 Census Circles of Faisal Cantonment. It was created in the 2018 delimitation from the bifurcation of the old NA-257.[2][3]

NA-231 Karachi Malir-III
Constituency
for the National Assembly of Pakistan
RegionIbrahim Hyderi Town (partly), Airport, Malir Cantonment, Murad Memon Town (partly) and Faisal Cantonment (partly) of Malir District in Karachi
Electorate342,427 [1]
Current constituency
Created2018
PartyPakistan People's Party
Member(s)Abdul Hakeem Baloch
Created fromNA-257 Karachi-XIX

Members of Parliament

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2018–2023: NA-237 Karachi Malir-II

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Election Member Party
2018 Jamil Ahmed Khan PTI
2022 Abdul Hakeem Baloch PPP

2024–present: NA-231 Karachi Malir-III

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Election Member Party
2024 Abdul Hakeem Baloch PPP

Election 2018

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General elections were held on 25 July 2018.

General election 2018: NA-237 Karachi Malir-II [4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
PTI Jamil Ahmed Khan 33,289 27.78
PPP Abdul Hakeem Baloch 31,907 26.63
MQM-P Nadeem Maqbool 14,251 11.90
PML(N) Zainul Abideen Ansari 14,000 11.69
TLP Faheem Ahmed Hussaini 11,660 9.74
MMA Muhammad Islam 6,141 5.13
Others Others (ten candidates) 6,327 5.30
Turnout 119,870 42.23
Rejected ballots 2,184 1.83
Majority 1,382 1.15
Registered electors 283,882
PTI gain from MQM-P

By-election 2022

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A by-election was held on 16 October 2022 due to the resignation of Jamil Ahmed Khan, the previous MNA from this seat.

By-election 2022: NA-237 Karachi Malir-II
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
PPP Abdul Hakeem Baloch 32,567 55.14  28.51
PTI Imran Khan 22,493 38.08  10.30
TLP Samiullah Khan 2,956 5.00  4.74
PSP Muhammad Amir Shaikhani 279 0.47  0.76
JUI (F) Muhammad Ismail 221 0.37 N/A
Others Others (six candidates) 550 0.93
Turnout 59,902 20.33  21.90
Rejected ballots 836 1.40  0.43
Majority 10,074 17.06  15.91
Registered electors 294,699
PPP gain from PTI

Election 2024

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General elections were held on 8 February 2024. Abdul Hakeem Baloch won the election with 43,634 votes.

General election 2024: NA-231 Karachi Malir-III
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
PPP Abdul Hakeem Baloch 43,634 33.54  21.60
Independent Khalid Mehmood Ali[a] 43,245 33.24  4.84
JI Umar Farooq 14,143 10.87 N/A
PML(N) Jamil Ahmed Khan 9,999 7.69 N/A
TLP Muhammad Ismail Hussaini 7,308 5.62  0.62
Others Others (twenty candidates) 11,752 9.03
Turnout 132,568 38.71  18.38
Total valid votes 130,081 98.12
Rejected ballots 2,487 1.88
Majority 389 0.30  16.76
Registered electors 342,427
PPP hold

See also

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Notes

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

References

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  1. ^ "Election Commission of Pakistan". ecp.gov.pk. Retrieved 6 January 2024.
  2. ^ "ECP - Election Commission of Pakistan". www.ecp.gov.pk. Retrieved 25 December 2022.
  3. ^ Final List of National Assembly Constituencies (PDF). Election Commission of Pakistan. 2018. pp. 65–66. Archived (PDF) from the original on 10 May 2018. Retrieved 18 May 2018.
  4. ^ "ECP – Election Commission of Pakistan". www.ecp.gov.pk. Archived from the original on 4 August 2018. Retrieved 4 August 2018.