NA-244 Karachi West-I

NA-244 Karachi West-I
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
Current constituency
Created	30 November 2023
Party	Muttahida Qaumi Movement – Pakistan
Member(s)	Farooq Sattar
Created from	NA-243 Karachi-V

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

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]

Election		Member	Party
	2018	Aftab Jehangir	PTI

Election		Member	Party
	2024	Farooq Sattar	MQM–P

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

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

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-P	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-P hold

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

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

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

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