Electorate 365,531 voters Region Karachi | Member(s) Arif Alvi | |
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Constituency NA-250 (Karachi-XII) (Urdu: ۱این اے-۲۵۰، کراچی-۲) is a constituency for the National Assembly of Pakistan.
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Election 2002
General elections were held on 10 Oct 2002. Abdul Sattar Afghani of Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal won by 24,462 votes.
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.
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 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. On the 18th of May, a day before the re-polling PTI leader Zahra Shahid Hussain was assassinated outside her house. 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.