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Constituency NA-257

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Constituency NA-257 (Karachi-XIX)
Former constituency
for the National Assembly of Pakistan
RegionKarachi District
Former constituency
Created2002
Abolished2018
Replaced byNA-237 (Malir-II)
NA-238 (Malir-III)

Constituency NA-257 (Karachi-XIX) (Urdu: ۱این اے-۲۵۷، کراچی-۹) was a constituency for the National Assembly of Pakistan. It mainly represented the Airport and Ibrahim Hyderi subdivisions of Malir District. After the 2018 delimitations, these areas have been included in NA-237 (Malir-II) and NA-238 (Malir-III) respectively.

Election 2002

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General elections were held on 10 Oct 2002. Muhammad Shamim Siddiqui of Muttahida Qaumi Movement won by 45,480 votes.[1]

General election 2002: NA-257 (Karachi-XIX)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
MQM Muhammad Shamim Siddiqui 45,480 43.15
MMA Osama Razi 23,668 22.45
PPP Sardar Akhtar Hussain 17,168 16.29
MQM-H Qamar Niaz 6,433 6.10
PAT Mirza Yousuf Hussain 5,847 5.55
PML(Q) Rahim Adil Shaikh 2,627 2.49
PML(N) Fahim Riaz Siddiqui 2,056 1.95
Others Others (seven candidates) 2,134 2.02
Turnout 107,043 41.73
Total valid votes 105,413 98.48
Rejected ballots 1,630 1.52
Majority 21,812 20.70
Registered electors 256,535

Election 2008

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General elections were held on 18 Feb 2008. Sajid Ahmed of Muttahida Qaumi Movement won by 134,498 votes.[2]

General election 2008: NA-257 (Karachi-XIX)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
MQM Sajid Anmed 134,498 72.35
PPP Riaz Hussain Lund Balouch 46,084 24.79
PML(N) Faheem 4,294 2.31
Others Others (four candidates) 1,025 0.55
Turnout 185,907 48.12
Total valid votes 185,901 99.99
Rejected ballots 6 0.01
Majority 88,414 47.56
Registered electors 386,376

Election 2013

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General elections were held on 11 May 2013. Sajid Ahmed of Muttahida Qaumi Movement won by 125,405 votes and became the member of National Assembly.[3]

General election 2013: NA-257 (Karachi-XIX)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
MQM Sajid Anmed 125,405 64.27
Independent Farooq Khan 23,508 12.05
PPP Naseem Khan 13,459 6.90
JI Taufeequddin Siddiqui 10,410 5.34
PML(N) Zain Ansari 9,060 4.64
Independent Syed Hassan Jaffer Rizvi 6,257 3.21
Independent Shah Waliullah 4,349 2.23
Others Others (eleven candidates) 2,665 1.36
Turnout 198,083 53.39
Total valid votes 195,113 98.50
Rejected ballots 2,970 1.50
Majority 101,897 52.22
Registered electors 371,013

References

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  1. ^ "Election Result NA-257 Karachi-XIX Sindh | Pakistan Election 2013 - geo.tv". Archived from the original on 2014-05-29. Retrieved 2014-05-28.
  2. ^ "Election 2008". Archived from the original on 2015-09-24. Retrieved 2014-05-28.
  3. ^ "National Assembly of Pakistan".
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