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| NA-238 Karachi East-IV | |
|---|---|
| Constituency for the National Assembly of Pakistan | |
| Region | Jamshed Town, Firozabad Town (partly), Gulshan-e-Iqbal Town (partly) and Karachi Cantonment (partly) of Karachi East District in Karachi |
| Electorate | 561,283 [1] |
| Current constituency | |
| Created | 2018 |
| Party | MQM-P |
| Member(s) | Sadiq Iftikhar |
| Created from | NA-252 Karachi-XIV |
NA-238 Karachi East-IV (این اے-238، کراچی مشرقی-4) is a newly-created a constituency for the National Assembly of Pakistan. It mainly comprises the areas of Jamshed Quarters Subdivision, and Firozabad Subdivision that were previously in the western portion of the old NA-252.[2][3]
| Election | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-2022 | Aamir Liaquat Hussain | PTI | |
| 2022 | Mahmood Moulvi | PTI | |
| Election | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Sadiq Iftikhar | MQM–P | |
General elections were held on 25 July 2018.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PTI | Aamir Liaquat Hussain | 56,664 | 33.96 | ||
| MQM-P | Farooq Sattar | 35,429 | 21.23 | ||
| TLP | Allama Muhammad Ahmed Raza Amjadi | 20,733 | 12.42 | ||
| MMA | Saifuddin | 20,142 | 12.07 | ||
| PML(N) | Khawaja Tariq Nazir | 9,681 | 5.80 | ||
| PPP | Farrukh Niaz Tanoli | 8,822 | 5.29 | ||
| PSP | Sagheer Ahmad | 6,222 | 3.73 | ||
| Others | Others (eight candidates) | 6,294 | 3.77 | ||
| Turnout | 166,868 | 37.62 | |||
| Rejected ballots | 2,881 | 1.73 | |||
| Majority | 21,235 | 12.73 | |||
| Registered electors | 443,540 | ||||
| PTI gain from MQM-P | |||||
A by-election was held on 21 August 2022 due to the death of Aamir Liaquat Hussain, the former MNA from this seat.[5]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PTI | Mahmood Moulvi | 29,475 | 48.85 | ||
| MQM-P | Moeed Anwar | 13,193 | 21.87 | ||
| TLP | Ahmed Raza Amjadi | 9,836 | 16.30 | ||
| Independent | Farooq Sattar | 3,479 | 5.77 | ||
| PSP | Syed Hafeezuddin | 1,177 | 1.95 | ||
| Others | Others (twelve candidates) | 3,576 | 5.93 | ||
| Turnout | 60,740 | 11.79 | |||
| Total valid votes | 60,336 | 99.33 | |||
| Rejected ballots | 404 | 0.67 | |||
| Majority | 16,282 | 26.99 | |||
| Registered electors | 515,003 | ||||
| PTI hold | Swing | N/A | |||
General elections were held on 8 February 2024. Sadiq Iftikhar won the election with 54,885 votes.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MQM-P | Sadiq Iftikhar | 54,885 | 32.67 | |||
| Independent | Haleem Adil Sheikh[a] | 36,885 | 21.95 | |||
| JI | Saif Uddin | 36,281 | 21.60 | N/A | ||
| TLP | Muhammad Waseem | 10,594 | 6.31 | |||
| PPP | Pir Omer Uddin Zafar | 10,464 | 6.23 | |||
| Others | Others (Twenty one candidates) | 18,896 | 11.25 | |||
| Turnout | 171,146 | 30.49 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 168,005 | 98.16 | ||||
| Rejected ballots | 3,141 | 1.84 | ||||
| Majority | 18,000 | 10.71 | ||||
| Registered electors | 561,283 | |||||
| MQM-P gain from PTI | ||||||