NA-241 Karachi South-III


NA-241 Karachi South-III is a constituency for the National Assembly of Pakistan that encompasses much of South Karachi. The constituency is composed of the South Karachi localities of Aram Bagh, Civil Line, Clifton, Defence, Gizri, Mithadar, Kharadar, Nanak Wara, part of Ranchore Line, Saddar, and Serai Quarter.

Election 2002

General elections were held In NA-250 Karachi-XII on 10 October 2002.
Abdul Sattar Afghani of Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal won by 24,462 votes followed by Nasreen Jalil of MQM with 19,414 votes

Election 2008

The result of the 2008 general election in this constituency is given below.
Khushbakhat Shujaat of MQM succeeded in the election 2008 and became the member of National Assembly with 52,045 votes, followed by Dr. Mirza Ikhtiar Baig of PPP, who secured 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 were 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. Alvi was declared the winner with 76,305 votes, followed by Khushbakht Shujaat of MQM at 28,374, and then Naimatullah Khan belonging to JI, who received 11,149 votes. Jamaat-e-Islami boycotted the elections on the afternoon of 11 May, citing massive election rigging in Karachi and Hyderabad.
On 18 May, a day before the re-polling, PTI leader Zahra Shahid Hussain was assassinated outside her house. The entire week, the 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 chose to boycott the re-polling of 42 polling stations in NA-250 on 19 May. Alvi of PTI was declared as a Member of the National Assembly of Pakistan from NA-250 Constituency of Karachi.
Dr. Arif Alvi of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf was declared the winner with 77,659 votes, followed by Khushbakht Shujaat of MQM-L at 30,365, and Naimatullah Khan of Jamaat-e-Islami, who received 11,698 votes.

Election 2018

Previously this constituency was labelled as NA-250, but in the 2018 general elections it was re-labelled by the Election Commission of Pakistan as NA-247 Karachi South-II. The 2018 general elections were held on 25 July . Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf's Arif Alvi the election but later resigned from the National Assembly constituency as he was then elected as the 13th President of Pakistan.

By-election 2018

On 5 September 2018, Arif Alvi tendered his resignation from the National Assembly as he was elected as the 13th President of Pakistan. The by-election was then held in this constituency on 21 October 2018.

Election 2024

General elections was held on 8 February 2024 with one of the lowest voter turnouts in the entire country—estimated at around 23%. Mirza Ikhtiar Baig won the election with 52,456 votes.