NA-247 (Karachi Central-I)
# NA-247 (Karachi Central-I)

NA-247 (Karachi Central-I) (این اے-247، کراچی وسطی-1) is a constituency for the National Assembly of Pakistan that encompasses most of New Karachi.

## Members of Parliament

### 2018-2022: NA-253 (Karachi Central-I)

| Election | Election | Member | Party |
| - | - | - | - |
| | 2018 | Usama Qadri | MQM-P |

## Election 2002

General elections were held on 10 Oct 2002.Syed Haider Abbas Rizvi of Muttahida Qaumi Movement won by 54,101 votes.

## Election 2008

General elections were held on 18 Feb 2008. Sheikh Salahuddin of Muttahida Qaumi Movement won by 174,044 votes.

## Election 2013

General elections were held on 11 May 2013. Sheikh Salahuddin of Muttahida Qaumi Movement won by 133,885 votes and became the member of National Assembly.

## Election 2018

General elections were held on 25 July 2018.

General election 2018: NA-253 (Karachi Central-I) :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| | MQM-P | Usama Qadri | 52,426 | 34.48 |
| | PTI | Muhammad Ashraf Jabbar | 39,145 | 25.75 |
| | TLP | Mufti Muhammad Amjad Ali Qadri | 24,794 | 16.31 |
| | PSP | Syed Mustafa Kamal | 12,891 | 8.48 |
| | MMA | Munim Zafar Khan | 9,357 | 6.15 |
| | PML(N) | Khalid Mumtaz Advocate | 6,763 | 4.45 |
| | Others | Others (thirteen candidates) | 6,670 | 4.38 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 154,016 | 38.12 |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 152,046 | 98.72 |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 1,970 | 1.28 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 13,281 | 8.73 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 404,053 | |
| | $MQM-P^†$ hold | $MQM-P^†$ hold | Swing | N/A |

$^†MQM-P$ is considered heir apparent to MQM

