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NA-237 Karachi East-III
Constituency for the National Assembly of Pakistan

Region	Firozabad Town (partly) and Mazar-e-Quaid of Karachi East District in Karachi
Electorate	413,942 ^[1]
Current constituency
Party	Pakistan People's Party
Member(s)	Asad Alam Niazi
Created from	NA-251 Karachi-XIII

NA-237 Karachi East-III (این اے-237، کراچی مشرقی-۳) is a constituency for the National Assembly of Pakistan.^[2]

Area

The constituency primarily consists of Faisal Cantonment, Defence View, Kashmir Colony, Akhtar Colony, Manzoor Colony, Azam Basti, Chanesar Goth, Mehmoodabad, Baloch Colony, Dhoraji Colony, Ferozabad, Hill Park, Muhammad Ali Society, Naval Colony, Karsaz, KDA Scheme, Gulistan-e-Johar and Pehlwan Goth.^[3]

Members of Parliament

2018–2023: NA-244 Karachi East-III

Election		Member	Party
	2018	Ali Haider Zaidi	PTI

2024–present: NA-237 Karachi East-III

Election		Member	Party
	2024	Asad Alam Niazi	PPP

Election 2002

General elections were held on 10 October 2002. Syeed Safwanullah of Muttahida Qaumi Movement won by 23,856 votes.^[4]

General election 2002: NA-251 Karachi-XIII
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	MQM	Syeed Sanwan Ullah	23,856	30.70
	MMA	Abdul Ghaffar Umer Kapadia	22,045	28.37
	PML(N)	Mushahid Ullah Khan	8,615	11.09
	PPP	Qaiser Khan Nizamani	8,347	10.74
	PML(Q)	Sultan Ahmed Chawlla	4,148	5.34
	PST	Muhammad Shahzad Muneer Qadri	3,699	4.76
	MQM-H	Mehboob Ali Rajput	2,399	3.09
	Others	Others (fifteen candidates)	4,610	5.91
Turnout			77,838	36.98
Total valid votes			77,719	99.85
Rejected ballots			119	0.15
Majority			1,811	2.33
Registered electors			210,491

Election 2008

General elections were held on 18 February 2008. Waseem Akhtar of Muttahida Qaumi Movement won by 83,537 votes.^[5]

General election 2008: NA-251 Karachi-XIII
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	MQM	Waseem Akhtar	83,537	63.76
	PML(N)	Mushahid Ullah Khan	22,304	17.02
	PPP	Ch. Umar Hayat Sandhu	17,823	13.60
	Independent	Irfanullah Khan Marwat	6,653	5.08
	Others	Others (three candidates)	707	0.54
Turnout			133,697	39.65
Total valid votes			131,024	98.00
Rejected ballots			2,673	2.00
Majority			61,233	46.74
Registered electors			337,193
	MQM hold

Election 2013

General elections were held on 11 May 2013. Syed Ali Raza Abidi of Muttahida Qaumi Movement won by 81,603 votes and became the member of National Assembly.^[6]

General election 2013: NA-251 Karachi-XIII
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	MQM	Syed Ali Raza Abidi	81,603	47.61
	PTI	Raja Azhar Khan	40,388	23.57
	JI	Zahid Saeed	27,166	15.85
	PML(N)	Syed Muhammad Nihal Hashmi	13,223	7.72
	PPP	Zulfiqar Ali Qaim Khani	6,637	3.87
	Others	Others (twelve candidates)	2,368	1.38
Turnout			173,638	50.75
Total valid votes			171,385	98.70
Rejected ballots			2,253	1.30
Majority			41,215	24.04
Registered electors			342,155
	MQM hold

Election 2018

General elections were held on 25 July 2018.

General election 2018: NA-244 Karachi East-III ^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	PTI	Ali Haider Zaidi	69,475	40.70
	PML(N)	Miftah Ismail	31,247	18.30
	MQM-P	Rauf Siddiqui	19,527	11.44
	MMA	Zahid Saeed	17,894	10.48
	PPP	Mian Waqar Akhtar Paganwala	14,745	8.64
	TLP	Yashaullah Khan Afghan	9,273	5.43
	Others	Others (fifteen candidates)	5,834	3.42
Turnout			170,711	41.91
Rejected ballots			2,716	1.59
Majority			38,228	22.40
Registered electors			407,363
	PTI gain from MQM-P

Election 2024

General elections were held on 8 February 2024. Asad Alam Niazi won the election with 40,840 votes.

General election 2024: NA-237 Karachi East-III
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PPP	Asad Alam Niazi	40,840	28.22	19.58
	Independent	Zahoor Uddin^[a]	33,322	23.03	17.67
	JI	Irfan Ahmed	22,257	15.38	N/A
	MQM-P	Rauf Siddiqui	15,412	10.65	0.79
	TLP	Muhammad Shahid	8,826	6.10	0.67
	PML(N)	Rehan Qaiser	8,188	5.66	12.64
	Others	Others (Thirty candidates)	15,870	10.97
Turnout			147,617	35.66	6.25
Total valid votes			144,715	98.03
Rejected ballots			2,902	1.97
Majority			7,518	5.20
Registered electors			413,952
	PPP gain from PTI