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NA-249 Karachi Central-III
Constituency for the National Assembly of Pakistan

Region	Nazimabad Town (partly) and Liaquatabad Town (partly) of Karachi Central District in Karachi
Electorate	548,806 ^[1]
Current constituency
Party	MQM-P
Member(s)	Ahmed Salim Siddiqui
Created from	NA-247 Karachi-IX

NA-249 Karachi Central-III (این اے-249, کراچی وسطی-3) is a constituency for the National Assembly of Pakistan.^[2]

Area

This constituency includes neighborhoods of Liaquatabad, named after first Prime Minister of Pakistan Liaquat Ali Khan, and Nazimabad, named after second Prime Minister of Pakistan Khawaja Nazimuddin.^[3]

According to statistics, the total population of the area covered in NA-255 is 755,412, and of them, 460,110 are registered voters; 255,753 of total voters in the constituency are male while the constituency has 204,357 female voters.^[4]

Members of Parliament

2018–2023: NA-255 Karachi Central-III

Election		Member	Party
	2018	Khalid Maqbool Siddiqui	MQM-P

2024–present: NA-249 Karachi Central-III

Election		Member	Party
	2024	Ahmed Salim Siddiqui	MQM-P

Election 2002

General elections were held on 10 October 2002. Israr-Ul-Ebad Khan of Muttahida Qaumi Movement won by 51,564 votes.^[5]

General election 2002: NA-247 (Karachi Central-IX)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	MQM	Israr-Ul-Ebad Khan	51,564	59.20
	MMA	Muhammad Taqi	26,526	30.46
	PPP	Syed Masood Hussain	3,581	4.11
	PST	Mohammad Farhat Hussain Saddqui	3,559	4.09
	Others	Others (six candidates)	1,869	2.14
Turnout			88,302	36.34
Total valid votes			87,099	98.64
Rejected ballots			1,203	1.36
Majority			25,038	28.74
Registered electors			243,006
	MQM hold

Election 2008

General elections were held on 18 February 2008. Dr. Nadeem Ehsan of Muttahida Qaumi Movement won his seat and became member of National Assembly.^[6]

General election 2008: NA-247 (Karachi Central-IX)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	MQM	Dr. Nadeem Ehsan	168,007	91.95
	PPP	Saathi Ishaque	13,963	7.64
	Others	Others (three candidates)	744	0.41
Turnout			184,035	60.65
Total valid votes			182,714	99.28
Rejected ballots			1,321	0.72
Majority			154,044	84.31
Registered electors			303,455
	MQM hold

Election 2013

General elections were held on 11 May 2013. Sufyan Yousuf of Muttahida Qaumi Movement won by 126,263 votes and became the member of National Assembly.^[7]

General election 2013: NA-247 (Karachi Central-IX)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	MQM	Sufiyan Yousuf	126,263	74.66
	PTI	Rashid Siddiqui	35,349	20.90
	Others	Others (ten candidates)	7,500	4.44
Turnout			174,049	57.30
Total valid votes			169,112	97.16
Rejected ballots			4,937	2.84
Majority			90,914	53.76
Registered electors			303,774
	MQM hold

Election 2018

General elections were held on 25 July 2018.

General election 2018: NA-255 (Karachi Central-III)^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	MQM-P	Khalid Maqbool Siddiqui	59,807	34.72
	PTI	Mahmood Moulvi	50,352	29.23
	TLP	Muhammad Adeel	21,289	12.36
	MMA	Muhammad Mustaqeem Qureshi	11,323	6.57
	PPP	Zafar Ahmed Siddiqui	8,106	4.71
	PSP	Attaul Mustafa Jameel Rathore	8,099	4.70
	PML(N)	Nasiruddin Mehmood	7,608	4.42
	Others	Others (eight candidates)	5,669	3.29
Turnout			174,406	37.91
Total valid votes			172,253	98.77
Rejected ballots			2,153	1.23
Majority			9,455	5.49
Registered electors			460,110
	MQM-P^† hold		Swing	N/A

^†MQM-P is considered heir apparent to MQM

Election 2024

General elections were held on 8 February 2024. Ahmed Salim Siddiqui won the election with 77,529 votes.

General election 2024: NA-249 Karachi Central-III
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	MQM-P	Ahmed Salim Siddiqui	77,529	38.68	3.96
	Independent	Uzair Ali Khan^[a]	51,152	25.52	3.71
	JI	Mian Muslim Pervaiz	27,205	13.57	N/A
	Independent	Muhammad Zahid Qureshi	15,764	7.86	N/A
	TLP	Hafiz Muhammad Hamid Mehmood Kagani	9,494	4.74	7.62
	PPP	Abdul Waheed	7,502	3.74	0.97
	Others	Others (twenty one candidates)	11,787	5.88
Turnout			203,169	36.63	1.28
Total valid votes			200,433	98.65
Rejected ballots			2,736	1.35
Majority			26,377	13.16
Registered electors			554,641
	MQM-P hold