# NA-235 Karachi East-I

NA-235 Karachi East-I (این اے-235، کراچی مشرقی-1) is a constituency for the National Assembly of Pakistan. After the 2018 delimitations, Gulshan-e-Iqbal part of the former NA-253 is now in NA-243 (Karachi East-II).

## Assembly Segments

| Constituency number | Constituency | District | Current MPA | Party | Party |
| 97 | PS-97 Karachi East-I | Karachi East | Rana Shoukat Ali | | MQM-P |
| 98 | PS-98 Karachi East-II | Karachi East | Arsalan Perwaiz Siddiqui | | MQM-P |

## Members of Parliament
### 2018–2023: NA-242 Karachi East-I

| Election | Election | Member | Party |
| | 2018 | Saifur Rehman Khan | PTI |

### 2024–present: NA-235 Karachi East-I

| Election | Election | Member | Party |
| | 2024 | Muhammad Iqbal Khan | MQM–P |

## Election 2002

General elections were held on 10 October 2002. Asad Ullah Bhutto of Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal won by 28,840 votes.
General election 2002: NA-253 Karachi East-XV :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | MMA | Asadullah Bhutto | 28,840 | 36.18 |
| | MQM | Dr. Muhammad Fahimud-Din | 25,960 | 32.57 |
| | PPP | Shafi Muhammad Shah | 13,947 | 17.50 |
| | PTI | Ali Haider Zaidi | 4,374 | 5.49 |
| | PMA | Moinuddin | 2,401 | 3.01 |
| | Others | Others (thirteen candidates) | 4,181 | 5.25 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 80,804 | 32.40 |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 79,703 | 98.64 |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 1,101 | 1.36 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 2,880 | 3.61 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 249,365 | |

## Election 2008

General elections were held on 18 February 2008. Syed Haider Abbas Rizvi of Muttahida Qaumi Movement won by 96,973 votes.
General election 2008: NA-253 Karachi East-XV :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | MQM | Haider Abbas Rizvi | 96,973 | 63.45 |
| | PPP | Faisal Raza Abidi | 47,101 | 30.82 |
| | Others | Others (sixteen candidates) | 8,769 | 5.73 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 155,587 | 36.76 |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 152,843 | 98.24 |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 2,744 | 1.76 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 49,872 | 32.63 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 423,284 | |
| | MQM hold | MQM hold | MQM hold | MQM hold |

## Election 2013

General elections were held on 11 May 2013. Muhammad Muzammil Qureshi of Muttahida Qaumi Movement won by 101,386 votes and became the member of National Assembly.
General election 2013: NA-253 Karachi East-XV :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | MQM | Muhammad Muzammil Qureshi | 101,386 | 50.49 |
| | PTI | Muhammad Ashraf Jabbar Qureshi | 61,913 | 30.83 |
| | JI | Asadullah Bhutto | 12,651 | 6.30 |
| | PPP | Muhammad Murad Baloch | 10,127 | 5.04 |
| | MDM | Abdul Majeed Pitafi | 8,242 | 4.10 |
| | MWM | Syed Asghar Abbas Zaidi | 4,633 | 2.31 |
| | Others | Others (twenty four candidates) | 1,860 | 0.93 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 211,768 | 40.74 |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 200,812 | 94.83 |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 10,956 | 5.17 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 39,473 | 19.66 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 519,854 | |
| | MQM hold | MQM hold | MQM hold | MQM hold |

## Election 2018

General election 2018: NA-242 Karachi East-I :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | PTI | Saifur Rehman Khan | 27,333 | 38.65 | |
| | PPP | Muhammad Iqbal Sand | 11,823 | 16.72 | |
| | MMA | Asadullah Bhutto | 8,262 | 11.68 | |
| | PML(N) | Haji Sharafat Khan | 7,060 | 9.98 | |
| | MQM-P | Kishwer Zehra | 6,393 | 9.04 | |
| | Others | Others (fourteen candidates) | 8,179 | 11.57 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 70,711 | 38.56 | |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 1,661 | 2.36 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 15,510 | 21.93 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 183,373 | | |
| | PTI gain from MQM-P | PTI gain from MQM-P | PTI gain from MQM-P | PTI gain from MQM-P | PTI gain from MQM-P |

## Election 2024

General elections were held on 8 February 2024. Muhammad Iqbal Khan won the election with 20,185 votes.
General election 2024: NA-235 Karachi East-I :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | MQM-P | Muhammad Iqbal Khan | 20,185 | 30.01 | 20.97 |
| | Independent | Saifur Rehman Khan | 14,167 | 21.06 | 17.59 |
| | PPP | Muhammad Asif Khan | 11,431 | 17.00 | 0.28 |
| | JI | Meraj Ul Huda Siddiqui | 6,652 | 9.89 | N/A |
| | PML(N) | Sharafat Khan | 5,041 | 7.49 | 2.49 |
| | Others | Others (Twenty candidates) | 9,784 | 14.55 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 68,933 | 40.51 | 1.95 |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 67,260 | 97.57 | |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 1,673 | 2.43 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 6,018 | 8.95 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 170,181 | | |
| | MQM-P gain from PTI | MQM-P gain from PTI | MQM-P gain from PTI | MQM-P gain from PTI | MQM-P gain from PTI |