# NA-237 Karachi East-III

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

## 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.

## Assembly Segments

| Constituency number | Constituency | District | Current MPA | Party |
| 103 | PS-103 Karachi East-VII | Karachi East | Faisal Rafiq | MQM-P |
| 104 | PS-104 Karachi East-VIII | Karachi East | Muhammad Daniyal | MQM-P |
| 105 | PS-105 Karachi East-IX | Karachi East | Saeed Ghani | PPP |

## Members of Parliament
### 2018–2023: NA-244 Karachi East-III

| Election | Election | Member | Party |
| | 2018 | Ali Haider Zaidi | PTI |

### 2024–present: NA-237 Karachi East-III

| Election | 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.
General election 2002: NA-251 Karachi-XIII :
| Party | 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 | Turnout | Turnout | 77,838 | 36.98 |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 77,719 | 99.85 |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 119 | 0.15 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,811 | 2.33 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | 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.
General election 2008: NA-251 Karachi-XIII :
| Party | 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 | Turnout | Turnout | 133,697 | 39.65 |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 131,024 | 98.00 |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 2,673 | 2.00 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 61,233 | 46.74 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 337,193 | |
| | MQM hold | MQM hold | MQM hold | 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.
General election 2013: NA-251 Karachi-XIII :
| Party | 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 | Turnout | Turnout | 173,638 | 50.75 |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 171,385 | 98.70 |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 2,253 | 1.30 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 41,215 | 24.04 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 342,155 | |
| | MQM hold | MQM hold | MQM hold | MQM hold |

## Election 2018

General elections were held on 25 July 2018.
General election 2018: NA-244 Karachi East-III :
| Party | 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 | Turnout | Turnout | 170,711 | 41.91 | |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 2,716 | 1.59 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 38,228 | 22.40 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 407,363 | | |
| | 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. Asad Alam Niazi won the election with 40,840 votes.
General election 2024: NA-237 Karachi East-III :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | PPP | Asad Alam Niazi | 40,840 | 28.22 | 19.58 |
| | Independent | Zahoor Uddin | 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 | Turnout | Turnout | 147,617 | 35.66 | 6.25 |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 144,715 | 98.03 | |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 2,902 | 1.97 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 7,518 | 5.20 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 413,952 | | |
| | PPP gain from PTI | PPP gain from PTI | PPP gain from PTI | PPP gain from PTI | PPP gain from PTI |