# NA-241 Karachi South-III

NA-241 Karachi South-III (این اے-241، کراچی جنوب -3) is a constituency for the National Assembly of Pakistan that encompasses much of South Karachi. The constituency is composed of the South Karachi localities of Aram Bagh, Civil Line, Clifton, Defence, Gizri, Mithadar, Kharadar, Nanak Wara, part of Ranchore Line, Saddar, and Serai Quarter.
| Constituency number | Constituency | District | Current MPA | Party | Party |
| 109 | PS-109 Karachi South-IV | Karachi South District | Bilal Hussain Khan Jadoon | | IND |
| 110 | PS-110 Karachi South-V | Karachi South District | Rehan Bandukda | | IND |

## Election 2002

General elections were held In NA-250 Karachi-XII on 10 October 2002.
Abdul Sattar Afghani of Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal won by 24,462 votes followed by Nasreen Jalil of MQM with 19,414 votes
General election 2002: NA-250 Karachi-XII :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | MMA | Abdul Sattar Afghani | 21,462 | 31.43 |
| | MQM-P | Nasreen Jalil | 19,414 | 28.43 |
| | PPP | Dr. Mirza Ikhtiar Baig | 12,105 | 17.73 |
| | PML(N) | Mamnoon Hussain | 5,565 | 8.15 |
| | PML(Q) | M.A. Wajid Jawad | 4,718 | 6.91 |
| | PTI | Syed Kamal Shah | 3,176 | 4.65 |
| | PST | Syed Javed Umer | 1,226 | 1.80 |
| | Others | Others (eight candidates) | 617 | 0.90 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 69,235 | 33.71 |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 68,283 | 98.63 |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 952 | 1.37 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 2,048 | 3.00 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 205,400 | |

## Election 2008

The result of the 2008 general election in this constituency is given below.
Khushbakhat Shujaat of MQM succeeded in the election 2008 and became the member of National Assembly with 52,045 votes, followed by Dr. Mirza Ikhtiar Baig of PPP, who secured 44,412 votes.
General election 2008: NA-250 Karachi-XII :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | MQM-P | Khush Bakhat Shujaat | 52,045 | 51.16 | |
| | PPP | Dr. Mirza Ikhtiar Baig | 44,412 | 43.66 | |
| | PML(N) | Saleem Zia | 3,480 | 3.42 | |
| | Independent | Haleem Ahmed Siddiqui | 1,333 | 1.31 | |
| | Others | Others (eight candidates) | 461 | 0.45 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 104,176 | 30.23 | |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 101,731 | 97.65 | |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 2,445 | 2.35 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 7,633 | 7.50 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 344,657 | | |
| | MQM-P gain from MMA | MQM-P gain from MMA | MQM-P gain from MMA | MQM-P gain from MMA | MQM-P gain from MMA |

## Election 2013

Dr. Arif Alvi of PTI won the 2013 elections with a total of 76,305 votes. The elections were held on 11 May but there were abundant reports of election irregularities which resulted in the Election Commission of Pakistan declaring a re-polling a week later on 19 May 2013 in 42 polling stations out of a total of 186. Alvi was declared the winner with 76,305 votes, followed by Khushbakht Shujaat of MQM at 28,374, and then Naimatullah Khan belonging to Jamaat-e-Islami, who received 11,149 votes. Jamaat-e-Islami boycotted the elections on the afternoon of 11 May (election day), citing massive election rigging in Karachi and Hyderabad.
On 18 May, a day before the re-polling, PTI leader Zahra Shahid Hussain was assassinated outside her house. The entire week, the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) had been appealing to the Election Commission of Pakistan to hold elections throughout the NA-250 constituency, but their appeal was rejected. Ultimately MQM chose to boycott the re-polling of 42 polling stations in NA-250 on 19 May. Alvi of PTI was declared as a Member of the National Assembly of Pakistan from NA-250 Constituency of Karachi.
Dr. Arif Alvi of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf was declared the winner with 77,659 votes, followed by Khushbakht Shujaat of MQM at 30,365, and Naimatullah Khan of Jamaat-e-Islami, who received 11,698 votes.
General election 2013: NA-250 Karachi-XII :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | PTI | Arif Alvi | 77,659 | 60.47 | |
| | MQM-P | Khush Bakhat Shujaat | 30,365 | 23.65 | |
| | JI | Niamatullah Khan | 11,698 | 9.11 | |
| | PPP | Muhammad Rashid Hussain Rabani | 4,520 | 3.52 | |
| | Others | Others (twenty eight candidates) | 4,176 | 3.25 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 129,737 | 35.49 | |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 128,418 | 98.98 | |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 1,319 | 1.02 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 47,294 | 36.82 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 365,531 | | |
| | 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 2018

Previously this constituency was labelled as NA-250, but in the 2018 general elections it was re-labelled by the Election Commission of Pakistan as NA-247 Karachi South-II. The 2018 general elections were held on 25 July 2018. Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf's Arif Alvi won the election but later resigned from the National Assembly constituency as he was then elected as the 13th President of Pakistan.
General election 2018: NA-247 Karachi South-II :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | PTI | Arif Alvi | 91,020 | 42.05 |
| | TLP | Syed Zaman Ali Shah Jaffery | 24,680 | 11.40 |
| | MQM-P | Farooq Sattar | 24,146 | 11.16 |
| | MMA | Muhammad Hussain Mehanti | 22,780 | 10.52 |
| | PPP | Abdul Aziz Memon | 19,552 | 9.03 |
| | PML(N) | Afnan Ullah Khan | 18,130 | 8.38 |
| | Others | Others (seventeen candidates) | 16,138 | 7.46 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 219,037 | 40.27 |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 216,446 | 98.82 |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 2,591 | 1.18 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 66,340 | 30.65 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 543,964 | |
| | PTI hold | PTI hold | Swing | N/A |

## By-election 2018

On 5 September 2018, Arif Alvi tendered his resignation from the National Assembly as he was elected as the 13th President of Pakistan. The by-election was then held in this constituency on 21 October 2018.
By-election 2018: NA-247 Karachi South-II :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | PTI | Aftab Siddiqui | 32,456 | 51.83 | 9.78 |
| | MQM-P | Sadiq Iftikhar | 14,026 | 22.40 | 11.24 |
| | PPP | Qaiser Khan Nizamani | 13,360 | 21.34 | 12.31 |
| | Others | Others (nine candidates) | 2,774 | 4.43 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 63,157 | 11.56 | 28.71 |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 62,616 | 99.14 | 0.32 |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 541 | 0.86 | 0.32 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 18,430 | 29.43 | 1.22 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 546,451 | | |
| | PTI hold | PTI hold | Swing | N/A | |

## Election 2024

General elections was held on 8 February 2024. Mirza Ikhtiar Baig won the election with 52,456 votes.
General election 2024: NA-241 Karachi South-III :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | PPP | Mirza Ikhtiar Baig | 52,456 | 47.58 | 26.24 |
| | Independent | Khurrum Sher Zaman | 48,610 | 44.10 | 7.73 |
| | JI | Naveed Ali Baig | 4,112 | 3.73 | N/A |
| | Others | Others (thirty-four candidates) | 5,059 | 4.59 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 170,004 | 23.83 | 12.27 |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 110,237 | 100.00 | |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 0 | 0.00 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 3,846 | 3.49 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 462,512 | | |
| | PPP gain from PTI | PPP gain from PTI | PPP gain from PTI | PPP gain from PTI | PPP gain from PTI |