title: NA-249 (Karachi West-II)
text: # NA-249 (Karachi West-II)
  
  NA-249 (Karachi West-II) (Urdu: این اے-۲۴۹، کراچی-۳) is a constituency for the National Assembly of Pakistan that encompasses Baldia.
  
  ## Members of Parliament
  
  ### 2002–2018: NA-241 (Karachi-III)
  
  | Election | Member | Party |
  | - | - | - |
  | 2002 | Muhammad Laeeq Khan | MMA |
  | 2008 | Iqbal Qadri | MQM |
  | 2013 | Iqbal Qadri | MQM |
  
  ### Since 2018: NA-249 (Karachi West-II)
  
  | Election | Election | Member | Party |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | | 2018 | Faisal Vawda | PTI |
  | | 2021 | Qadir Khan Mandokhel | PPP |
  
  ## Election 2002
  
  General elections were held on 10 Oct 2002. Muhammad Laeeq Khan of Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal won by 26,812 votes.
  
  ## Election 2008
  
  General elections were held on 18 Feb 2008. Syed A Iqbal Qadri of Muttahida Qaumi Movement won by 93,617 votes.
  
  General election 2008: NA-249 (Karachi West-II) Old NA-241 (Karachi West-III) :
  
  | Party | Candidate | Votes |
  | - | - | - |
  | MQM-P | S.A.Iqbal Qadiri | 93,617 |
  | ANP | Zarbali Syed | 36236 |
  | PPP | Dr. Muhammad Shakir Alam | 11544 |
  | PML(N) | Wazeer Ahmed Afridi | 3510 |
  | Others | Rujhanullah Afridi | 246 |
  | Others | Ameer Zada Khan Yousaf Zai | 165 |
  
  ## Election 2013
  
  General elections were held on 11 May 2013. Syed A Iqbal Qadri of Muttahida Qaumi Movement won by 95,584 votes and became the member of National Assembly.
  
  ## Election 2018
  
  General elections were held on 25 July 2018.
  
  General election 2018: NA-249 (Karachi West-II) :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | PTI | Faisal Vawda | 35,344 | 27.50 | |
  | | PML(N) | Shehbaz Sharif | 34,626 | 26.95 | |
  | | TLP | Mufti Abid Mubarak Hussain | 23,981 | 18.66 | |
  | | MQM-P | Aslam Shah | 13,534 | 10.53 | |
  | | MMA | Syed Attaullah Shah | 10,307 | 8.02 | |
  | | PPP | Qadir Khan Mandokhel | 7,236 | 5.63 | |
  | | Others | Others (nine candidates) | 3,473 | 2.71 | |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 131,185 | 39.58 | |
  | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 128,501 | 97.95 | |
  | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 2,684 | 2.05 | |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | 718 | 0.55 | |
  | Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 331,430 | | |
  | | 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 |
  
  ## By-elections 2021
  
  By-elections 2021 was held in NA-249 Karachi on 29 April 2021. The Election Commission of Pakistan stayed the process for consolidation of result and fixed May 4 as the date for hearing of Pakistan Muslim League-N candidate, Miftah Ismail’s application seeking a recount of votes. Upon accepting his request, lawmakers were asked by the ECP to reach the office of the returning officer (RO) on May 6 for the recount. On May 6 recounting of votes again started which held till 8 May and in the final result PPP candidate was again declared as the winner with the margin of 909 votes from its rival PML-N. On the other hand, all of the four main political parties (PML-N, PSP, PTI and MQM-Pakistan) boycotted this recount demanding the repoll again in whole constituency.
  
  By-election 2021: NA-249 (Karachi West-II) :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | PPP | Qadir Khan Mandokhel | 15,656 | 31.42 | +25.79 |
  | | PML(N) | Miftah Ismail | 14,747 | 29.59 | +2.64 |
  | | TLP | Mufti Nazeer Ahmed | 10,668 | 21.41 | +2.75 |
  | | PSP | Syed Mustafa Kamal | 8,728 | 17.52 | |
  | | PTI | Amjad Iqbal Afridi | 8,681 | 17.42 | -10.08 |
  | | MQM-P | Hafiz Muhammad Mursaleen | 7,007 | 14.06 | +3.53 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 73,471 | 21.64 | |
  | Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 49,831 | | |
  | Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 339,591 | | |
  | | PPP gain from PTI | PPP gain from PTI | PPP gain from PTI | PPP gain from PTI | PPP gain from PTI |
  