NA-249 by-election: PPP comes out on top after long wait for results
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Friday Apr 30, 2021
PPP s Abdul Qadir Mandokhel emerged victorious, with PML-N s Miftah Ismail close behind.
Both PML-N and PPP had claimed victory mid-way into the count.
KARACHI: The PPP has secured victory in the NA-249 by-election held on Thursday in the city s District West, with unofficial, provisional results showing a close contest between the PML-N and PPP in the final count.
PPP s Abdul Qadir Mandokhel bagged 16,156 votes to win the seat, followed by PML-N s Miftah Ismail who secured 15,473, unofficial results from polling stations showed. While Nazir Ahmed of outlawed TLP trailed on the third position by receiving 11,125 votes.
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NA-249: Karachi all set to host hotly-contested by-polls today
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A file photo of a person giving their vote during an election.
Karachi is all set to host the much awaited by-election in the NA-249 constituency today (Thursday).
NA-249 has a population of 782,776 of which only 339,591, which means over 43%, are registered to vote. There are 216,056 male voters in the area, while the number of female voters is 137,935.
Some well-known areas in the constituency include Delhi Colony, Mujahid Colony, Baldia, and Saeedabad, while the prominent ethnic groups in this working-class neighbourhood comprise Urdu-speaking people, Pashtuns, Kashmiris, and the Seraiki-speaking lot.
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NA 249 by-election: Here s what you need to know about the constituency
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Monday Apr 26, 2021
NA-249 has a population of 782,776 of which only 339,591, which means over 43% are registered to vote.
PM Imran Khan chose this constituency to contest elections for the first time in Pakistan in 1997.
Since 2008 the constituency has elected a different political party to power in every general poll.
One election to watch this year will be the by-election in Karachi’s NA 249 on April 29 where the country s largest political parties have their most well-known faces in the fray.
But first, a little about the National Assembly constituency and why it matters.