NA-242 Karachi Keamari-I

NA-242 Karachi Keamari-I is a constituency for the National Assembly of Pakistan that encompasses Baldia.

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.

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.

By-election 2021
A by-election was held in this constituency 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 until 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.

Election 2024
General elections were held on 8 February 2024. Syed Mustafa Kamal won the election with 71,527 votes.