The Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan (MQM-P) leads the race for National Assembly seats in Karachi after securing 17 out of the total 22 seats, according to the provisional results announced by the country’s top electoral authority. The PPP managed to bag seven.

Seats for the lower house of Parliament in Pakistan’s economic hub hold significance in the country’s political spectrum in case parties fail to achieve a simple majority.

Elections were held for 265 seats in the National Assembly on February 8 and a political party needs 134 seats for a simple majority.

Every government intends to have control of Karachi because of its prominence in the country’s economy. In this effort, the MQM-P has been a major pawn in the formation of a coalition government at the Centre.

Many analysts describe it as a “kingmaker party”.

Although independent candidates have outnumbered the political parties, the PML-N has emerged as the single largest party in the elections. And, the N-league has begun efforts to form an alliance including one with the party winning in Karachi.

Let’s have a look at winners in Karachi’s constituencies

NA-229 in Malir II

PPPP candidate Jam Abdul Karim Bajar won the NA-229 seat in Malir II with 55,732 votes. PML-N’s Qadir Bakhsh was the runner up with 21,841 votes

NA-230 in Malir III

PPPP leader Syed Rafiullah won the NA-230 seat in Malir III with 32,099 votes. PTI backed independent candidate Masroor Ali was in the second place with 23,370 votes

NA-231 in Malir III

PPPP candidate Abdul Hakeem Baloch won the NA-231 seat in Malir III with 43,634 votes. PTI backed independent candidate was the runner up with 43,245 votes.

NA-232 in Korangi I

Asia Ishaq of MQM-P won the NA-232 seat in Korangi I with 88,260 votes. PTI backed Adeel Ahmed was the runner up with 66,574 votes.

NA-233 Korangi II

MQM-P leader Javed Hanif Khan won the NA-233 seat in Korangi II with 3,967 votes. Jamaat-e-Islami’s Abdul Jameel Khan was the runner up with 29,071 votes.

NA-234 Korangi III

MQM-P leader Moeen Amir Pirzada won the NA-234 seat in Korangi III with 73,687 votes. PTI backed independent candidate Faheem Khan was the runner up with 43,774 votes.

NA-235 Karachi East

MQM-P candidate Muhammad Iqbal Khan won the NA-235 seat in Karachi East with 20,185 votes. PTI backed independent candidate Saifur Rehman was the runner up with 14,167 votes.

NA-236 Karachi East II

MQM-P candidate Hasaan Sabir won the NA-236 seat in Karachi East II with 38,871 votes. PPPP candidate Muzammil Qureshi was the runner up with 32,231 votes.

NA-237 Karachi East III

PPPP leader Asad Alam Niazi won the NA-237 seat in Karachi East III with 40,836 seats. PTI backed independent candidate Zahoor Uddin was the runner up with 33,321 votes

NA-238 Karachi East IV

MQM-Pakistan candidate Sadiq Iftikhar won the NA-238 seat with 54,884 votes. PTI backed independent candidate Haleem Adil Shaikh was in the second place with 36,884 votes.

NA-239 Karachi South I

PPPP candidate Nabil Gabol won the NA-239 seat in Lyrai with 40,077 votes. PTI backed independent candidate Muhammad Yasir was the runner up with got 37,234 votes.

NA-240 Karachi South II

MQM-P candidate Arshad Vohra won the NA-240 seat with 30,573 votes. PTI backed independent candidate Ramzan Ghanchi was in second place with 27,318 votes.

NA-241 Karachi South III

PPPP candidate Mirza Akhtar Baig won the NA-241 seat with 52,456 votes. PTI backed independent candidate Khurram Sher Zaman was the runner up with 48,610 votes.

NA-242 Kemari I

MQM-P candidate Mustafa Kamal won the NA-242 seat with 71,767 votes. PTI-backed independent candidate Dawa Khan was in second place with 53,759 votes.

NA-243 Kemari II

PPPP candidate Abdul Qadir Patel won the NA-243 seat in Kemari with 60,266 votes. PTI linked independent candidate Shujaat Ali was in second place with 48,690 votes.

NA-244 Karachi West I

MQM-P candidate Farooq Sattar won the NA-244 seat with 20,048 votes. PTI linked independent candidate Aftab Jahangir was in second place with 14,073 votes.

NA-245 Karachi West II

MQM-P candidate Syed Hafeez Uddin won the NA-245 seat with 57,356 votes. PTI backed independent candidate Attaullah was in second place with 36,788 votes.

NA-246 Karachi West III

MQM-P candidate Aminul Haq won the NA-246 seat with 74,672 votes. Jamaat-e-Islami’s Hafiz Naeem-ur-Rehman was the runner up with 32,312 votes.

NA-247 Karachi Central I

MQM-P’s Khawaja Izharul Hasan won the NA-247 seat with 64,945 votes. PTI backed independent candidate Abbas Hasnain was in second place with 52,050 votes.

NA-248 Karachi Central II

MQM-P candidate Khalid Maqbool Siddiqui won the NA-248 seat with 103,822 votes. PTI-backed independent candidate Arsalan Khalid was in second place with 86,342 votes.

NA-249 Karachi Central III

MQM-P candidate Ahmed Salim won the NA-249 seat with 77,572 votes. PTI linked independent candidate Uzair Ali was the runner up with 51,152 votes.

NA-250 Karachi Central IV

MQM-P candidate Farhan Chishti won the NA-250 seat with 79,925 votes. Jamaat-e-Islami’s Hafiz Naeemur Rehman was in second place with 43,659 votes.