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Mahmood Baqi Moulvi (Urdu: محمود باقي مولوی) is a Pakistani politician who had been a member of the National Assembly from February 2023 till August 2023, elected from NA-245 (Karachi East-IV). He was also a Special Assistant to the Prime Minister for Maritime Affairs.
Political career
2018
Moulvi ran to be a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan from NA-255 (Karachi Central-III), but was unsuccessful. He was defeated by Khalid Maqbool Siddiqui, the Convenor of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement - Pakistan.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MQM-P | Khalid Maqbool Siddiqui | 59,807 | 34.72 | ||
| PTI | Mahmood Moulvi | 50,352 | 29.23 | ||
| TLP | Muhammad Adeel | 21,289 | 12.36 | ||
| MMA | Muhammad Mustaqeem Qureshi | 11,323 | 6.57 | ||
| PPP | Zafar Ahmed Siddiqui | 8,106 | 4.71 | ||
| PSP | Attaul Mustafa Jameel Rathore | 8,099 | 4.70 | ||
| PML(N) | Nasiruddin Mehmood | 7,608 | 4.42 | ||
| Others | Others (eight candidates) | 5,669 | 3.29 | ||
| Turnout | 174,406 | 37.91 | |||
| Total valid votes | 172,253 | 98.77 | |||
| Rejected ballots | 2,153 | 1.23 | |||
| Majority | 9,455 | 5.49 | |||
| Registered electors | 460,110 | ||||
| MQM-P hold | |||||
On 26 May 2021, Imran Khan appointed him as the Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Maritime Affairs. He remained in this office until 10 April 2022.
Moulvi was elected to the National Assembly of Pakistan from NA-245 (Karachi East-IV) as a candidate of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf in a by-election held on 21 August 2022.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PTI | Mahmood Moulvi | 29,522 | 48.93 |  14.97 | |
| MQM-P | Farooq Sattar | 13,239 | 21.94 | 0.71 | |
| TLP | Ahmed Raza Amjadi | 10,055 | 16.67 | 4.25 | |
| Independent | Moeed Anwar | 3,497 | 5.80 | ||
| MQM-H | Muhammad Shahid | 1,176 | 1.95 | 0.21 | |
| PSP | Syed Hafeezuddin | 1,082 | 1.79 |  1.78 | |
| Others | Others (eleven candidates) | 1,765 | 2.93 | ||
| Turnout | 60,760 | 11.79 | 25.83 | ||
| Total valid votes | 60,336 | 99.33 | 1.06 | ||
| Rejected ballots | 424 | 0.67 | 1.06 | ||
| Majority | 16,282 | 26.99 | 14.26 | ||
| Registered electors | 515,003 | ||||
| PTI hold | Swing | N/A | |||
He was notified by the Election Commission of Pakistan on 2 September 2022, and took the oath of office on 20 February 2023.
On 16 May 2023, Moulvi quit the PTI over the 2023 Pakistani protests that happened in the aftermath of Imran Khan's arrest.
On 23 June 2023, he had been notified as the president of the Istehkam-e-Pakistan Party's Sindh chapter.
