There was no upset in NA-246: Muttahida Qaumi Movement’s (MQM) Kunwar Naveed won, which means Muttahida will bag a National Assembly seat from the constituency for a record seventh time.

But most observers noticed there was something different about this election.

A constituency that is home to the MQM – the very place Altaf Hussain began his political journey from – housing Nine Zero, Khurshid Begum Hall in Azizabad, Jinnah Ground and comprising an overriding majority of Urdu-speaking people was suddenly up for grabs.