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Election Commission’s Data Shows Huge Gender Gap in Constituencies

It has come to light that the percentage of female voters is less than 41 percent in the twelve National Assembly constituencies in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Sindh, and Balochistan.

The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) recently posted an analysis of the constituency-wise data of its voters which revealed a gender gap in six constituencies in KP, four in Sindh, and two in Balochistan.


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Here are the details:

Constituencies Registered Male Voters Registered Female Voters Percentage of Male Voters Percentage of Female Voters Gender Gap
NA-50 (North Waziristan) 122,563 56,733 68.16 percent 31.64 percent 65,830
NA-263 (Killa Abdullah) 189,419 105,747 64.17 percent 35.83 percent 83,672
NA-48 (North Waziristan) 220,765 115,687 61.93 percent 38.07 percent 85,078
NA-42 (Mohmand) 284,519 117,856 61.02 percent 38.98 percent 66,663
NA-51 (Frontier Regions) 123,334 80,401 60.54 percent 39.46 percent 42,933
NA-250 (Karachi West III) 242,237 164 674 69.02 percent 39.98 percent 82,583
NA-264 (Quetta I) 115,693 77,578 59.66 percent 40.14 percent 38,114
NA-249 (Karachi West II) 197,612 133,877 59.61 percent 40.39 percent 63,735
NA-7 (Lower Dir II) 218,479 149,026 59.45 percent 40.55 percent 69,453
NA-238 (Malir III) 137,926 94,311 59.39 percent 40.61 percent 43,615
NA-5 (Upper Dir) 299,665 205,674 59.3 percent 40.70 percent 93,991
NA-248 (Karachi-West I) 177,225 122,067 59.21 percent 40.69 percent 55,158

 


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Overall, 104 out of 272 National Assembly constituencies have a gender gap of over 50,000 voters, of which 60 are in Punjab, 28 are in KP, 13 are in Sindh, and three are in Balochistan.

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Darakhshan Anjum