ISLAMABAD – The turnout of voters in upcoming general election 2018 islikely to increase as the overall ratio of eligible voters has surged by 23percent as compared to 2013 polls.
According to an official of the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP), theratio of registered voters had witnessed an upward trend as the number ofmale voters increased by 21.87 percent and that of female voters by 24.29percent.
Explaining the comparison between the registered voters for two elections,the official said that as many as 105.95 million eligible voters wouldexercise their right to elect members of National and provincial assembliesin the upcoming polls, while in the last election, there were total of86.18 million registered voters, including 48.59 million male and 37.59million female. “Around 59.22 million male and 46.73 million female voterswill cast their votes in the upcoming elections,” the official added.
Enlightening the province-wise data, he said in Punjab, a total of 60.67million voters, including 33.69 million male and 26.99 million femalevoters would cast their votes.
He said in the federal capital, a total of 765,346 voters, including407,463 male and 357,885 female, were eligible to vote in the upcomingelection. In Sindh, 22.39 million voters, including 12.43 million male and9.55 million female, would cast their votes in the election, he added.
The official said in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, a total of 15.31 million voters,including 8.7 million male and 6.61 female would cast vote in the upcomingpolls. In FATA, as many as 2.51million, including 1.50 million male and1.00 million female voters were eligible voters.
In Balochistan, a total of 4.29 million voters, including 2.48 million maleand 1.81 million female voters were registered with the ECP, he added. – APP