ECP sees over 120m registered voters in country

With the 2023 general elections just around the corner, the Election Commission of Pakistan on Monday issued a report, stating that the number of registered voters in the country had exceeded 120 million – an increase of over 14 million in the last five years.

During the previous 2018 general elections when the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf came to power, the number of registered voters was 106 million.

The ECP released the number of total registered voters till March 28, 2023, according to which, the total number of voters across Pakistan has exceeded 120.56 million.

The ECP also released the percentage of voters in terms of age. The highest number of voters are in the age group of 26 to 35 years, which make up 26 per cent of the total number of voters.

According to the report, the ratio of male voters in Pakistan is 54 per cent while that of female voters is 46 per cent.

The total number of registered voters in Islamabad is over one million while Punjab tops the list with 71.5 million voters.

Islamabad

The number of registered voters in the federal capital is over one million, of which 536,200 are male voters and 484,753 female.

Balochistan

The number of registered voters in Balochistan is 5.2 million of which 2.9 million are males and 2.2 million are females.

Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa

The number of registered voters in K-P is 20.1 million of which 10.16 million are male voters while 9.72 million are females.

Punjab

In Punjab, the largest province of the country population-wise, the number of registered voters is 71.5 million, of which 38.4 million are men and 33.1 million women.

Sindh

Similarly, the number of registered voters in Sindh is 20.63 million, of which 10.43 million are males while 10.2 million are females.