37.93% voters cast ballots in city

Per Form 47 stats, MQM-P secured 27.9% votes, PTI-backed independents 24.37%, PPP 13.95% and JI 12.79%

KARACHI:

At least 37.93 per cent individuals exercised their right to vote in the metropolis on February 8, according to the data of the Forms 47 released by the Returning Officers (ROs) from their respective polling stations.

Per statistic, out of 9,286,241 registered votes in Karachi, 3,523,000 votes went into the ballot boxes on 22 seats of the National Assembly, including 2,166,000 votes of men and 1,356,000 votes of women.

Among the registered voters, 42.45 per cent men and 32.42 per cent women went to vote for the candidates of their choice.

Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan (MQM-P) got 27.79 per cent and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) backed independent candidates secured 24.37 per cent of the total votes that were cast in the Karachi division.

Moreover, Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) got 13.95 per cent, Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) 12.79 per cent, Tereek-e-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP) 5.92 per cent, and Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz secured 3.42 per cent of the total votes in the city.According to the data of Form 47, at least 47, 50391 votes were rejected on the National Assembly seats in Karachi. Maximum of 3789 votes were rejected in NA 232. NA 241 is the only constituency where no vote was rejected. Only 51 votes were rejected in NA 236 East.

Read Voters speak out on electoral choices

In NA 231 Malir, the PPP candidate won by a margin of 389 votes while the number of rejected votes in NA 231 Malir is 2487.

MQM-P got 979,416 out of the total votes cast in Karachi, which indicates that 27.79 per cent of the votes were cast in its favour. It had fielded candidates for 19 seats in the National Assembly.

PPP got 491,545 or 13.95 per cent of the total votes cast in Karachi. It had candidates in 21 constituencies.

JI got 450,870 votes from Karachi, which shows that 12.79 per cent people voted for Jamaat which had given tickets to candidates in 22 constituencies.

TLP got 5.92 per cent or 287,010 votes from Karachi. TLP had fielded candidates for all 22 National Assembly seats in Karachi.

PML-N secured 3.42 per cent or 120,761 votes from Karachi,

PTI-backed independents secured 858,724 votes on 22 National Assembly seats in Karachi. They got 24.37 per cent votes in Karachi.

Published in The Express Tribune, February 13^th 2024.