The now and then of polling in the district
Voter turnout for the four National Assembly seats in Peshawar district was reported to be 44%.
Voter turnout for the four National Assembly seats in Peshawar district was nearly double the 2008 turnout. PHOTO: RASHID AJMERI
PESHAWAR:
The results of the 2013 general elections were sent to the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Monday; they are yet to be finalised.
Voter turnout for the four National Assembly seats in Peshawar district was reported to be 44%, nearly double the 2008 turnout which was around 28.7%.
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In 2008, 88,945 votes were cast from the constituency out of a total of 387,083 registered voters (22.98% turnout). In 2013, out of 320,578 registered constituency members, 148,027 voted (46.18% turnout). This includes 41,640 women
Result: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan won the seat with 90,434 votes against Awami National Party’s (ANP) Ghulam Ahmad Bilour who retained 24,449 votes.
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A total 144,198 (including 39,975 women) out of 331,864 registered voters, polled in 2013 (43.45% turnout). While in 2008, 78,296 constituency members out of 387,083 cast ballots (24.86% turnout).
Result: PTI’s Hamidul Haq defeated Maulana Muhammad Saeed of Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) by securing 78,948 votes.
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In 2008, 93,461 (35.6%) out of 262,477 registered electorate voted. From the 384,086-strong vote bank in 2013, 177,823 polled (46.165% turnout); this including 45,855 women.
Result: PTI’s Sajid Nawaz secured 67,214 votes defeating JUI-F’s Senator Haji Ghulam Ali.
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The turnout in 2008 was 31.66%. In 2013, that jumped to 40.34%. 142,160 voters (including 40,089 women) participated out of a total 352,416 registered voters (40.34% turnout).
Result: PTI’s candidate Gulzar Khan made it to the National Assembly from the militancy-hit constituency by defeating PML-N’s Nasir Khan Musazai. Gulzar scored 55,097.
K-P Assembly seats from Peshawar district
The turnout for the 11 PK constituencies was 44.34% compared with the 26.15% turnout in the 2008 general elections.
The results of the 2013 general polls for the provincial assembly are yet to be approved by the ECP.
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A total of 54,401 votes (42.69%) including 15,600 cast by women were polled; there were 127,437 registered constituency members. In 2008, 26,504 (14.46%) out of 123,275 registered voters participated in the polls.
Result: PTI’s Ziaullah Afridi secured 22,922 votes defeating Malik Muhammad Nadeem of Qaumi Watan Party (QWP) who received 6,888 votes.
PK-2
A total of 61,241 votes were recorded this time round, out of 130,113 registered voters (47.07% turnout). In comparison, 38,850 were cast out of 153,836 registered voters (25.52% turnout) in 2008.
Result: PTI’s journalist-turned politician Shaukat Ali Yousafzai defeated Pakistan Peoples Party’s (PPP) Syed Zahir Ali Shah with a margin of around 16,000 votes.
PK-3
In 2013, 50,438 voters, including 12,447 women, turned up at polling stations (out of a total of 107,076), representing a 47.10% turnout. In 2008, 34,800 (20.62%) out of 168,809 registered voters cast their votes.
Result: Javed Naseem of PTI won by scoring 18,080 votes defeating Haroon Bilour.
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A total of 49,289 out of 109,010 registered voters participated in the polls (45.22% turnout). In 2008, 25,743 out of 114,600 registered constituents cast their votes (22.46% turnout).
Result: PTI’s Arif Yousaf received 24,741, defeating Muhammad Ibrahim Qasmi of Muttahida Deni Mahaz who received 10,540 votes.
PK-5
A total of 61,408 (43.26%) including 1,881 female voters, polled out of 141,964 registered voters. In comparison, there was a 23.32% voter turnout in 2008; 31,994 votes out of 137,198 registered voters were recorded.
Result: PTI’s Yaseen Khalil swept the constituency with 31,575 votes, defeating JUI-F’s Maulana Amanullah Haqqani.
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A total of 55,072 votes, including 8,661 female votes, were cast out of 138,943 registered voters (39.64% turnout). In stark contrast, only 31,994 votes were polled out of 137,198 registered voters (23.32% turnout) in 2008.
Result: PTI candidate Fazl-e-Ilahi won by receiving 14,870 votes.
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Out of 120,866 registered voters, 57,838 polled (47.85% turnout).
In the 2008 elections, 30,814 participated out of 78,613 registered voters (39.2% turnout).
Result: Jamaat-e-Islami’s (JI) Hafiz Hashmat Khan lost to PTI’s Mehoom Jan with a margin of 6,000 votes.
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Out of 122,782 registered voters, 57,115, including 14,676 females, turned to polling stations on Election Day (47.12%). In 2008, 28,935 (32.65%) out of 88,622 registered voters participated.
Result: PML-N’s Arbab Akbar Hayat beat JUI-F’s Asif Iqbal Daudzai.
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In 2013, 62,271 constituency members, including 16,949 women, cast their ballots out of 127,145(48.98% turnout). While in 2008, 34,134 out of 70,313 registered voters participated (48.55% turnout).
Result: PTI’s Arbab Jandad secured 13,385 votes, defeating JUI-F’s Muhammad Sharif who received 10,776 votes.
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A total of 48,828 voters, including 12,086 women, turned to polling stations this time around (37.52% turnout). In 2008, 27,212 out of 93,106 registered voters cast their ballots (29.23% turnout).
Result: Voters of the militancy-hit constituency bordering Frontier Region Peshawar chose PTI’s Shah Farman who defeated Awami National Party’s Khushdil Khan with a 1,500-vote lead.
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Out of 141,334 registered voters, 58,191, including 14,475 women, cast their votes (41.25% turnout). In 2008, 35,026 votes from a bank of 100,055 registered voters (35.01% turnout).
Result: PTI’s Syed Muhammad Ishtiaque received 15,136 votes defeating JUI-F’s Khalid Waqar Chamkani who secured 12,967 votes.
Published in The Express Tribune, May 14th, 2013.
The results of the 2013 general elections were sent to the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Monday; they are yet to be finalised.
Voter turnout for the four National Assembly seats in Peshawar district was reported to be 44%, nearly double the 2008 turnout which was around 28.7%.
NA-1
In 2008, 88,945 votes were cast from the constituency out of a total of 387,083 registered voters (22.98% turnout). In 2013, out of 320,578 registered constituency members, 148,027 voted (46.18% turnout). This includes 41,640 women
Result: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan won the seat with 90,434 votes against Awami National Party’s (ANP) Ghulam Ahmad Bilour who retained 24,449 votes.
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A total 144,198 (including 39,975 women) out of 331,864 registered voters, polled in 2013 (43.45% turnout). While in 2008, 78,296 constituency members out of 387,083 cast ballots (24.86% turnout).
Result: PTI’s Hamidul Haq defeated Maulana Muhammad Saeed of Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) by securing 78,948 votes.
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In 2008, 93,461 (35.6%) out of 262,477 registered electorate voted. From the 384,086-strong vote bank in 2013, 177,823 polled (46.165% turnout); this including 45,855 women.
Result: PTI’s Sajid Nawaz secured 67,214 votes defeating JUI-F’s Senator Haji Ghulam Ali.
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The turnout in 2008 was 31.66%. In 2013, that jumped to 40.34%. 142,160 voters (including 40,089 women) participated out of a total 352,416 registered voters (40.34% turnout).
Result: PTI’s candidate Gulzar Khan made it to the National Assembly from the militancy-hit constituency by defeating PML-N’s Nasir Khan Musazai. Gulzar scored 55,097.
K-P Assembly seats from Peshawar district
The turnout for the 11 PK constituencies was 44.34% compared with the 26.15% turnout in the 2008 general elections.
The results of the 2013 general polls for the provincial assembly are yet to be approved by the ECP.
PK-1
A total of 54,401 votes (42.69%) including 15,600 cast by women were polled; there were 127,437 registered constituency members. In 2008, 26,504 (14.46%) out of 123,275 registered voters participated in the polls.
Result: PTI’s Ziaullah Afridi secured 22,922 votes defeating Malik Muhammad Nadeem of Qaumi Watan Party (QWP) who received 6,888 votes.
PK-2
A total of 61,241 votes were recorded this time round, out of 130,113 registered voters (47.07% turnout). In comparison, 38,850 were cast out of 153,836 registered voters (25.52% turnout) in 2008.
Result: PTI’s journalist-turned politician Shaukat Ali Yousafzai defeated Pakistan Peoples Party’s (PPP) Syed Zahir Ali Shah with a margin of around 16,000 votes.
PK-3
In 2013, 50,438 voters, including 12,447 women, turned up at polling stations (out of a total of 107,076), representing a 47.10% turnout. In 2008, 34,800 (20.62%) out of 168,809 registered voters cast their votes.
Result: Javed Naseem of PTI won by scoring 18,080 votes defeating Haroon Bilour.
PK-4
A total of 49,289 out of 109,010 registered voters participated in the polls (45.22% turnout). In 2008, 25,743 out of 114,600 registered constituents cast their votes (22.46% turnout).
Result: PTI’s Arif Yousaf received 24,741, defeating Muhammad Ibrahim Qasmi of Muttahida Deni Mahaz who received 10,540 votes.
PK-5
A total of 61,408 (43.26%) including 1,881 female voters, polled out of 141,964 registered voters. In comparison, there was a 23.32% voter turnout in 2008; 31,994 votes out of 137,198 registered voters were recorded.
Result: PTI’s Yaseen Khalil swept the constituency with 31,575 votes, defeating JUI-F’s Maulana Amanullah Haqqani.
PK-6
A total of 55,072 votes, including 8,661 female votes, were cast out of 138,943 registered voters (39.64% turnout). In stark contrast, only 31,994 votes were polled out of 137,198 registered voters (23.32% turnout) in 2008.
Result: PTI candidate Fazl-e-Ilahi won by receiving 14,870 votes.
PK-7
Out of 120,866 registered voters, 57,838 polled (47.85% turnout).
In the 2008 elections, 30,814 participated out of 78,613 registered voters (39.2% turnout).
Result: Jamaat-e-Islami’s (JI) Hafiz Hashmat Khan lost to PTI’s Mehoom Jan with a margin of 6,000 votes.
PK-8
Out of 122,782 registered voters, 57,115, including 14,676 females, turned to polling stations on Election Day (47.12%). In 2008, 28,935 (32.65%) out of 88,622 registered voters participated.
Result: PML-N’s Arbab Akbar Hayat beat JUI-F’s Asif Iqbal Daudzai.
PK-9
In 2013, 62,271 constituency members, including 16,949 women, cast their ballots out of 127,145(48.98% turnout). While in 2008, 34,134 out of 70,313 registered voters participated (48.55% turnout).
Result: PTI’s Arbab Jandad secured 13,385 votes, defeating JUI-F’s Muhammad Sharif who received 10,776 votes.
PK-10
A total of 48,828 voters, including 12,086 women, turned to polling stations this time around (37.52% turnout). In 2008, 27,212 out of 93,106 registered voters cast their ballots (29.23% turnout).
Result: Voters of the militancy-hit constituency bordering Frontier Region Peshawar chose PTI’s Shah Farman who defeated Awami National Party’s Khushdil Khan with a 1,500-vote lead.
PK-11
Out of 141,334 registered voters, 58,191, including 14,475 women, cast their votes (41.25% turnout). In 2008, 35,026 votes from a bank of 100,055 registered voters (35.01% turnout).
Result: PTI’s Syed Muhammad Ishtiaque received 15,136 votes defeating JUI-F’s Khalid Waqar Chamkani who secured 12,967 votes.
Published in The Express Tribune, May 14th, 2013.