ECP registers 120.6mn voters across country,
The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has released voter data for the upcoming general elections, and it shows that young voters are set to be the kingmakers.
The upcoming elections are likely to be a closely contested race, and young voters could be the deciding factor. If they turn out to vote in large numbers, they could help to usher in a new era in Pakistan. According to the data, 44.5% of the registered voters in Pakistan are under the age of 35, and 66.5% are under the age of 45.
This means that young voters will have a significant say in who forms the next government.
Young voters are more likely to be motivated by issues such as education, employment, and the environment. They are also more likely to be critical of the status quo. This means that political parties that want to win the support of young voters will need to focus on these issues.
The Election Commission of Pakistan has issued a report that revealed the number of registered voters in the country has gone up to 12,606,687,412 (126.06 million) including 68.10 million male and 57.97 million female voters,
The said information comes at a time when the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) is set to issue the voters’ lists for all national and provincial constituencies of the country for upcoming general elections.
The work of revising the electoral lists for the upcoming general elections was in the process since November 7, 2021.
The ECP also released the percentage of voters in terms of age, according to which, the highest number of voters remained within the age group of 26 to 35 years.
According to the report, the ratio of male and female voters in Pakistan stood at 54.02 percent and 45.98 percent respectively, as of June 30, 2023.
The electoral rolls said the number of voters in Islamabad is 1,035,387.
More than half of the registered voters are from Punjab province with 71.66 million eligible voters, while Sindh has the second-highest number of voters with 26.53 million people eligible to cast a vote.
According to the ECP data, the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province has 21.62 million voters while Balochistan has only 52.75 million voters.
In Islamabad, the ratio of male voters is 52.51 percent and female voters are 47.49 percent.
In Punjab, the percentage of male voters is 53.64% and that of women is 46.35%. The percentage of male voters in Sindh is 54.23% and 45.77% of female voters. In Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, the percentage of male voters is 54.56%, and 45.44% of female voters.
Likewise, the rate of male voters in Balochistan is 56.17%, and 43.83% of female voters.
The age-wise statistics show that over 23.1m or 18pc of the total eligible voters are between 18 and 25 years, 32.6m or 26pc are between 26 and 35 years, 27.7m or 22pc are between 36 and 45 years, 18.1m or 14pc are between 46 and 55 years, 11.9m or nine percent are between 56 and 65 years and 12.1m or 10pc are over the age of 65.
Of the 23.1m voters under 25 years,12.53m or more than half of the total voters in the age group are in Punjab, 4.83m are in Sindh, 4.47m in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, 1.09m in Balochistan and 0.18m in Islamabad.
Of the 32.62m voters between the ages 26 and 35, 18.44m are in Punjab, 6.49m in Sindh, 6.04m in KP, 1.38m in Balochistan, and 0.25m in the federal capital.
The breakdown of voters between the ages 36 and 45 shows that 15.87m of them are from Punjab, 6.11m from Sindh, 4.41m from KP, 1.12m from Balochistan, and 0.219m from the federal capital.
There are 18.12m voters in the age group of 45-55 years, of which 10.41m hail from Punjab, 4m from Sindh, 2.84m are from KP, 0.70m from Balochistan and 0.14m voters from the federal capital.
Of the 11.89m voters between the ages 56 and 66 years, 7.09m are from Punjab, 2.43m from Sindh, 1.81m from KP, 0.45m from Balochistan, and 0.10m from Islamabad.
According to the ECP’s data, as of March 28, there were 67.89m or 54pc male voters and 57.73m or 46pc female voters in the country. The total number of voters in 2023, so far, has increased by over 19.67m from 105.95m in 2018. The breakdown for male and female voters was 59.22m and 46.73m, respectively, in the 2018 general elections.
As many as 12.10m voters in the country are over 66 years old, of whom 7.20m are from Punjab, 2.51m are from Sindh, 1.82m are from KP, 0.46m are from Balochistan and 0.10m are from the federal capital.
It merits mentioning that the correction, if any, inclusion or exclusion of voters from electoral rolls, or the change of address is possible before the announcement of the general elections.
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