Election Commission of Pakistan releases nationwide voter data from 2018 to 2023
Total number of registered voters in country increased from 105.95 million in 2018 to nearly 127 million in 2023
ISLAMABAD ( Web News )
The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) Tuesday released nationwide voter data from 2018 to 2023, which show that the total number of registered voters in the country increased from 105.95 million (105,955,409) in 2018 to nearly 127 million (126,980,272) in 2023, according to calculations done in July this year.
The number of male voters is over 68.50 million (68,508,258), while female voters reached 58.47 million (58,472,014) in 2023.
With respect to numbers in the country’s major urban centres, the number of voters in Islamabad has witnessed a hike from 765,447 in 2018 to over 1.04 million (1,041,554) this year, according to the data released by the electoral body.
The total number of voters in Punjab reached 72.3 million (72,310,582) this year, while the number was 60.6 million (60,672,771) in 2018.
In Sindh, the number has seen an increase from 22.3 million (22,391, 244) in 2018 to 26.6 million (26,651,161) in 2023.
In 2018, the number of voters in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and the then-Federally Administered Tribal Area (FATA) was 10.53 million (15,314,659) and 2.5 million (2,512,284), respectively. It has now increased to 20.169 million (21,692,381) in 2023.
The number in Balochistan has reached 5.28 million (5,284,594) in 2023, from the 4.29 million (4,299,494) voters in 2018.