Voter turnout in Pakistan’s 12th General Elections-2024 remained 47.3%: Gallup Pakistan

ISLAMABAD, Feb 12 (SABAH): According to the Gallup Pakistan, the voter turnout in Pakistan’s 12th General Elections-2024 remained 47.3%.

All provinces saw decline in voter turnout. The voter turnout in Punjab remained 51 percent, Sindh 42 percent, Khyber Pakhtunkha 40 percent and Balochistan 40 percent.

Highest turnout seats were in Tharparkar, Bhakkar and Bhawalpur; meanwhile lowest turnout seats were in Waziristan, Khyber and surprisingly Karachi South 3 (which had 23% turnout).

Rejected Votes Phenomenon in GE 2024- Source of Concern or consistent with trend? 2.8 percent votes were rejected in GE-2024. Rejected votes were high in Sindh and Balochistan- Major outliers in Punjab.

General Election – PTI got 31% PML-N 24% PPP and 14%. Top 3 parties almost retain their share in Punjab.

Vote share and seat share differences continued to show up in GE-2024. Need to revisit first past the post and possible introduction of proportional representation should be considered. In KP PTI was beneficiary of first past the post, in Karachi and in Punjab it was a major loser. Similar situation for PPP and smaller parties like TLP who got no seat despite 5% vote bank.