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Election Commission’s Data Shows Huge Gender Gap in Constituencies

It has come to light that the percentage of female voters is less than 41 percent in the twelve National Assembly constituencies in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Sindh, and Balochistan.

The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) recently posted an analysis of the constituency-wise data of its voters which revealed a gender gap in six constituencies in KP, four in Sindh, and two in Balochistan.


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Here are the details:

Constituencies Registered Male VotersRegistered Female VotersPercentage of Male VotersPercentage of Female VotersGender Gap
NA-50 (North Waziristan)122,56356,73368.16 percent31.64 percent65,830
NA-263 (Killa Abdullah)189,419105,74764.17 percent35.83 percent83,672
NA-48 (North Waziristan)220,765115,68761.93 percent38.07 percent85,078
NA-42 (Mohmand)284,519117,85661.02 percent38.98 percent66,663
NA-51 (Frontier Regions)123,33480,40160.54 percent39.46 percent42,933
NA-250 (Karachi West III)242,237164 67469.02 percent39.98 percent82,583
NA-264 (Quetta I)115,69377,57859.66 percent40.14 percent38,114
NA-249 (Karachi West II)197,612133,87759.61 percent40.39 percent63,735
NA-7 (Lower Dir II)218,479149,02659.45 percent40.55 percent69,453
NA-238 (Malir III)137,92694,31159.39 percent40.61 percent43,615
NA-5 (Upper Dir)299,665205,67459.3 percent40.70 percent93,991
NA-248 (Karachi-West I)177,225122,06759.21 percent40.69 percent55,158

 


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Overall, 104 out of 272 National Assembly constituencies have a gender gap of over 50,000 voters, of which 60 are in Punjab, 28 are in KP, 13 are in Sindh, and three are in Balochistan.

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