The total number of registered voters in Pakistan has increased by 0.47 million, reaching 132.67 million, according to the latest data from the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP). This marks a rise from the previous total of 132.2 million.
Of the total voter population, 71.28 million (53.72%) are male, while 61.39 million (46.28%) are female, as revealed by the ECP’s updated figures on Thursday.
In the Islamabad Capital Territory (ICT), there are 0.61 million male voters (52.37%) and 0.56 million female voters (47.63%), bringing the total to 1.17 million.
Balochistan reports 3.10 million male voters (56.01%) and 2.43 million female voters (43.99%), with a total of 5.54 million voters.
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa has 12.28 million male voters (54.38%) and 10.30 million female voters (45.62%), bringing the total voter count in the province to 22.59 million.
Punjab, home to the largest voter base, has 40.24 million male voters (53.27%) and 35.30 million female voters (46.73%), totaling 75.55 million voters.
In Sindh, the total voter count stands at 27.82 million, with 15.03 million male voters (54.03%) and 12.79 million female voters (45.97%).
District-wise breakdown:
- Quetta: 882,342 voters, with 502,905 male voters (57%) and 379,437 female voters (43%).
- Peshawar: 2.16 million voters, with 1,192,611 male voters (55.11%) and 971,439 female voters (44.89%).
- Karachi: 7.23 million voters across Karachi Central, Karachi East, Karachi South, and Karachi West. Male voters number 3,874,555 (53.58%) and female voters 3,356,441 (46.42%).
- Lahore: 7.17 million voters, with 3,775,235 male voters (52.65%) and 3,395,385 female voters (47.35%).
- Faisalabad: 5.48 million voters, with 2,926,959 male voters (53.44%) and 2,550,316 female voters (46.56%).
- Rawalpindi: 3.41 million voters, with 1,751,624 male voters (51.39%) and 1,656,694 female voters (48.61%).
In total, the combined number of voters from these six major cities is nearly 26.33 million. Male voters make up about 14.02 million (53.24%), while female voters account for approximately 12.31 million (46.76%).