During the General Elections 2024, the Member of the National Assembly (MNA) from NA-28 Peshawar-I was elected with 138,389 votes, which made up 56 percent of the 245,802 ballots cast, but only 35 percent of the 396,045 registered voters in the constituency.
According to the Final Consolidated Result (Form-49) of the constituency, the voter turnout stood at 62 percent.
NA-28 was among 70 out of 266 National Assembly constituencies where the winner could secure 50 percent or more of the polled votes. Still, a sizable group of the voters, 102,734 or 42 percent, did not vote for the winner. Moreover, the share of the winner among the total registered voters remained only 35 percent.
The runner-up candidate secured 26 percent of the ballots cast; the third-placed candidate received six percent, while the remaining candidates collectively secured nine percent votes. As many as 4,679 or two percent of the total ballots were declared invalid, meaning they did not go to any candidate.
This story is part of FAFEN’s constituency-wise analysis on the unrepresentativeness of Pakistan’s electoral outcomes. The series highlights how the First-Past-The-Post (FPTP) system can skew representation in multi-candidate electoral contests of Pakistan, where three or more contenders are common. In such contests, a majority of voters may feel unrepresented and raise questions about the legitimacy, which may potentially contribute to political instability.
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