During the General Elections 2024, the Member of the National Assembly (MNA) from NA-103 Faisalabad-IX was elected with 147,987 votes, which comprised 56 percent of the 264,293 ballots cast, but only 27 percent of the 544,638 registered voters in the constituency.
According to the Final Consolidated Result (Form-49) of the constituency, the voter turnout stood at 49 percent. NA-103 was among 70 out of 266 National Assembly constituencies where the winner could secure 50 percent or more of the polled votes. Still, a sizeable chunk of the voters, 112,646 or 43 percent, did not vote for the winner. Moreover, the share of the winner among the total registered voters also remained only 27 percent.
The runner-up candidate secured 33 percent of the ballots cast; the third-placed candidate received four percent, while the remaining candidates collectively secured five percent of the votes. As many as 3,660 or one 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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