During the General Elections 2024, the Member of the National Assembly (MNA) from NA-2 Swat-I was elected with 88,998 votes, which made up 50 percent of the 178,293 ballots cast, with only 18 percent of the 485,400 registered voters in the constituency.
According to the Final Consolidated Result (Form-49) of the constituency, the voter turnout stood at 37 percent. The runner-up candidate secured 21 percent of the ballots cast, the third-placed candidate received nine percent, while the remaining seven candidates collectively secured 16 percent votes.
NA-2 was among 70 out of 265 National Assembly constituencies where the winner could secure at least half of the polled votes. However, the share of the winner’s votes among registered voters remained low, largely due to low voter turnout.
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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