During the General Elections 2024, the Member of the National Assembly (MNA) from NA-4 Swat-III was elected with 88,085 votes, which made up 54 percent of the 162,213 ballots cast, with only 17 percent of the 529,791 registered voters in the constituency.
According to the Final Consolidated Result (Form-49) of the constituency, the voter turnout stood at 31 percent. The runner-up candidate secured 13 percent of the total ballots cast, the third-placed candidate received 11 percent, while the remaining 17 candidates collectively secured 19 percent votes.
NA-4 was among 70 out of 265 National Assembly constituencies where the winner could secure a majority of the polled votes. However, the share of the winner’s votes among registered voters remained quite small, 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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