Women Voters In Three Constituencies Remained Low

The turnout of women voters was lower than 10 per cent in three National and Provincial assembly constituencies of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and the adjoining tribal areas.

ISLAMABAD, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 1st Aug, 2018 ) :The turnout of women voters was lower than 10 per cent in three National and Provincial assembly Constituencies of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and the adjoining tribal areas.

According to the Election Commision of Pakistan (ECP), NA-10 Shangla, NA-48 North Waziristan and PK- 23 Shangla I were the constituencies where women voter turnout remaind low.

As per the law the Election Commission of Pakistan has authority for re-polling in a constituency where the women votes cast are less than 10 per cent.

According to the provisional results compiled by the relevant returning officer (Form 47), the votes cast by women in NA-10 Shangla were 12,663, which was 9.8 percent of the total 128,302 votes cast in the constituency.

In PK-23 Shangla I, 3,505 of the total women voters exercised their franchise, which was only 5.01 percent of the total 69,827 votes polled there.

In NA-48 North Waziristan, which was recently merged with KP, only 6,364 women turned up to cast vote, which was 9.95 per cent of the total 63,954 votes cast there.