Pakistan elections 2018: What you need to know

Pakistan holds the next general elections on July 25. Here are all the details you want to know about Pakistan Election 2018.

Thousands of candidates will by vying for 272 contestable general seats across Pakistan. With a total of 39 seats in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, the province stretches to 15,316,299 voters. There are 141 seats in Punjab, 61 seats in Sindh and 16 seats in Baluchistan. 

Total NA seats - 342

- 272 general seats to be filled through direct elections

- 147 seats from Punjab province

- 61 seats from Sindh province

- 35 seats from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province

- 14 seats from Balochistan province

- 3 seats from capital Islamabad

- 12 seats from Federally Administered Tribal Areas

- 60 seats reserved for women and 10 for minorities to be allotted to parties as per their number of general seats

'Voting at a glance'

According to the latest demographics there are 105, 955,407 registered voters, out of which:

• 46,731,145 are female voters

• 59,224,262 are male voters . 

The voters in each province amount to: 

60,672,868 (Punjab) 

22,391,244 (Sindh)

4,229,494  (Baluchistan)

Whereas, with 3 seats in federal capital, there are 765,348 voters and 2,510,154 voters in tribal areas with total 12 seats.

In a deeper dive, there are 105,955,407 registered voters including 46,731,145 females and 59,224,262 male voters with 3,765 National Assembly candidates standing for these elections.

In a nutshell, with 110 political parties registered, there are 30 active political parties with 85,000 polling stations. 

Moreover,  the electoral turnout during elections 2013 stood at 55% of  leaving us expecting a little more from the forth coming elections.

Punjab 

Total number of Punjab Assembly seats: 371

- 297 general seats to be filled through direct elections

- 66 seats reserved for women and 8 for minorities

Sindh

Number of Sindh Assembly seats: 168

- 130 general seats to be filled through direct elections

- 29 seats reserved for women and 9 for minorities

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

Number of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly seats: 124

- 99 general seats to be filled through direct elections

- 22 seats reserved for women and 3 for minorities

Balochistan

Number of Balochistan Assembly seats: 65

- 51 general seats to be filled through direct elections

- 11 seats reserved for women and 3 for minorities