ISLAMABAD: A complete of one.67 million votes solid across Pakistan within the 2018 general election have been rejected, which was once 11.7 according to cent more than that of the 1.5 million ballots discarded within the 2013 polls, in keeping with an independent election watchdog record.
A ballot is rejected from the depend if it does no longer clearly show which candidate has been marked via the voter or multiple candidate were marked.
As according to the Election Commission of Pakistan, there were over 100 million registered citizens but only about 51 according to cent exercised their franchises.
The Free and Fair Elections Network (FAFEN) record launched on Friday was once in keeping with its monitoring of all the polling procedure within the four provinces of Pakistan in addition to the Islamabad Capital Territory (ICT).
The record mentioned that the choice of ballots rejected from the depend is more than double than that within the 2013 elections within the ICT area.
There was once a 40 according to cent build up within the choice of rejected votes in Balochistan, 30.6 according to cent in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP), 7 according to cent in Sindh and 6.6 according to cent in Punjab, it stated.
The votes rejected from the depend surpassed the margin of victory in 49 (18.1 according to cent) of the 270 contested seats of the National Assembly. These include 26 seats in Punjab, 11 in Sindh and 6 each and every in KP and Balochistan.
Similarly, the choice of ballots excluded from the depend exceeded the margin of victory in 120 (21 according to cent) of the 570 provincial meeting constituencies where elections have been held.
These include 58 constituencies in Punjab, 24 in KP, 22 in Sindh and 16 in Balochistan, the record stated.
The victory margin in 79 national and 169 provincial meeting seats is less than 5 according to cent of the total votes polled, it stated.
According to Pakistan's election law, a candidate can call for recounting of ballots if the margin of victory is less than 5 according to cent of the total votes polled within the constituency, or 10,000, whichever is lesser.
A ballot is rejected from the depend if it does no longer clearly show which candidate has been marked via the voter or multiple candidate were marked.
As according to the Election Commission of Pakistan, there were over 100 million registered citizens but only about 51 according to cent exercised their franchises.
The Free and Fair Elections Network (FAFEN) record launched on Friday was once in keeping with its monitoring of all the polling procedure within the four provinces of Pakistan in addition to the Islamabad Capital Territory (ICT).
The record mentioned that the choice of ballots rejected from the depend is more than double than that within the 2013 elections within the ICT area.
There was once a 40 according to cent build up within the choice of rejected votes in Balochistan, 30.6 according to cent in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP), 7 according to cent in Sindh and 6.6 according to cent in Punjab, it stated.
The votes rejected from the depend surpassed the margin of victory in 49 (18.1 according to cent) of the 270 contested seats of the National Assembly. These include 26 seats in Punjab, 11 in Sindh and 6 each and every in KP and Balochistan.
Similarly, the choice of ballots excluded from the depend exceeded the margin of victory in 120 (21 according to cent) of the 570 provincial meeting constituencies where elections have been held.
These include 58 constituencies in Punjab, 24 in KP, 22 in Sindh and 16 in Balochistan, the record stated.
The victory margin in 79 national and 169 provincial meeting seats is less than 5 according to cent of the total votes polled, it stated.
According to Pakistan's election law, a candidate can call for recounting of ballots if the margin of victory is less than 5 according to cent of the total votes polled within the constituency, or 10,000, whichever is lesser.
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