According to an update of the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP), Pakistan has recorded a phenomenal increase of 11.01 million in number of its registered voters to 97.02 million from 86.01 million voters who elected the incumbent lawmakers in 2013 general elections.
These figures are as per the NADRA record of those who have automatically become eligible voters by attaining the age of 18 years.
The data indicates that registered voters in Punjab are over 55.82 million; Sindh 20.64 million, KP over 14 million, Balochistan 3.7 million; FATA over 2.1 million and Federal Area six hundred and ninety four thousand voters.
These figures are based on the number of people who got their CNICs since May 2013 but do not include the voters excluded due to death, nationality surrender or whose CNICs have been cancelled for any reason.
In Pakistan the voters’ lists will be frozen once the schedule for the next general elections is notified. Anyone can check their voting details by sending their CNIC numbers (without dash or space) to 8300 through SMS.
According to political observers, more than forty seats of the National Assembly have increased automatically as per the updated in electoral rolls and the increased number of registered voters.
Voter Qualification in Pakistan
A person, who is a citizen of Pakistan, is not less than 18 years of age on the first day of January of the year in which the rolls are prepared or revised, is not declared by a competent court to be of un-sound mind and is or is deemed to be a resident of an electoral area, can get himself enrolled as a voter in that electoral area. The citizens registered on the electoral rolls are only eligible to cast their votes.