PESHAWAR: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) saw 6.89 million votes cast in its Provincial Assembly elections during the 2018 General Elections, out of 17.83 million registered voters, marking a 46.5% voter turnout. The province, which merged with the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) following the Twenty-Fifth Constitutional Amendment of 2018, has historically had lower turnouts compared to the national average and other provinces such as Punjab.

According to Free and Fair Election Network, KP, formerly known as the North-West Frontier Province, is predominantly populated by Pashtuns, with Hindko-speaking communities in the Hazara division and other linguistic minorities. The province's electorate in 2018 consisted of 10.22 million male voters and 7.61 million female voters, revealing a gender registration gap of 2.60 million or 14.6%. This gap is reflective of the structural barriers to women's civic participation in certain areas of the province.

In the 2018 elections, male voters cast 4.59 million votes, representing a 59.2% turnout, while female voters cast 2.23 million votes, amounting to a 52.5% turnout, resulting in a gender turnout gap of 6.7 percentage points. Rejected ballots totaled 253,103, comprising 3.7% of the votes polled, with KP's rejection rates typically higher than those in Punjab and Sindh.

The province's registered electorate has significantly expanded from 3.1 million in 1970 to 21.9 million in 2024, largely due to the inclusion of former FATA constituencies. Over the years, votes polled have increased from 1.5 million in 1970 to 8.5 million in 2024. KP's highest Assembly turnout was recorded at 47.8% in 1970, while the lowest was 24% in 1997.