KARACHI: In the General Elections of 1993, the Sindh Assembly recorded a voter turnout of 33.7%, with 4.05 million votes cast out of a total of 12.01 million registered voters.
According to Free and Fair Election Network, Sindh, which is Pakistan's second-most populous province and a key economic center, showed significant variations in electoral participation. The province's electorate, consisting of both urban areas like Karachi and Hyderabad and rural regions, displayed different patterns of political engagement. The registered electorate in Sindh included 6.61 million male voters, making up 55.0%, and 5.40 million female voters, comprising 45.0%, highlighting a gender registration gap of 10.1%.
The data from the 1993 elections did not provide a gender breakdown of the votes polled, as systematic gender-disaggregated recording began only in 2018. The election saw 39,226 ballots rejected, representing 1% of the total votes cast. Over the years, rejection rates in Sindh have fluctuated, with the highest rates observed in 2013 and 2018.
Sindh's electorate has grown significantly, from 5.3 million in 1970 to 27.0 million in 2024, with votes cast increasing from 3.1 million in 1970 to 11.7 million in 2024. The highest turnout recorded for the Sindh Assembly was 60.7% in 1988, while the lowest was 29% in 1997, reflecting the complex dynamics of voter participation in the province.