Karachi: Sindh, Pakistan's second-most populous province, recorded a voter turnout of 45.4% in the 2024 General Elections for its Provincial Assembly. Out of 26.99 million registered voters, 11.74 million cast their votes, showing significant urban-rural differences in voter participation.
According to Free and Fair Election Network, Sindh's electorate included 14.61 million male voters, who had a turnout of 51.4%, and 12.38 million female voters, with a turnout of 46.8%. The gender turnout gap was 4.6 percentage points. The province's total rejected ballots numbered 403,519, constituting 3.4% of the votes.
The data reveals that Sindh's voter turnout has been more variable compared to Punjab's over the last twelve elections. This variability is partly due to the differences in political mobilisation between Sindh's urban areas, like Karachi and Hyderabad, and its rural constituencies. The province has seen its electorate grow from 5.3 million in 1970 to 27.0 million in 2024, with the highest turnout being 60.7% in 1988 and the lowest at 29% in 1997.