Sukkur: In the recent General Election of 2024, the Member of the National Assembly (MNA) elected from NA-201 Sukkur-II secured 121,556 votes, representing 64% of the 189,830 ballots cast, but only 32% of the 376,504 registered voters in the constituency. This outcome highlights the dynamics of Pakistan’s First-Past-The-Post (FPTP) electoral system, where winning merely requires attaining the highest vote share, not a majority.

According to Free and Fair Election Network’s analysis, the final consolidated result from Form-49 indicates that NA-201 was one of 70 out of 266 constituencies where the winner managed to secure 50% or more of the polled votes. Despite this, a significant portion of the electorate, 60,339 voters, equivalent to 32%, did not support the winning candidate. Moreover, the elected MNA’s share among the total registered voters was also just 32%.

The runner-up in the constituency garnered 28% of the votes cast, while the third-place candidate received 1%. The remaining candidates collectively accounted for 2% of the votes. Additionally, 7,935 votes, or 4%, were declared invalid.

This report is part of a broader analysis by FAFEN, examining the representativeness of electoral outcomes across Pakistan’s National Assembly constituencies. The FPTP system often results in elected officials who do not hold majority support within their constituencies. In contrast, a proportional representation system would allocate seats in alignment with the percentage of votes received, thereby better reflecting the spectrum of voter preferences. The data from Pakistan’s GE-2024 underscores the disparity between votes cast and the representation achieved across all 266 constituencies.