Pakistan General Election 2018 , Key contests to watch out for ,Live results election 2018

Pakistan  holds  the next  general elections on  July 25.  Here are all the details you want to know about Pakistan Election 2018. 

Thousands  of  candidates will  by  vying for 272  contestable   general seats  across  Pakistan. With a total o f  39  seats  in Khyber  Pakhtunkhw a, the  province   stretches to  15,316,299 voters.  There a re 141 seats in Punjab,  61 seats in Sindh  and 16 seats  in  Baluchistan.

Total NA  seats - 342

 - 272  general seats to  be  filled  through  direct  elections 

- 147 seats from  Punjab  province

 - 61 seats  from  Sindh  province 

- 35 seats  from  Khyber  Pakhtunkhwa  province 

- 14  seats from  Balochistan  province 

- 3  seats from  capital  Islamabad 

- 12 seats from  Federally  Administered  Tribal Areas 

- 60  seats reserved  for women  and 10  for minorities  to be allotted to  parties as per their  number of  general seats

Voting  at a  glance'

According to  the latest  demographics there are 105, 955,407  registered  voters, out of which:

• 46,731,145 are  female  voters

• 59,224,262 are  male  voters . 

The voters in  each  province  amount to: 

60,672,868  (Punjab) 

22,391,244  (Sindh)

4,229,494   (Baluchistan)

Whereas,  with 3  seats in federal  capital, there are  765,348  voters  and 2,510,154 voters in tribal  areas with  total  12 seats.

In a deeper dive,  there are 105,955,407  registered  voters including 46,731,145 females and 59,224,262 male voters with 3,765  National Assembly  candidates standing for these elections.

In a  nutshell, with  110 political  parties registered, there are 30  active  political parties  with 85,000  polling stations. 

Moreover,  the electoral  turnout during elections 2013  stood at 55% of   leaving us expecting a little  more from  the forth  coming elections.

Punjab  :

Total  number of Punjab  Assembly  seats:  371

- 297 general  seats to be  filled through  direct  elections

- 66 seats  reserved for women and 8 for  minorities

Sindh :

Number of Sindh  Assembly  seats: 168

- 130 general seats to be filled  through  direct elections

- 29 seats reserved for women and  9 for minorities

Khyber  Pakhtunkhwa:

Number  of Khyber  Pakhtunkhwa  Assembly  seats: 124

- 99 general seats  to be filled  through direct elections

- 22 seats reserved for women and 3 for minorities

Balochistan :

Number of  Balochistan  Assembly seats:  65

- 51 general seats to be  filled through  direct elections

- 11 seats  reserved for  women and  3 for minorities