During the General Elections 2024, the Member of the National Assembly (MNA) from NA-10 Buner was elected with 110,954 votes, which made up 52 percent of the 212,549 ballots cast, but only 20 percent of the 562,252 registered voters in the constituency.

According to the Final Consolidated Result (Form-49) of the constituency, the voter turnout stood at 38 percent. The runner-up candidate secured 15 percent of the total ballots cast, the third-placed candidate received 12 percent, while the remaining five candidates collectively secured 17 percent votes.

NA-10 was among 70 out of 265 National Assembly constituencies where the winner could secure a majority of the polled votes. However, the share of the winner’s votes among registered voters remained quite small.

This story is part of FAFEN’s constituency-wise analysis on the unrepresentativeness of Pakistan’s electoral outcomes. The series highlights how the First-Past-The-Post (FPTP) system can skew representation in multi-candidate electoral contests of Pakistan, where three or more contenders are common. In such contests, a majority of voters may feel unrepresented and raise questions about the legitimacy, which may potentially contribute to political instability.

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