During the General Elections 2024, the Member of the National Assembly (MNA) from NA-9 Malakand was elected with 113,545 votes, which made up 56 percent of the 202,083 ballots cast, but only 24 percent of the 468,451 registered voters in the constituency.

According to the Final Consolidated Result (Form-49) for the constituency, the voter turnout was 43 percent. The runner-up candidate secured 20 percent of the total ballots cast; the third-placed candidate received eight percent, while the remaining 12 candidates collectively secured 12 percent votes.

NA-9 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 still 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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