KARACHI: Five new political parties were registered by the Election Commission of Pakistan last year, while the number of voters increased by 3,668,550.
According to the Election Commission of Pakistan, the five newly registered political parties include Balochistan Qaumi Ittehad, Pakistan Awami Quwat, Pakistan Khidmat Khalq League, Technology Movement Pakistan and Pakhtunkhwa Awami National Party.
According to the data, the number of male voters increased by 1,813,123 and the number of female voters by 1,855,424. During this period, the overall vote growth rate in the country has been 2.85%, 2.86% in Punjab, 2.75% in Sindh, 2.77% in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, 2.87% in Balochistan and 6.60% in Islamabad. The overall annual voter growth rate was 3.11%, which is 0.56% higher than the annual population growth rate of 2.55%.
