The Free and Fare Election Network (FAFEN), a coalition of 50 leading civil society organisations, has published its initial assessment report of General Election 2018.
The report, which publishes feedback from FAFEN’s over 19,000 observers that monitored the polling process, states that the voter turnout stood at 50.3 per cent with long queues of voters witnessed at polling stations.
Detailing the voter turnout province-wise, FAFEN stated that the turnout stood at 59 per cent in Punjab, 58.2 per cent in Islamabad, 47.7 per cent in Sindh, 43.6 per cent in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and 39.6 per cent in Balochistan.
The male turnout stood at 58.3 per cent while the women turn out was 47 per cent, FAFEN stated, adding that more than 49 million voters exercised their right to vote.
The report also states that women turnout remained fewer than the legally-mandated 10 per cent in NA-10 (Shangla) and NA-48 (North Waziristan).
FAFEN also called on the ECP to resolve the reservations expressed by candidates and take action against those responsible.
Information source: Geo News