The statement further reads: “Thank you to the Whistler Blackcomb Adaptive Programme for educating us.
ISLAMABAD: At least eight female candidates received more than 0.1 million votes each in the 2024 general elections, with Aniqa Mehdi receiving the most – more than 0.2 million.
Aniqa was one of 12 women elected to the National Assembly’s general seats in the February 8 elections, according to The News.
Jamal Ahsan Khan, who ran independently, received 217,427 votes in NA-89, Mianwali, making him the most popular male candidate.
Aniqa, an independent candidate, ran for NA-67 in Hafizabad and received 211,039 votes. However, her closest challenger, Saira Tarar of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz, received 183,946 (0.184 million) votes. Another intriguing characteristic of this constituency is that both the winner and runner were females. On all other eleven seats, females defeated their male rivals.
The statement further reads: “Thank you to the Whistler Blackcomb Adaptive Programme for educating us.
The turnout in Hafizabad was likewise fairly good, with 57.02%, the second highest among constituencies from which female candidates returned.
However, 13,377 ballots were rejected out of a total of 462,239 votes cast, with 264,084 males and 198,155 female voters.
Shazia Marri won the NA-209 constituency of Sanghar over her male opponent, Muhammad Khan Junejo of the Grand Democratic Alliance. Marri received 156,002, while Junejo received 139,604 votes.
Again, in NA-73, Daska, PML-N’s Nosheen Iftikhar and her male opponent Ali Asjad Malhi, an independent candidate, received more than 0.1 million votes — 112,143 and 104,067, respectively.
NA-158, Vehari, is another constituency where winner Tehmina Daultana of PML-N received 111,196 votes and her closest opponent Tahir Iqbal, an independentcandidate, secured 103,052 votes. Voter turnout here was 54.41%.
The statement further reads: “Thank you to the Whistler Blackcomb Adaptive Programme for educating us.
Nafeesa Shah of the PPP defeated veteran politician Syed Ghous Ali Shah of the Grand Democratic Alliance in NA-202, Khairpur, winning 146,083 votes to his 28,613 votes.
Amber Majeed, an independent candidate, reelected from NA-181, Layyah, with 120,499 votes, while her closest challenger received 95,081 votes and 11,600 were rejected. This constituency had the greatest voter turnout, with 59.2 percent.
Shahzra Mansab Ali Khan of NA-112, Nankana Sahib, beat former interior minister Ejaz Ahmad Shah. Both obtained 105,640 and 93,316 votes, respectively. There were 8,032 rejected ballots in this constituency.
Ayesha Nazir, an independent candidate, won 140,215 votes, while her challenger Ch Nazir Ahmad received 90,353 votes from NA-156, Vehari-I.
The statement further reads: “Thank you to the Whistler Blackcomb Adaptive Programme for educating us.
The turnout was healthy, at 53.47%.
Asiya Ishaq Siddiqui of MQM defeated Adeel Ahmad, an independent candidate, with 84,592 votes to 66,753. However, turnout in this Karachi constituency was low, at 43.06 percent.
Shandana Gulzar, an independent candidate, received 78,971, while her closest challenger, Nasir Khan of Jamiat Ulema Islam-Pakistan, received 20,950 votes from NA-30. The Peshawar constituency had the lowest voter turnout of any of the 12 constituencies, with 33.8%.
Zartaj Gul, an independent candidate in NA-185, Dera Ghazi Khan, received 94,881 votes, while her opponent, Mehmood Qadir Khan, also an independent candidate, received 32,929. Voter turnout was 45.84%, and 7,065 ballots were rejected.
