From among the 28,626 overall candidates, the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has recorded as many as 3,139 women (which is over 11 per cent) that have filed the nomination papers for the upcoming general elections.
It is to be noted that, the data about the above mentioned ratio has been shared by the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP). The current statistics has shown that, “the nation during this time has recorded far more than the number of women who submitted the nominations for the 2018 and 2013 general elections.”
According to the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP), “As many as 471 women, including Maryam Nawaz Sharif, filed the nomination papers for contesting the upcoming elections on the general seats of the National Assembly. Meanwhile, in the provincial assemblies, 802 female candidates have filed the papers from the various constituencies.”
For the seats reserved for the women in national and provincial assemblies, 459 and 1,365 nomination papers were filed, respectively.
At the same time, thirty two women have submitted papers for the reserved seats in the provincial assemblies for non muslims, whereas 10 candidates have filed the nomination papers for the National Assembly seats that have been reserved for non muslims.
As per the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) and the Free and Fair Election Network (FAFEN), “as many as 1,687 women had filed the nomination papers in 2018 general elections.”
It is to be hereby added that, similar to this, during the 2013 general elections, overall 1,171 women had filed the nomination papers.
However, both the organisations have not mentioned the number of women who filed their nomination papers for reserved seats for non-Muslims.
As many as 21,482 candidates in total had filed papers in the 2018 elections. Around 28,300 had filed papers in 2013 elections — nearly as many as the current elections.
