In the revised voters’ list of 97.02 million registered voters, 54.60 million [or 56.27 per cent] are men while 42.42 million [43.73 per cent] are women, showing a gap of more than 12 million. This gap between male and female registered voters in the country has increased from 10.97 million in March 2013 to 12.17 million in September this year. It is estimated that the voters’ list will have well over 100 million citizens and the gap between male and female voters is likely to increase further. The Sindh Assembly on November 23 unanimously adopted a resolution recommending the federal government to take steps to register all eligible women voters in the electoral rolls. Subsequently, these women who are otherwise eligible to vote will not be able to get registered in voters’ list.

Source: The Express Tribune November 29, 2017 04:30 UTC