Islamabad, May 13: The Election Commission of Pakistan officially declared polling results of five out of twelve National Assembly seats for Federally Administered Tribal Area of Pakistan that witnessed historic party based elections and women participation in electoral process after political reforms of 2011 spearheaded by previous governing parties PPP and ANP precisely rejected in FATA in recent elections of May 11.
According to details, the ECP has declared the polling results for five constituencies of FATA, NA-36 (Mohmand Agency), NA-43&44 (Bajaur Agency), and NA-47 (FR Peshawar). However election in NA-38 (Kurram Agency) has been postponed due to law and order situation while official results of six constituencies are yet awaited.
Independent candidates Bilal Rehman from NA 36 and Bismillah Khan from NA 43, Muhammad Jamal ud Din of Jamiat Ulama-e-Islam (F) from NA 42, Shahab Ud Din Khan of Pakistan Muslim League (N) from 44 and Qaisar Jamal of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf won National Assembly seats for the their respective constituencies.
A large number of women voters appeared at polling stations on May 11 to cast their vote while making it an historic moment in FATA.
In NA 36, 45998 male while 7085 female voters used their right of voting and the total turn out remained nearly 30%. In NA 42, 10593 male and 1914 female voters voted for their candidates with 11% turn out.
In NA 43, 44017 male while only 34 female voters participated in election with 26% turn out while in NA 43, 57435 male and 2565 female voters participated with 32% turn out.
In NA 47, a total of 48217 votes have been casted with 40% turn out, so far the highest in tribal region.
Although the women participation in recent election has comparatively been low in FATA but it is the first ever election in the history of tribal region in Pakistan where women casted the vote in such a large number.
