Pakistan election 2024 through numbers.

*128 million voters

* They will elect government of the world’s fifth-most populous nation, and the governments of its four provinces — Punjab, Singh, Balochistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhw.

*They will pick 266 representatives,  forming the 16th parliament in a first-past-the-post system.

*In the country of 241 million people, two-thirds are below the age of 30. A citizen becomes eligible to vote at the age of 18.

* Geograhicallh, the country spans  mountainous terrain in its north, multiple deserts and a 990km (615 miles) coastline.

* 90,582 polling stations will service voters who want to cast their ballots.

* In the contest for the National Assembly are 5,121 candidates.

* They belong either to Pakistan’s 167 registered political parties or are independents. The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party of former Prime Minister Imran Khan has been barred from using its election symbol, the cricket bat, so its candidates will also be contesting as independents this time.

* Only a little more than half of Pakistan’s electorate voted in the 2018 elections.