Election 2013:2nd Highest Turnout & reality of Rigging & low voting ratio

Election 2013

2nd Highest Turnout & reality of Rigging & low voting ratio

According to available data ratio of voting is around 53.4% in 2013 elections which is about 9% high as compared to 2008 elections yet it is not the highest in Pakistan as claimed by some leaders and media-men.the ratio of voting in 1970 elections was around 63% .

Regarding voting ratio Punjab is on top while baluchistan is as usual on low side. the issue of Baluchistan is little complex which needs some attention. militancy is not the only reason for such a low ration of voting as often presumed. There real time challenge to Baluchistan is its demography. universal suffrage has two necessary components, the right to vote and opportunities to vote, but in case of Baluchistan it is associated only with the right to vote and ignores the other aspect. the area is very large and population is very small and in many cases it is hard to cover even a union council. Baluchistan demographic situation invites all of us to revisit system of democracy with reference to election campaign for once. You neither can canvasing nor monitoring that scattered population. 

everyone is raising their voices against rigging in selective constituencies , Fazul ur rahman & ANP are skeptical about Peshawar while PTI is reluctant about lhore, Sindhi & Baloch Nationalists are too following this practice. yet everyone is 100% sure regarding rigging at selected seats in Hyderabad and Karachi. On the other hand some over-smart NGOs too used the atmosphere by using wrong data yet majority of international media is not only showed satisfaction but also acknowledged some important changes done by ECP. 

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http://e.dunya.com.pk/detail.php?date=2013-05-17&edition=LHR&id=353780_31009950