Polling for the general elections in Pakistan will be held tomorrow, Thursday, February 8
12 85 85 760 registered voters will choose their candidates in 855 national and provincial assembly constituencies.
Polling was postponed due to the deaths of candidates in four constituencies
ISLAMABAD ( Web News )
Polling for the general elections in Pakistan will be held on Thursday, February 8, 128.5 million 85 thousand 760 registered voters will choose their candidates in 855 constituencies of national and provincial assemblies, the deaths of candidates in four constituencies. polling has been postponed because of The final unofficial result will be released from the offices of the Returning Officer. According to the details released by the Election Commission, polling will continue from 8 am to 5 pm without any break. There are 3 seats of the National Assembly from Islamabad on which 1 million 83 thousand 29 voters will choose their representatives. 7 crore 32 lakh 7 thousand 896 voters will use their voting right to elect their representatives on 141 seats of National Assembly and 297 seats of Punjab Assembly from Punjab. 2 crore 69 lakh 94 thousand 769 voters will use their right to vote to elect their representatives on 61 seats of the National Assembly from Sindh and 130 seats of the Sindh Assembly. 2 crore 19 lakh 28 thousand 119 voters will exercise their right to vote for the election. 53 lakh 71 thousand 947 voters will exercise their voting right to elect their representatives on 16 seats of National Assembly and 51 seats of Balochistan Assembly from Balochistan. National Assembly Constituency NA-8 Bajaur, PK-22 Bajaur, PK-91 Kohat and Punjab Assembly Constituency PP-266 Rahim Yar Khan polling has been postponed due to the death of candidates. 16 thousand across the country. 766 polling stations are highly sensitive, 29 thousand 985 sensitive while 44 thousand 26 polling stations have been declared normal. In Punjab, 5 thousand 624 polling stations are the most sensitive, while 5 officials will be posted at each polling station. In Sindh, 4 thousand 430 polling stations are highly sensitive, while here 8 officials will be posted per polling station. Likewise, 9 officials will be posted at 4 thousand 265 most sensitive polling stations in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. 9 officials will be posted at each polling station in 1047 highly sensitive polling stations in Balochistan. On this day, the Election Commission has announced a public holiday across the country. According to the code of conduct issued by the Commission, the responsibility of security is the police in the first level, while the civil armed forces are in the second level and the Pakistan Army in the third level. will be The media will be able to release the results of the polling stations one hour after the end of polling. Votes can be cast only on the original national identity card, but expired national identity cards will also be accepted. 26 crore ballot papers have been printed by the Election Commission for the general elections this year, the delivery of which has been completed. . An Election Management System (EMS) will be used to transmit and edit the results of the general elections. The Presiding Officers have been given the powers of Magistrate First Class to control the law and order situation at the polling station. The Pakistan Army will be deployed outside the most sensitive polling stations. The Pakistan Army will be responsible for security for the delivery of electoral materials to the polling station, counting and its return to the offices of the returning officers. Authorized observers and media will be admitted to the polling station. 144 district returning officers, 859 returning and assistant returning officers have been appointed across the country. A total of 191 thousand 526 presiding officers and 785 thousand 60 assistant presiding officers have been appointed. 5,000 data entry operators have been attached to Returning Officers for editing and transmission of results through EMS.
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