Election process for general elections to start today

Islamabad: The election process for general elections 2024 is officially starting today (Tuesday).

As per the election schedule issued by the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP), the Returning Officers will issue a public notice today to receive nomination papers for the General Election 2024.

The date for submission of nomination papers is December 20 to 22. The scrutiny of nomination papers will be from December 24 to 30 and objections can be filed till January 03 while appeals against nomination papers will be heard till January 10.

The revised list of candidates will be released on January 11, 2024, election symbols will be allotted to the candidates on January 13, while the general elections across the country will be held on February 8, 2024.

Number of voters increase

On the other hand, more than 22.630 million voters have increased for the 2024 general elections compared to 2018, reaching the total number over 128.585 million.

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Earlier in the 2018 election, the number of voters was 15.955 million. The rate of male voters is 53.87 percent and the rate of female voters is 46.13 percent, in which the number of male voters is more than 69.263 million and the number of female voters is 59.322 million.