Polling staff to get elections equipment today

Islamabad: The presiding officers and polling staff will be given election materials today (Wednesday) for the general elections to be held on February 8 across the country, while the polling process will take place tomorrow.

According to the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP), 90,675 polling stations and 266,398 polling booths have been established across the country to allow people exercise their right to vote.

For the polling on February 8, 1.490 million election staff will perform the duties for the election, the unofficial result of each constituency will be released from the offices of the Returning Officers (ROs).

According to the Election Commission, 73.27896 million voters will exercise their right to vote for electing their representatives on 141 seats of the National Assembly and 297 seats of the Provincial Assembly in Punjab.

26.994769 million voters will choose their favorite candidates on 61 seats of National Assembly and 130 seats of Provincial Assembly from Sindh.

While, 21.928119 million registered voters of the province will be able to exercise their right to vote on 45 seats of the National Assembly and 115 seats of the Provincial Assembly from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

Whereas, 5.371947 million voters will exercise their right to vote on 16 seats of the National Assembly and 51 seats of the Provincial Assembly from Balochistan.

According to the Election Commission, 1.08329 million voters will choose their representatives on three seats of the National Assembly from Islamabad.

The Election Commission stated that polling has been postponed due to the deaths of candidates in four constituencies.

According to the Election Commission, 16,766 polling stations across the country have been declared highly sensitive while 29,985 have been declared sensitive. Pakistan Army is being deployed at the most sensitive polling stations.

The Presiding Officers have been given the powers of Magistrate-I to control the law and order situation at the polling stations.

Election Management System (EMS) will be used for transmission and editing of election results.

According to the ECP, Pakistan Army will be responsible for the security of delivery of electoral materials to the polling station, counting and returning to the offices of the returning officers.