Delineation of electoral constituencies in Sindh completed

One National Assembly and two Sindh Assembly constituencies added in Karachi

KARACHI: The Election Commission of Pakistan has almost completed the delineation of electoral constituencies for the national and provincial assemblies in Sindh. A formal announcement in this regard is expected to be made today (Monday).

The new delimitation, however, has not changed the total number of electoral constituencies in the province for either the National Assembly or Sindh Assembly. Residents of Sindh will elect 61 and 130 representatives for the National Assembly and provincial assembly respectively, as was the case before.

What has changed instead is the distribution of constituencies among districts. One NA and two Sindh Assembly constituencies have been added in Karachi, making the total number of constituencies in the provincial capital 21 and 44 respectively.

Within Karachi division, the highly populated District West has the highest number of seats, which are five for the NA and 11 for the provincial assembly. Residents of District South will vote for two NA and five provincial assembly seats, while District Central has four NA and eight provincial assembly seats. Three NA and five provincial assembly constituencies lie in District Malir, whereas, District Korangi has three NA and seven provincial assembly seats. In District East lie four NA and eight provincial assembly constituencies.



After the new delimitation, Larkana district has two NA and four provincial assembly seats, Kashmore has one NA and three provincial assembly, Jacobabad has one NA and three provincial assembly, Kamber-Shahdadkot has two NA and four provincial assembly, Shikarpur has two NA and three provincial assembly, Mirpurkhas has two NA and four provincial assembly and Tharparkar has two NA and four provincial assembly seats.  Umerkot has one NA and three provincial assembly seats while Shaheed Benazirabad has two NA and four provincial assembly, Sanghar has three NA and six provincial assembly, Naushero Feroz has two NA and four provincial assembly, Sukkur has two NA and four provincial assembly, Khairpur has three NA and seven provincial assembly and Ghotki has two NA and four provincial assembly seats. The number of seats in Hyderabad is three in the NA and six in the Sindh Assembly, Dadu has two NA and four Sindh Assembly, Jamshoro has one NA and three Sindh Assembly, Badin has two NA and five Sindh Assembly, Matiari has one NA and two Sindh Assembly, Tando Allahyar has one NA and two Sindh Assembly, Tando Muhammad Khan has one NA and two Sindh Assembly, Thatta has one NA and three provincial assembly, while Sujawal has one NA and two provincial seats.