At least 737 polling stations have been established and 91,714 voters to exercise their right to vote at local body elections in district Abbottabad, said Regional Election Commissioner Abbottabad Aziz Bahadur while talking to media on Thursday.
“We have completed all arrangements for LB elections in district Abbottabad and have also issued an election code of conduct. Candidates would contest elections from 209 Village Councils (VC) and Neighborhood Council, 4 Tehsil Councils while every VC would consist of 7 members,” he said.
Sharing the details, Bahadur said that six colours of ballot papers have been prepared while candidates can continue their election campaign till 29 March. They would take strict action against the violators of the schedule, he added.
He said that every voter would get 6 ballot papers of a different colour to cost their vote for various categories, The colour of the election ballot paper for VC chairman is white, for general VC is light gray, for women is pink, for Kissan the ballot paper colour is light green. for youth the colour is yellow, minority candidates' ballot papers are brown.
Published in The Express Tribune, February 25th, 2022.
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