ECP poll preparations enter final stages
Polling stopped for some time at polling station 2, Government Primary School, after a scuffle broke out between supporters of two candidates. PHOTO: AFP
With just over a month left for the general elections, the Election Commission of Pakistan’s preparations for the grandest stage of them all across the country have entered the final stages.
The electoral body on Thursday released the polling scheme related to the constituencies. According to details, 91,809 polling stations have been established for 120.85 million voters.
More than 1.07 million polling staff will perform their duties on the election day – 96,812 presiding officers, 604,000 assistant presiding officers, and 307,000 polling officers.
According to the document, 526,123 polling staff will be deployed at 51,821 polling stations of Punjab. Approximately, 264,100 polling officers will be deployed at 19,236 polling stations of Sindh.
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Around 166,655 polling officers will be at 15,737 polling stations of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa. About 50,491 officers at 5,015 polling stations of Balochistan, while in the federal capital, 8,700 officers will be at 990 polling stations.
According to the document, 54,706 presiding officers will be appointed at polling stations in Punjab and 20,315 in Sindh. In Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, 16,525 presiding officers will supervise the polling process while in Balochistan, there will be 5,266.
According to the polling scheme, 120.85 million voters will exercise their right to vote in the general elections across the country. The number of male voters is 60.92 million, while the number of female voters is 50.93 million.
According to the document, there are 1.83 million voters in Islamabad, 5.371 million in Balochistan, 20.19 million in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, 70.32 million in Punjab and 20.69 million in Sindh.