ECP implements polling scheme in Pindi
Officials mark the thumb of a voter with ink during the casting of vote in the 12th general election in Dhaka, Bangladesh, January 7, 2024. REUTERS
The polling scheme for the February 8 elections of seven national and 14 provincial assembly seats in Rawalpindi district has been approved and implemented.
A total of 2,671 polling stations and 6,936 polling booths will be arranged for the elections of the 21 national and provincial assemblies’ seats across the district. There will be 989 polling stations for men, 964 for women and 718 joint polling stations set up. The Election Commission has declared that 1,972 polling stations out of these will be designated as sensitive.
In terms of polling booths, there will be 3,463 booths for men and 3,473 booths for women. A total of 2,671 presiding officers and 13,872 assistant presiding officers will be appointed at these polling stations for transparent elections. In addition, 6,936 polling officers and 2,671 lower staff will also be present to assist.
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According to the ongoing final data of voters registered in Rawalpindi District Election Commission, the total number of eligible voters in the national and provincial constituencies is 3,603,198. Among these, the number of male voters is 1,857,912 and the number of female voters is 1,744,336.
The total population in Rawalpindi district has increased to 5,559,000 in recent times. As many as 3,590 policemen will be deployed at the polling stations.
All preliminary steps for the national elections have been completed. Printing of ballot papers will start after January 20. District Returning Officer Deputy Commissioner will start visiting and checking the polling stations from Monday, January 15.
Published in The Express Tribune, January 15th, 2024