Final polling scheme issued for Pindi

The District Election Commissioner on Saturday released the final polling scheme for seven National Assembly and 14 provincial assembly seats of the Rawalpindi district. This polling scheme has been provided for all returning officers and all parties and independent candidates.

There will be no change in this district-wide polling scheme. All the candidates can now get the final polling scheme anytime from the offices of the District Election Commission, District Returning Officer, and Returning Officers after payment.

All ROs will begin inspection of polling stations and will ensure the facilities available in the polling stations as per the Standard Operating Procedure (SOP). All polling stations have been set up in government buildings, educational institutions, municipal departments, health offices, dispensaries, mini-hospitals, and veterinary hospitals.

Under the final polling scheme, as many as 2,471 polling stations across the district have been declared “sensitive” and 1,000 others “highly sensitive”. The total number of voters in the national and provincial constituencies is 3.6 million including 1.85 million male and 1.74 million female voters.

As many as 2,671 polling stations and 6,936 polling booths will be set up for the elections out of which 989 will be reserved for men, 964 for women and 718 will be joint polling stations. As many as 3,463 polling booths for men and 3,473 for women will be set up in the district.

As many as 2,671 Presiding Officers and 13,872 Assistant Presiding Officers will perform their duties, while 6,936 polling officers and 2,671 deputy messengers will assist.

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Of 462 polling stations for the NA-51 Murree seat, 101 for men and as many for women there will be a total of 260 joint polling stations and 1,431 polling booths. There are a total of 538 polling stations in NA-52 Gujjar Khan out of which 169 are for men, 168 for women and 201 are for joint polling stations. Total number of polling booths will be 1,302.

The NA-53 Circular will have 319 polling stations including 81 for men, 74 for women and 164 joint polling stations. There will be a total of 844 polling booths. There are a total of 344 polling stations for the NA-54 Taxila, including 138 for men, 137 for women and 69 combined. As many as 861 polling booths will be set up in the constituency.

As many 311 polling stations, including 156 for men, 148 for women and seven combined, besides 778 polling booths will be established in NA-55 Rawalpindi Cantt seat. There are a total of 371 polling stations for NA-56 Lal Haveli City seat including 181 polling stations for men, 188 for women and two are common, while there are a total of 940 polling booths.

Similarly, as many as 326 polling stations, including 156 for men, 155 for women and 15 joint polling stations will be set up in the NA-57 City II seat. As many as 780 polling booths will be set up in 326 polling stations.

Published in The Express Tribune, January 30^th, 2024.