Local bodies: K-P govt requests ECP for poll delay
The provincial government wants to hold elections in the last week of March.
The provincial government wants to hold elections in the last week of March. PHOTO: ONLINE
PESHAWAR:
The Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa government on Wednesday requested the Election Commission of Pakistan to delay the local bodies poll in the province, Express News reported.
The elections were scheduled to be held on February 28 but the provincial government has now requested that they should be delayed till the last week of March.
Recently, the Supreme Court had allowed the ECP to issue a new schedule for elections in Sindh and Punjab.
K-P
The local bodies bill was passed in the K-P assembly on October 31.
It was decided that the polls for upper bodies will be held on party-basis while elections in lower councils will be on non-party basis.
Past figures
Below are a few figures from the last local bodies elections held in the country.
Total Number of Voters - 63.4 m
Total numbers of Union Councils - 6,132
Total Number of Polling Stations - 62,483
Total number of nominations filed by candidates - 266,427
All these figures are subject to substantial increase, and indicate how these elections are even more difficult to organise than this year’s parliamentary elections.
The Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa government on Wednesday requested the Election Commission of Pakistan to delay the local bodies poll in the province, Express News reported.
The elections were scheduled to be held on February 28 but the provincial government has now requested that they should be delayed till the last week of March.
Recently, the Supreme Court had allowed the ECP to issue a new schedule for elections in Sindh and Punjab.
K-P
The local bodies bill was passed in the K-P assembly on October 31.
It was decided that the polls for upper bodies will be held on party-basis while elections in lower councils will be on non-party basis.
Past figures
Below are a few figures from the last local bodies elections held in the country.
Total Number of Voters - 63.4 m
Total numbers of Union Councils - 6,132
Total Number of Polling Stations - 62,483
Total number of nominations filed by candidates - 266,427
All these figures are subject to substantial increase, and indicate how these elections are even more difficult to organise than this year’s parliamentary elections.