122 Candidates To Contest NA Bye-polls:Election Commission Of Pakistan (ECP)
Sumaira FH Published October 02, 2018 | 05:09 PM
Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has said that as many as 122 candidates have been contesting bye-election in 11 constituencies of National Assembly.
ISLAMABAD, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 2nd Oct, 2018 ) :Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has said that as many as 122 candidates have been contesting bye-election in 11 Constituencies of National Assembly.
According to an official of ECP, the bye polls are being held for 11 National Assembly and 26 provincial assembly seats on October 14.
He said that 28 candidates have been contesting election from NA-131 Lahore-IX, 10 candidates from NA-124 Lahore-II, 12 candidates from NA-103 Faisalabad-III, eight candidates from NA-35 Bannu, 22 candidates from NA-243 Karachi East-II, 11 candidates from NA-69 Gujrat-II, three candidates from NA-65 Chakwal-II, five candidates from NA-63 Rawalpindi-VII, nine candidates from NA-60 Rawalpindi-IV, three candidates from NA-56 Attock-II and 11 candidates from NA-53 Islamabad-II.
He said that the commission has already issued amended voters' lists to the districts concerned as the polling will be held on new electoral rolls.
He said that total registered voters in the country have reached the figure of 106,000,239 with 59,243,889 male (55.89 percent) and 46,756,350 female (44.11 percent) voters.
He said that out of total registered voters, 60,697,418 were from Punjab, 22,394,212 voters from Sindh, 17,839,845 voters from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (including FATA), 4,302,304 voters from Balochistan and 766,460 voters from Federal capital.
He said that in Punjab, the male voters were 33,690,140 while female voters were 27,007,278. In Sindh the male voters were 12,438,375 while female voters were 9,955,837.
Similarly in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, the male voters were 10,220,103 while the female voters were 7,619,742.
In Balochistan, the male voters were 2,487,470 while the female voters were 1,814,834 while in federal capital the male voters 407,801 and the female voters were 358,659.
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