ECP suspends electoral process in four constituencies

ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has halted electoral process on four provincial assembly seats after death of two of the contesting candidates.

The ECP said the schedule of by-election of the four seats would be announced later.

The constituencies in which elections have been postponed are: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) PK-78, Balochistan’s constituency of PB-35, Punjab Assembly PP-87 and Sindh Assembly PS-87.

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The elections will be held on aforementioned seats after the July 25 polls.

ECP Secretary Babar Fateh last week said that the authorities concerned had been asked to provide security to political leaders and candidates during their campaigns, including corner meetings.

The statement came two days after the Awami National Party (ANP) leader Haroon Bilour and 19 other people were killed in a blast during the party’s electioneering rally in Peshawar.

In the upcoming elections, around 105.955,409 million eligible voters will exercise their right to elect members of National and provincial assemblies.

As per the available data, around 59.224262 million male and 46.731145 million female voters will cast their votes in the upcoming elections.

The overall ratio of voters in the upcoming election has witnessed about 23 percent, while the number of male voters surged by 21.87 percent.

The ratio of male voters witnessed an increase of 21.87 percent in the upcoming general election as compared to the election-2013.

In the last election, a total 86.189,802 million voters including 48.592387 million male and 37.597415 million female voters were registered with the ECP.