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- February 6, 2024
- Kainat Shakeel
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ISLAMABAD: On February 9, the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) will provide the unofficial results of all 859 National and Provincial Assembly constituencies. These results will be provided by the Returning Officers. “Everything has already been finalized by the ECP to hold free, fair, and transparent general elections nationwide on February 8,” an ECP spokesperson said APP.
Before the general elections in 2024, he stated the ECP had finished printing 260 million ballots for every constituency in the nation. The official stated that although votes for the Provincial Assembly are printed on white paper, those for the National Assembly are distinguished by their green paper. The distribution of printed ballots has been finalized nationwide, except for a few regions.
Starting on January 14 and ending on February 3, the printing was completed. The original ballot papers were ordered to be destroyed, but by a Supreme Court directive, ballot papers for eleven National Assembly and five Provincial Assembly constituencies were reprinted, he said. According to him, 260 million ballots were issued this time around, which represents a 54.74% increase in candidates over the 2018 elections. Effective management resulted in a decrease from 2400 tonnes to 2177 tonnes despite a 195% increase in requests for special paper.
Aiming for the polls on February 8, printed ballot papers are distributed in five different formats: five columns, thirty columns, forty columns, eleven and a half, and four columns. With the election drive scheduled to end at noon on February 6, political parties and independent candidates are actively engaged in their campaigns.