There are 86.2 million registered voters -- 37.6 million women and 48.6 million men.
about 851 CONSTITUENCIES.
The Election Commission has set up around 70,000 polling stations, 40 percent of them for women, to be staffed by more than 600,000 people.
More than 600,000 security personnel, including 50,000 soldiers, will be deployed during the election to guard against Taliban attacks that have killed more than 100 people during the campaign.
A majority of 172 out of 272 directly elected seats is required to form a government.
Polls will open at 7:00 am (0300 GMT) and are scheduled to close at 7:00 pm.
Elections have been postponed in three constituencies -- two for provincial assembly seats and one for a national assembly seat -- after candidates were assassinated during the campaign.
E.C has recently allotted 144 symbols for those who fulfilled its conditions. It has only blocked Pakistan People Party Parliamentarian’s plea to assign ’’Arrow’’ the old sign for them. PML-N is allotted the old symbol ‘’tiger”, ‘’Bicycle’’ to PML-Q and ‘’Kite” to MQM. “Scale” is allocated to Jamat –e-Islami, whereas “lantern’’ is appointed to ANP. APML is allocated an “eagle” while “Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf” is allotted a “Bat” and so on.
about 851 CONSTITUENCIES.
The Election Commission has set up around 70,000 polling stations, 40 percent of them for women, to be staffed by more than 600,000 people.
More than 600,000 security personnel, including 50,000 soldiers, will be deployed during the election to guard against Taliban attacks that have killed more than 100 people during the campaign.
A majority of 172 out of 272 directly elected seats is required to form a government.
Polls will open at 7:00 am (0300 GMT) and are scheduled to close at 7:00 pm.
Elections have been postponed in three constituencies -- two for provincial assembly seats and one for a national assembly seat -- after candidates were assassinated during the campaign.
E.C has recently allotted 144 symbols for those who fulfilled its conditions. It has only blocked Pakistan People Party Parliamentarian’s plea to assign ’’Arrow’’ the old sign for them. PML-N is allotted the old symbol ‘’tiger”, ‘’Bicycle’’ to PML-Q and ‘’Kite” to MQM. “Scale” is allocated to Jamat –e-Islami, whereas “lantern’’ is appointed to ANP. APML is allocated an “eagle” while “Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf” is allotted a “Bat” and so on.
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