Summary By-elections on 15 National Assembly and 26 provincial assemblies' seats will be held today.
ISLAMABAD (Dunya News): By-elections on forty-one seats of National and Provincial Assemblies across the country will be held today (Thursday).
Seven thousand six hundred and six polling stations have been established for the by-elections. Of these‚ 3‚080 have been declared normal‚ 2‚686 sensitive and 1‚840 highly sensitive.
Troops will be deployed inside and outside of highly sensitive polling stations.
Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has completed arrangements to conduct the polls in free and fair manner.
The election campaign ended last night and no candidate can hold election rally. However‚ they can visit door-to-door for canvassing.
Meanwhile‚ Pakistan Army troops have been deployed all over Sindh in the constituencies where bye-elections will be held on Tuesday.
According to ISPR the deployment of troops at Karachi‚ Mirpurkhas and Shikarpur has been completed.
The commission has directed the Returning Officers to send unofficial results via fax immediately after the vote count and official results by using the computerized result management system.
On the other hand, the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has also readied a security plan in connection with the by-elections with public holiday announced for August 22 in 33 districts.
