General Elections 2024, Polling process continues across the country

The polling process for Pakistan’s twelfth and biggest general elections in the country’s history is underway. The polling process across the country will continue uninterrupted from 8 am to 5 pm. During the ongoing polling for the general elections, 12 crore 85 lakh 85 thousand 760 voters across the country today cast their right…

During the general elections, the largest number of candidates in the history of the country, including 882 women and 4 transgenders, are participating for 855 constituencies of the national and four provincial assemblies, whose number is 17 thousand 816.

During the ongoing polling for the general elections, 12 crore 85 lakh 85 thousand 760 voters will be able to exercise their right to vote today.

According to the Election Commission, voters will be given green ballot paper for National Assembly and white ballot paper for Provincial Assembly.

The Election Commission says that polling has been postponed due to the deaths of candidates in four constituencies.

This time 26 crore ballot papers have been printed: Election Commission

26 crore ballot papers with special security features have been printed for the general elections.

According to the Election Commission, 22 crore ballot papers were printed for the 2018 general elections and 800 tonnes of special security paper was used, while 26 crore ballot papers were printed for the 2024 general elections, on which 2170 tonnes of paper were used.

90 thousand 675 polling stations have been established across the country

According to the Election Commission of Pakistan, 90 thousand 675 polling stations and 266 thousand 398 polling booths have been established across the country to exercise the right of the people to vote.

Decision to temporarily suspend mobile phone service across the country

14 lakh 90 thousand election personnel are performing the duties of the election for the ongoing polling during the general elections across the country, the unofficial unofficial result of each constituency will be released from the offices of the returning officers.

More than 12 crore 85 lakh 85 thousand 760 voters will participate in the general elections

Today, 12 crore 85 lakh 85 thousand 760 voters will be able to exercise their right to vote across the country, in which 6 crore 92 lakh 63 thousand 704 male and 5 crore 93 lakh 22 thousand 56 female voters are eligible to vote. About 54 percent of the total registered voters are male and 46 percent are female voters.

According to the Election Commission, 2 crore 35 lakh 18 thousand 371 new voters under the age of 25 years have been registered, among the newly registered voters, the number of women voters is more than men.

According to the Election Commission, 7 crore 32 lakh 7 thousand 896 voters will exercise their right to vote in 141 seats of the National Assembly and 297 seats of the Provincial Assembly from Punjab.

2 crore 69 lakh 94 thousand 769 voters will choose their favorite candidates on 61 seats of National Assembly and 130 seats of Provincial Assembly from Sindh.

2 crore 19 lakh 28 thousand 119 registered voters of the province will be able to exercise their right to vote on 45 seats of the National Assembly and 115 seats of the Provincial Assembly from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

53 lakh 71 thousand 947 voters will exercise their right to vote on 16 seats of the National Assembly and 51 seats of the Provincial Assembly from Balochistan.

According to the Election Commission, 10 lakh 83 thousand 29 voters will choose their representatives on 3 seats of the National Assembly from Islamabad.

EMS will be used for transmission and editing of results

According to the Election Commission, the Election Management System (EMS) will be used to transmit and edit the election results.

Election Commission Director General Information Technology Khizr Aziz said that a private network is being used to transmit the results, this time RTS is not being used.

He said that he assured the nation that the election management system is a special software, and this system has been given to the office of 859 returning officers, 4 data entry operators, 4 laptops and IT equipment have been given to the RO office. are

DGIT said that EMS has also been installed in the mobile phones of presiding officers, the presiding officers will take a picture of Form 45 on their mobile and send it to the returning officer. Form 45 will automatically reach the RO.

He said that the presiding officer has to go to the RO under section 95, the presiding officer can show the Form 45 to the returning officer on his mobile, the form 45 will be automatically locked in the mobile of the presiding officer.

He said that while making Form 47, the RO will satisfy himself that Form 45 is locked in the mobile of the presiding officer.

Strict security measures across the country for general elections

According to the Election Commission, 16 thousand 766 polling stations across the country have been declared highly sensitive while 29 thousand 985 have been declared sensitive. Pakistan Army has been deployed at the most sensitive polling stations.

The Presiding Officers have also been given the powers of Magistrate First Class to control the law and order situation at the polling stations.

Strict security measures have been taken throughout the country on the occasion of the general elections, a total of 5 lakh security personnel will be on duty in the general elections.

For security, police will be deployed in the first level, paramilitary forces in the second level, Pakistan Army as a quick response force in the last and third levels.

According to the Election Commission, Pakistan Army will be responsible for the security of delivery of electoral materials to the polling station, counting and returning to the offices of the returning officers.

Special instructions for political parties regarding polling

According to the special instructions given by the Election Commission for political parties regarding polling, no campaigning will be allowed up to 400 meters around the polling station.

Also, persuading voters and soliciting them to vote and not to vote will also be prohibited within the same limits.

According to the Election Commission, the camps of political parties will be at a distance of 400 meters from the polling station in rural areas and 100 meters in densely populated urban areas.