President Mr. Mamnoon Hussian today announced the election dates for 2018 General Election. The elections will be held during 25th to 27th of July, 2018, according to the schedule prepared by the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP).
Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has finalized the final electoral rolls, symbols along-with a final list of constituencies.
Final Electoral Rolls | |||
|---|---|---|---|
Province | Male Voters | Female Voters | Total Voters |
Balochistan | 2,486,230 | 1,813,264 | 4,299,494 |
FATA | 1,507,902 | 1,002,252 | 2,510,154 |
Federal Area | 407,463 | 357,885 | 765,348 |
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa | 8,705,831 | 6,610,468 | 15,316,299 |
Punjab | 3,3679,992 | 2,6992,876 | 60,672,868 |
Sindh | 1,2436,844 | 9,954,400 | 22,391,244 |
Grand Total | 59,224,262 | 46,731,145 | 105,955,407 |
Furthermore the Election Commission of Pakistan for the 2018 polls has registered a total 110 political parties who will field their candidates for election.
Of the total parties, 17 parties from Karachi, 21 parties from Lahore, 8 from Quetta and 22 parties from Islamabad have been registered.
Overall, politicians from across the country will contest for votes on 272 National Assembly constituencies and 577 Provincial Assemblies from across the country. Process for assigning symbols to political parties and independent individuals has already been finalized. A total 330 symbols in all forms and shapes have been assigned to the candidates.
Election Commission has also uploaded marked maps of constituencies along with their territorial boundaries of each district across the country.
SI No. | Events | Date |
|---|---|---|
1. | Public Notice to be issued by the Returning Officer | 01.06.2018 |
2. | Dates for filing nomination papers with the Returning Officer by the candidates | 02.06.2018 to 06.06.2018 |
3. | Publication of names of the nominated candidates | 07.06.2018 |
4. | Last date of scrutiny of nomination papers by the Returning Officer | 14.06.2018 |
5. | Last date for the filing appeals against decisions of the Returning Officer rejecting/accepting the nomination papers | 19.06.2018 |
6. | Last date of deciding of appeals by the Appellate Tribunal | 26.06.2018 |
7. | Publication of revised list of candidates | 27.06.2018 |
8. | Last date for withdrawal of candidature and Publication of revised list of candidates | 28.06.2018 |
9. | Allotment of Election symbol to contesting candidates | 29.06.2018 |
10. | Polling Day | 25.07.2018 to 27.07.2018 |
