The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) agreed to approve the initial delimitations on Wednesday (tomorrow).
ECP unveil new delimitations tomorrow: The initial delineation of boundaries for the national and provincial assemblies has reached its conclusion.
The initial delimitations under digital census data that will be approved tomorrow were completed by the ECP committees.
After the Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) and the ECP members have given their approval, the initial delimitations will be made public.
The voter quota for the Punjab province was set at 905,595, 913,000 for Sindh, 907,913 for Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP), 930,900 for Balochistan, and 787,954 for Islamabad for the National Assembly (NA).
The voter quotas for the Punjab Assembly will be 429,929, the Sindh Assembly will be 428,431, the KP Assembly will be 355,270, and the Balochistan Assembly will be 292,047.
While complaints to the delimitations could be lodged from September 27 to October 28, the election commission will address them from October 28 to November 26.
Up until November 25th, the arguments against the delimitations will be heard. On November 30, the ECP will reveal the final delineations.
A 54-day election calendar will be announced following the publication of the final delimitations, and general elections will take place in the first week of January 2024.
“General Elections Set for January 2024: ECP Announces Schedule and Delimitation Process”
The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) declared on September 21 that general elections would take place during the final week of January 2024.
The initial list for the delimitation of constituencies will be issued on September 27th, according to a statement from the ECP after it evaluated work on the subject.
The 54-day election schedule would be followed by general elections in the final week of January 2024, according to ECP, who also stated that the final delimitation list will be published on November 30.
The political parties put a lot of pressure on the electoral commission to delay announcing the election date.
The announcement comes a day after the ECP revealed it had invited political parties to a conference to discuss the general election code of conduct.