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Thursday, August 22, 2013

Pakistan By-Polls Thursday Aug 22,2013



In all, 522 candidates are contenting for 15 National Assembly and 26 Provincial Assembly constituencies. According to the ECP, 201 candidates are contesting for 15 National assembly seats, where 321 candidates are contesting for 26 Provincial Assemblies in all four provinces across Pakistan

Around 180 candidates are contesting for 15 seats of Punjab province, 82 candidates for four Sindh province constituencies, 27 candidates for four seats of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province and 32 candidates are contesting for four Balochistan province districts.

Most of the seats had been vacated by the winners of more than one seat, while others had fallen vacant because of disqualification of candidates by superior courts.

The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP)has set up 7,606 polling stations across the country and there are around 8.5 million registered voters in these constituencies

In most of the constituencies, a neck and neck contest in expected between the ruling PML-N and cricketer-turned-politician Imran Khan's Tehreek-i-Insaaf.

 

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