Badin: The polling time for by-elections in Sindh Assembly constituency PS-70 Matli, Badin has ended while counting has started.
The polling was started at 8 am and continued without any break till.
Sindh Police and Pakistan Rangers Sindh had been deployed to avoid any untoward situation.
It is pertinent to mention here that The seat was fallen vacant due to the death of the Pakistan People’s Party’s Bashir Ahmed Halepoto. The People’s Party has awarded a party ticket for the by-election to Ahmad Abdullah Halepoto.
Six candidates including PPP’s Ahmad Abdullah Halepoto, JUI-F’s Maulana Gul Hassan, GDA’s Shahid Virk, MWM’s Asad Leghari and banned TLP’s Pir Muhammad Ali Sarhandi are contesting the by-poll.
In the wake of rising COVID-19 cases, the ECP had asked the local administration to appoint healthcare staff during the Matli by-election in order to effectively implement COVID SOPs during the polling process.
As many as 166,809 voters were registered in the constituency, including 75,222 women and 91,587 men, the district returning officer (DRO) informed the meeting. Of the 123 polling stations, consisting of 423 polling booths, 194 were established for women and 229 for men.
