Islamabad (September 08, 2018): The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) released on Saturday the schedule for by-polls in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (KP).
According to ECP, by-polls will be held on one National Assembly and nine provincial assembly seats.
By-polls will be held on NA-35 Bannu, PK-3 Swat, PK-7 Swat, PK-44 Swabi, PK-53 Mardan, PK-61 Nowshera, PK-78 Peshawar, PK-97 Dera Ismail Khan and PK-99 Dera Ismail Khan.
The number of registered users in KP according to the ECP are:
NA-35 Bannu has 582,785 registered voters
PK-3 Swat has 146,180 registered voters
PK-7 Swat has 155,719 registered voters
PK-44 Swabi has 202,601 registered voters
PK-53 Mardan has 153,352 registered voters
PK-61 Nowshera has 139,517 registered voters
PK-64 Nowshera has 160,728 registered voters
PK-78 Peshawar has 175,379 registered voters
PK-97 Dera Ismail Khan has 155,032 registered voters
PK-99 Dera Ismail Khan has 158,670 registered voters
By-elections on national and provincial assembly seats will be held countrywide on October 14.
In Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, one hundred and fifty-eight candidates have filed nomination papers for by-elections.
A spokesman of Election Commission Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Sohail Ahmed told our Peshawar correspondent that fourteen candidates have submitted nomination papers for one National Assembly seat NA-53 Bannu.
Similarly, one hundred and forty-four candidates have submitted nomination papers for nine vacant seats of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly.
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