LAHORE: In spite of security concerns, voting for the postponed general elections of 2024 will start at 8:00 am and go nonstop until 5:00 pm.

There are 5,121 candidates running for the 265 National Assembly seats up for election. Of these, 312 are female, 4807 are male, and 2 are transsexual.

There are 12,965 candidates running for the four provincial assembly seats, 12123 of them are men, 570 of them are women, and two of them are transgender. According to information gathered by the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP), there are 128,585,760 registered voters nationwide.

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How many polling stations are in Pakistan?

In the nation, EP has set up 90,777 polling places. Of them, 29,985 have been deemed sensitive, 16,766 as highly sensitive, and 44,000 as routine polling places.

Principal Parties in the Election

ANP, MQM-P, JI, JUI-F, PML-N, PPP, and JI are some of the main parties running in 3024. But because of faulty party elections, Imran Khan’s PTI is not listed on the ballot; instead, it has lost its electoral symbol, the bat.

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Security Measures done by Government:

In order to protect voters on election day, the government has stationed over 650,000 security guards on the ground.

Police officers, members of the military forces, and members of the civil defense are among the security authorities. Armed forces personnel will carry out their duties outside polling places under a three-tiered structure.

Police officers have taken up positions at the voting places in the nation’s capital and will remain there overnight.