ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has shared the final polling scheme for the upcoming February 8 elections.
According to details, a total of 90,675 polling stations with 276,402 polling booths catering to over 128 million voters have been established nationwide.
The polling scheme covers 266 National Assembly constituencies, including 45 constituencies in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, three in Islamabad, 141 constituencies in Punjab, 61 in Sindh, and 16 in Balochistan.
The scheme specifies the polling stations in each province and the federal capital, categorizing them as regular, sensitive, or highly sensitive based on security conditions and electoral violence history.
According to the plan, there will be 50,944 polling stations in Punjab, 19,006 in Sindh, 15,697 in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, and 5,028 in Balochistan.
For efficient management of the polling process, the ECP has decided to deploy 526,123 polling officers in Punjab, 264,000 in Sindh, 166,000 in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, 50,491 in Balochistan, and 8,704 in Islamabad. —APP
