ISLAMABAD: The Returning Officers (ROs) will announce the results of the 2024 general elections, as media walls will be set up at 859 locations across the country to display the outcome of respective national assembly and provincial assemblies constituencies.
According to the Election Commission of Pakistan sources, each returning officer office will have data entry operators responsible for updating polling station results received from presiding officers.
After obtaining signatures from polling agents and candidates, the presiding officer will promptly announce the polling station result, and a copy will be sent directly to the returning officer.
The hard copy of the results will be immediately delivered to the Returning Officer’s (RO) office, and in the meantime, a digital copy will also be sent via a WhatsApp message. The RO will use a DSL connection for efficient internet service, publishing the constituency results on media wall outside the office and forwarding a copy to the Election Commission of Pakistan. —APP