ISLAMABAD
\nThe Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) said on Friday that it has started the process of delimiting national and provincial level constituencies.
\nDelimitation is a process to divide the country\u2019s total area into smaller units in order to conduct elections efficiently and easily.
\nOn Thursday, the Chief Election Commissioner said snap polls would not be possible before October 2022 because the commission needed at least four additional months to complete delimitation.
\n\u201cElection commission has started the delimitation of all constituencies of National Assembly and Provincial Assemblies on the basis of 2017 Census and Population Statistics,\u201d ECP said in a statement after a meeting chaired by Chief Election Commissioner Sikandar Sultan Raja. \u201c[Chief Election Commissioner] ordered us to complete the task within 4 months on an emergency basis.\u201d
\nThe next general elections are scheduled to be held in Pakistan before October 12, 2023, or less than 60 days from the dissolution of the National Assembly which will take place on August 13, 2023. However, the possibility of early elections cannot be ruled out as the National Assembly will hold voting on a no-confidence motion against Prime Minister Imran Khan tomorrow, Saturday.
\nIf Khan loses the vote, parliament can continue to function until its five-year tenure ends in August 2023, after which a general election is due within 60 days. There will be a vote in the National Assembly to elect a new prime minister to serve until then. Candidates can be put forward by any party with legislators in the assembly.
\nThe new prime minister can, however, call a general election immediately, without waiting until 2023.
\n\u201cElection Commission has ordered the Secretary Election Commission and Special Secretary Election Commission to present a complete action plan for the general election,\u201d the ECP said. \u201cSo that monitoring and timely completion of all matters should be ensured.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
ISLAMABAD The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) said on Friday that it has started the process of delimiting national and provincial level constituencies. Delimitation is a process to divide the country\u2019s total area into smaller units in order to conduct elections efficiently and easily. On Thursday, the Chief Election Commissioner said snap polls would not […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-253813","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-national"},"yoast_head":"\n