ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) would hold by-polls on another 31 National Assembly constituencies on March 19. The seats had fallen vacant due to resignations of PTI MNAs.
The notification says the returning officers (ROs) will issue a public notice in this regard on 8 February , while the candidates will be able to file their nomination papers with the ROs from 10-14 February, followed by publication of a list of the nominated candidates next day. The scrutiny of documents will be carried out till 18 February.
The appeals against the acceptance or rejection of nomination papers by the ROs can be filed on 22 Feb.
Last date for devising of appeals by the appellate tribunals will be 27 Feb, followed by publication of the revised list of candidates on 28 February.
The candidates can withdraw their nominations papers and publication of revised list of candidates is fixed as Mar 01.
The candidates will be allotted election symbols on March 02 and the polling will be conducted on 19th March.
The seats were vacated when the National Assembly Speaker Raja Pervaiz Ashraf accepted the resignations of PTI lawmakers.
The by-elections will be held in these constituencies: NA-02 Swat-I; NA-03 Swat-II; NA-05 Upper Dir-I; NA-06 Lower Dir-I; NA-07 Lower Dir-II; NA-08 Malakand Protected Area; NA-09 Buner; NA-16 Abbottabad-II;NA-19, Swabi-II; NA-20, Mardan-01; NA-28, Peshawar-II; NA-30, Peshawar-IV;NA 34, Karak;NA-40, Bajaur-I; NA-42, Mohmand;NA-44, Khyber-II;NA-61,Rawalpindi-V;NA-70, Gujrat-III;NA-87, Hafizabad-I; NA-93,Khushab-I;NA-96, Mianwali-II; NA-107,Faisalabad-VII;NA-109,Faisalabad-IX;NA-135, Lahore-XIII;NA-150, Khanewal-I; NA-152,Khanewal-II;NA-158, Multan-V;NA-164, Vehari-III; NA-165,Vehari-IV;NA-177,Rahim Yar Khan-III and NA-187, Layyah-I.
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