29,338 Candidates To Contest KPs Second Phase LG Polls

ISLAMABAD, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News – thirteenth Mar, 2022 ) :The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has stated that 29,338 candidates will contest the second section of native authorities elections in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, to be held on March 31 in 65 tehsils of 18 districts.

According to ECP, as many as 651 candidates will contest tehsil chairman seats, 13,331 candidates for the final village and neighborhood seats, 3,201 on ladies seats, 6,602 for labour and kisan seats, 5,446 candidates for youth seats, and 107 candidates for minorities seats.

The consolidation of outcomes will probably be on April 4, 2022, on completion of the polling course of in all areas after 5 days of polling day.

March 1 was the final date for deciding on appeals by the Appellate Tribunal. The final date for withdrawal of candidature and publication of the revised listing of candidates was March 3.

The date of allotment of election symbols to contesting candidates and the date of publication of the listing of contesting candidates was March 4.

Earlier, the general public discover inviting nomination papers was issued on February 10 whereas the dates for submitting of nomination papers with the Returning Officers by the candidates have been from February 14 to February 18.

The date of publication of the Names of the nominated candidates was February 19 whereas the scrutiny course of continued until February 23. The final date for submitting of appeals in opposition to the selections of the Returning Officers (ROs) on rejecting or accepting the nomination papers was February 24 to February 26.

It is pertinent to say right here that the ECP had introduced to conduct native authorities elections of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on March 31, issuing the revised schedule of section two of the polls within the province. In the primary section, native authorities elections have been held in 66 tehsils of 17 districts on December 19 in KP.