The Election Commission of Pakistan expresses its satisfaction at the end of the polls for Local Bodies Election in KPK Province.
Islamabad, the 30th May, 2015: The Election Commission of Pakistan expresses its satisfaction at the end of the polls for Local Bodies Election in KPK Province. The Election Commission of Pakistan has been mandated by the Constitution of Islamic Republic of Pakistan to organize and conduct the Elections honestly, justly, fairly guarding against corrupt practices for which all executive authorities in the Federation and in the Provinces are bound to assist the Commission. The just concluded Local Bodies Election involved a huge administrative exercise and were unique in enormity.
2. For 41762 seats, a total number of 84420 candidates were contesting elections for which 11211 polling stations with 31059 polling booths were setup. These polling stations were manned by 135447 polling personnel. The training of the said staff was completed before the conduct of the poll. A total of 70,000,000 (Seventy Million) ballot papers were printed at PCP, Presses Islamabad and Lahore. Overall security was a critical factor for which more than 80000 police personnel and 35 companies of Pak Army performed duties to ensure peaceful conduct of the poll.
3. In view of the scale of the electoral exercise and considering the security environment of the KPK Province the overall performance of polling staff, security personnel, Pak Army, Returning Officers and District Returning Officers needs to be appreciated. In cases where there have been complaints of corrupt practices etc., Election Commission of Pakistan after due process will take action according to law. Last but not the least felicitation is due to the brave voters of KPK for participating in and upholding their democratic right especially female voters who came out of their houses to exercise their right of franchise.
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