{"id":8773,"date":"2023-09-28T15:41:03","date_gmt":"2023-09-28T15:41:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/ecp-reduces-six-kp-seats-in-new-delimitations\/"},"modified":"2023-09-28T15:41:03","modified_gmt":"2023-09-28T15:41:03","slug":"ecp-reduces-six-kp-seats-in-new-delimitations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/ecp-reduces-six-kp-seats-in-new-delimitations\/","title":{"rendered":"ECP reduces six KP seats in new delimitations"},"content":{"rendered":"
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PESHAWAR: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has reduced six assembly seats in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) province in new delimitations, ARY News reported on Thursday.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam Fazl (JUI-F) decided to launch a legal battle against the ECP over new delimitations which reduced six assembly seats in KP.<\/p>\n

The JUI-F spokesperson said in a statement that the election commission promoted the sense of deprivation in KP. The JUI-F decided to form a provincial-level legal team to challenge the new delimitations.<\/p>\n

The religio-political party announced to start legal battle to restore the KP\u2019s assembly seats. The spokesperson blamed the ECP for creating an uncertain situation in the country.<\/p>\n

Related: New delimitations: Karachi\u2019s NA, PA seats increased<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

While expressing reservations, the JUI-F spokesperson said that instead of increasing the assembly seats on the basis of population, the number of constituencies has decreased despite the new digital census.<\/p>\n

It added that JUI-F insisted on the organisation of general elections despite having reservations on the 2023 census data but the ECP created an uncertain situation in the country.<\/p>\n

The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) issued preliminary list of new delimitations<\/a> on Wednesday ahead of general polls.<\/p>\n

Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) also expressed reservations over the new delimitations<\/a> and formed a legal team to challenge the new delimitations.<\/p>\n

Related:\u00a0General elections: ECP orders chief secretaries to start preparations<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Yesterday, the chief election commissioner (CEC) and ECP members approved the preliminary list of new delimitations under the 2023 digital census data.<\/p>\n

After CEC\u2019s approval, the commission issued the initial list of the delimitations on its website.<\/p>\n

For the National Assembly (NA), the voter quota for Punjab province was fixed at 905,595, 913,000 for Sindh, 907,913 for Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP), 930,900 for Balochistan and 787,954 for Islamabad.<\/p>\n

The voter quota for the Punjab Assembly will be 429,929, 428,431 for the Sindh Assembly, 355,270 for the KP Assembly and 292,047 for the Balochistan Assembly.<\/p>\n

The election commission will address the objections from October 28 to November 26, whereas, the objections could be filed against the delimitations from September 27 to October 26.<\/p>\n

The hearing on the pleas against the delimitations will be conducted till November 25. The ECP will unveil the final delimitations on November 30.<\/p>\n

After the publication of the final delimitations, a 54-day election schedule will be announced and general polls will be held in the first week of January 2024.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n