Islamabad, April 22, 2019 (PPI-OT): The Election Commission of Pakistan has invited attention of all Political parties to the provisions of Section 104 of the Elections Acl,2017 which, inter-alia, provide that the political parties intending to take part in upcoming elections in 16 general seats, 04 reserved for women and 01 reserved seat for non-Muslim in KPK are required to submit to the Election Commission lists of nominated candidates in order of priority for the seats reserved for women and non-Muslims in the Provincial Assembly.
Such party-lists may contain as many names of additional candidates as a political party may deem necessary for contesting election to the seats reserved for women and non-Muslims in order to cope up any disqualification of candidates during scrutiny of nomination papers or filing up any vacant seats during the term of the Provincial Assembly, as the case may be.
All such political parties shall submit respective lists of their candidates in order of priority for four seats reserved for women and one seat reserved for non-Muslims in the Provincial Assembly, separately, with, the Provincial Election Commissioner/ Returning Officer, KPK on or before last date of filing of nomination papers to be fixed. While submitting list of their candidates for reserved seats the political parties shall ensure that their candidates mentioned in the lists are registered voters in erstwhile FATA (areas falling in constituencies PK-100 to PK-1 15)
For more information, contact:
Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP)
Election Commission of Pakistan Secretariat,
Election House, Constitution Avenue G-5/2,
Islamabad
Tel: +92-51-9201975, +92-51-9206062
Fax: +92-51-9205402, +92-51-9205300
Website: www.ecp.gov.pk