F.P. Report
MULTAN: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Saturday has finalized all arrangements for by-polls in PP-218 Multan which is scheduled to be held on March 31 (tomorrow).
According to details, the Punjab Assembly seat fell vacant after the death of MPA Mazhar Abbas Raan.
ECP official told he polling will start at 8:00am on Sunday, which continue till 5:00pm without any break.
138 polling stations, including 25 for males, 24 for females and 89 combined, will be set up in the constituency. The polling stations have been divided into three categories, including 32 in category A, 48 in B and 58 polling stations have been put in category C.
A total of 203,188 voters, including 111,918 males and 91,270 females, will elect their representative to the Punjab Assembly. The ECP would set up 455 polling booths, including 246 for males and 209 for females.
Major contenders vying for the seat are Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf’s (PTI) Malik Wasif Mazhar Raan, Pakistan People’s Party’s (PPP) Malik Muhammad Arshad. Malik Shahid Abbas Raan, Muhammad Tufail, Muhammad Ramzan and Muhammad Israr-Ul-Haq Cheema are contesting elections as independent candidates.
MPA Malik Mazhar Abbas Raan had got 45,817 votes in the July 2018 general elections while PPP candidate Malik Muhammad Abbas bagged 37,417 votes and PML-N’s Zaffar Ahmed had secured 25,000 votes.
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