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"The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has released the initial delimitation report for the 2024 General Elections."
"The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has released the preliminary delimitation lists of constituencies, a significant step toward the upcoming general elections scheduled for the last week of January 2024. This move follows a delay from the original schedule, where the initial delimitation exercise was supposed to be completed on October 7, and preliminary proposals along with the report were to be published on October 9."
"The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has accelerated the delimitation process, aiming to complete it by November 30, instead of the originally scheduled December 14. This puts the ECP closer to the planned last week of January for the general elections, although a specific date is yet to be announced. The ECP has made the preliminary delimitation report and lists (Form 5) available on its website, along with maps of the initial delimitation. The public has 30 days, from September 27 to October 26, to submit objections or representations regarding the preliminary constituencies."
"The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has outlined the procedure for submitting representations regarding the preliminary constituencies. These representations must be addressed to the ECP's secretary and submitted to the ECP Secretariat in Islamabad by October 27. The ECP will review these representations from October 28 to November 26, after hearing the positions of the respective parties. The representations should be in the form of a "memorandum" and include the voter's signature. Eight copies of the representations and constituency maps are required. District maps can be obtained from the ECP for a fee, and submissions must be made in person; courier, post, and fax submissions will not be accepted."
"The initial delimitation reveals the population distribution in National Assembly constituencies: Balochistan has 930,900 voters, followed by Sindh with 913,052, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa with 907,913, Punjab with 905,595, and Islamabad with 787,954. The National Assembly comprises 266 general seats, 60 seats reserved for women, and 10 seats for non-Muslims, with Punjab having the most seats at 141, followed by Sindh (61), KP (45), Balochistan (16), and Islamabad (3). In provincial assembly constituencies, Punjab leads with a total population of 429,929, followed by Sindh (428,432), Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (355,270), and Balochistan (292,047)."
"The delimitation report, available on Dawn.com, determines seat allocation in national and provincial assemblies based on the final results of the 2023 census. It calculates the average population or quota per National Assembly seat by dividing the province/area's population by the total number of general seats. Similarly, it divides the province's population by the total number of general seats allocated to the provincial assembly to obtain a quota per seat.
"Seat numbers are determined by rounding fractions of 0.5 and above to one seat and ignoring fractions below 0.5. Balochistan has seen the grouping of multiple districts due to unique circumstances, and similar groupings have occurred in other provinces where deemed necessary."
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