ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission has decided not to use the Result Transmission System (RTS) in the general elections of Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
According to the sources, it has been decided to conduct the general elections in both provinces through the Result Management System (RMS) used in Election 2018. The Election Commission has also given a contract worth crores of rupees to modify the RMS, on which the company will modify the RMS and hand it over to the Election Commission for 2 months.
Election Commission sources say that the new modified RMS will not be used in any election without testing it in the by-elections. The general elections of the provinces will be held on the old RMS only.
Besides, the Election Commission has decided to rehearse the old RMS before the general elections. In this regard, a one-day mock exercise will also be conducted on the old RMS before the provincial elections. The Election Commission has started training the employees on the use of RMS.
