Islamabad :
According to the schedule issued by the Election Commission of Pakistan, polling for the Senate elections in all the four Provincial Assemblies and the National Assembly will be held on March 3. The polling process will continue on March 3 from 9 am to 5 pm. Special Secretary Election Commission Secretariat for Islamabad Zafar Iqbal Hussain, Provincial Election Commissioner for Punjab Ghulam Israr Khan, Provincial Election Commissioner for Sindh Ejaz Anwar Chauhan, Provincial Election Commissioner for Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Sharifullah and Provincial Election Commissioner for Balochistan Muhammad Raziq Returning Officer shall be.
According to the election schedule, candidates will be able to submit nomination papers till February 12 and 13. The list of candidates will be released on February 14. The scrutiny of nomination papers will be held on February 15 and 16. The objections of the candidates will be on February 19 and 20. The Election Commission will release the revised list of candidates on February 21, while candidates will be able to withdraw their papers by February 22 to withdraw from the Senate elections.
It should be noted that on March 11, 52 senators will retire after completing their term. However, elections will be held for 48 seats in the Senate, thus bringing the number of members of the Upper House to 100.
Elections in the Senate will be on the basis of proportional representation and single transferable vote. Secret or open voting will be decided after the decision of the reference pending in the Supreme Court. 11 in Punjab and Sindh, 11 in Balochistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Polling will be held on 2 seats in Abad.
