Gujranwala, Chichawatni vote in by-elections today
NA-77 has 518,620 registered voters and 333 polling stations, with 2,982 police deployed and Rangers on standby as a quick response force.
Polling in the by-elections for NA-77 Gujranwala and PP-203 Chichawatni begins at 8am today, with election officials saying arrangements in the National Assembly constituency are complete for 518,620 registered voters, Express News reported.
NA-77 has 333 polling stations. Officials have declared 12 of them highly sensitive and 34 sensitive. Police are deploying 2,982 personnel for the poll and Rangers will be available as a quick response force.
Of the registered voters, 277,480 are men and 241,140 women. Eleven candidates are contesting. The PML-N has fielded Rashid Bashir Warak, son of MNA Mahmood Bashir Warak, whose death left the seat vacant. Qazi Ibrahim Gujjar is contesting for the Markazi Muslim League and Alafat Rasool Warraich as an independent. Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf is boycotting the by-election and the Pakistan Peoples Party has not nominated a candidate, Express News reported.
The constituency takes in both city and village areas. Shaheenabad, Dhalay, Rahwali and Cantonment Board localities fall in the urban part, and Qila Didar Singh, Ladhewala Warraich, Pippnakha and Gondlanwala in the rural part.
PP-203 in Chichawatni is voting for a Punjab Assembly seat left vacant by the death of PML-N MPA Chaudhry Muhammad Hanif Jat. His son, Chaudhry Asad Hanif Jat, is contesting on the party's lion symbol.
NA-77 is a National Assembly seat and PP-203 a Punjab Assembly seat. Express News did not give the number of registered voters, polling stations or candidates for PP-203.
How the reports differ
Express News carried the full detail: voter counts, the number of polling stations, which of them are sensitive, police deployments, the NA-77 candidate list and the PTI boycott and PPP non-participation. UrduPoint reported only the top line that by-elections in two Punjab constituencies are being held today. Express News's own headline described both contests as Punjab provincial constituencies, while its report named NA-77 as a National Assembly seat.
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