All Eyes On Vote Count

Following the successful conducting of the elections to the House of Representatives and the Provincial Assemblies on Sunday (November 20), now the keen and curious attention of the nation is centred on counting of votes and results that pouring in. Vote counting has begun in most constituencies nationwide since late Sunday and early Monday morning. The political parties, their candidates, independent contestants and voters are now eagerly waiting for the poll results that determine the winners and losers on the basis of people's mandate expressed in the ballots. The Election Commission (EC) plans to announce all results of the federal and provincial legislatures under the first-past-the-post (FPTP) system as well as the proportional representation (PR) category within eight days from the voting day. So, the election body has instructed the chief returning officers in all the districts to make sure that votes are counted in four different places alongside. The EC has taken this step as some ballots of HoR and provincial parliament were not dropped in the designated ballot boxes in some polling stations. Such mistakes were made due to carelessness on the part of some poll staff and voters.