ISLAMABAD – General elections 2018 are going to be the most expensiveelection of Pakistani history. According to Election Commission of Pakistan(ECP) around Rs21 billion will be spent. This time the expenditure will befivefold more than the amount spent in the previous election of 2013.
According to facts and figures gained, this time imported ballot paper isbeing used. On the other side, each member of polling staff will get Rs8000instead of Rs3000 which the members received in 2013. With this, expense onevery voter will be around Rs198 which used to be only Rs58.
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ECP previously spent Rs4 billion and 79 crore but now it will have to spenda large sum of Rs21 billion.
The limit of money to be spent by National assembly candidate on electioncampaign has been set at Rs4 million while for the candidate of provincialassembly it is Rs2 million. Although ECP has set limitation on expenditureto be spent by the political candidates but reality is no one follows thatlimit. Even in this election, candidates spent more than specified limitedprescribed by the commission.