The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) said Monday that by-electionswould be held if the provincial assemblies were dissolved.
“If a provincial assembly is dissolved, there will be by-elections on theseats of that assembly,” said the ECP spokesperson.
“The by-elections will be held within 60 days. About Rs500 to Rs700 millionwill be spent for by-election in a provincial constituency,” he added.
“It is difficult to conduct by-elections and general elections in the sameyear, but we are bound by law,” he stated.
“The delimitation of constituencies and local bodies’ elections were also adifficult task that we did,” he averred.
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“Even if it is difficult, elections will be held according to the law,” hevowed.
“At least Rs22.5 billion will be spent on the re-election of the Punjab andKhyber Pakhtunkhwa assemblies. After the dissolution of both theassemblies, by-elections will be held in 411 constituencies,” he added.
