There are many questions about the delay in announcing the election results in Pakistan. The country's political parties and analysts call this incident 'unusual'. National and provincial assembly elections were held across the country on Thursday (February 8). News from Reuters and Dawn.
Election observers complain that such a delay in announcing the results this time is unusual considering Pakistan's previous elections. According to various international media, the voting ended at 5 pm local time. After some time the counting of votes started but the result could not be declared even after about 10 hours.
Past elections in Pakistan have seen a clear idea of the results by midnight on polling day. Before the end of the night, it is clear which team is going to win. But this time the picture is different. The results of the vote are coming very slowly in the local media.
Imran's party PTI reacted angrily to this incident. In a statement, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf said that there is a conspiracy to change the results of the election.
In Pakistan, 266 seats in the National Assembly are directly polled. Voting in one seat was earlier suspended after a candidate was shot dead by miscreants ahead of the polls. So voting was done yesterday in 265 constituencies.
Former Prime Minister Imran Khan could not participate in this election in Pakistan. He is now in jail after being sentenced in three separate cases. However, Imran Khan cast his vote from inside the jail.
On the occasion of the election, Thursday was declared a public holiday. Voting started from 8 am on this day. which lasts till 5 pm. General voters voted in 90 thousand 675 booths.
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