First-ever elections commence for KP's provincial assembly in merged districts

The first-ever provincial assembly elections commenced on Saturday in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s (KP) Federally Admi­nistered Tribal Areas (FATA).

A total of 2.8 million residents of KP's merged tribal districts are expected to elect their representatives for 16 general seats of the provincial assembly. The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has set up 1,897 polling stations across the region.

There are 285 candidates vying for 16 general seats out of which 201 are independents. The Army, police and Frontier Constabulary personnel have been deployed at the polling stations.

The elections are taking place in PK 100 Bajaur-I, PK 101 Bajaur-II, PK 102 Bajaur-III, PK 103 Mohmand-I, PK 104 Mohmand-II, PK 105 Khyber-I, PK 106 Khyber-II, PK 107 Khyber-III, PK 108 Kurram-I, PK 109 Kurram-II, PK 110 Orakzai, PK 111 North Waziristan-I, PK 112 North Waziristan-II, PK 113 South Waziristan-I, PK 114 South Waziristan-II, PK 115 Ex-Frontier regions.