The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has completed all arrangements for the upcoming general elections on February 8, Radio Pakistan reports.

According to the report, over 120 million registered voters will cast their vote for the national and provincial assemblies. The ECP has established 90,675 polling stations in all four provinces.

Of these, 41,403 are combined polling stations while 25,320 are for men and 23,952 are for women voters.

A total of 5,121 — comprising 4,807 men, 312 women and two transgender persons — candidates are in the race for the National Assembly seats. The elections will be held on 266 general NA seats and 593 general seats in the provincial assemblies.

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