The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) will announce unofficial results of all 859 constituencies of the National and Provincial Assemblies on February 9 which will be issued by the returning officers, state-run APP reports.

The ECP has already completed all the arrangements to conduct free, fair and transparent general elections across the country on February 8, an ECP spokesman said.

He said the ECP has completed the printing of 260 million ballot papers for all constituencies in the country ahead of the 2024 general elections.

The spokesman said the National Assembly ballots are identifiable by green paper, whereas Provincial Assembly ballots are printed on white paper.

Except for some districts, the distribution of printed ballot papers has been finalized across the nation. The printing, which commenced on January 14, was concluded by February 3.

In compliance with a Supreme Court directive, ballot papers for 11 National Assembly and five Provincial Assembly constituencies underwent reprinting, with the original ones set for destruction as per the court order, he said.

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