A total of 25,951 candidates have submitted their nomination papers for the forthcoming elections of national and four provincial assembly seats, with 22,711 nomination papers, including 21,684 male and 1,027 female candidates, declared valid for contesting polls.
As per the initial candidate roster for the national and all four provincial assemblies released by the ECP, 7,473 candidates filed nomination papers for National Assembly seats from Punjab, Sindh, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Balochistan and the federal capital.
The apex electoral body approved the nomination papers of 6,449 candidates, including 6,094 male and 355 female candidates. The papers of 1,024 candidates, including 934 men and 90 women, for NA seats have been rejected by the returning officers (ROs) during the scrutiny process.
