Summary 286 polling stations and 778 polling booths have been set up for NA-149 by-election.
MULTAN (Web Desk) - Counting is underway for by-election on National Assembly seat in Multan`s NA-149 constituency, Dunya News reported.
There are 17 candidates in the run for the seat which had fallen vacant after resignation of former PTI president Javed Hashmi.
As per details, 286 polling stations have been established in the constituency, out of which 90 polling stations have been declared sensitive and 16 have been declared most sensitive.
Rangers personnel have been deployed at sensitive polling stations while four thousand policemen are also performing their duties to ensure law and order.
In NA-149, a total of 341,527 registered people will exercise their right to vote. 185,862 voters are male and 155,665 voters are female.
Moreover, 144 polling booths for men and 142 polling booths have been set up for women. Local administration has imposed section 144 and announced holiday in the district today.
Independent candidates Javed Hashmi, Amir Dogar and Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) candidate Javed Siddiqui are prominent candidates for the by-election.
