The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has announced the postponement of the impending elections, a major decision with far-reaching repercussions for Pakistan’s political landscape. The commission concluded that elections could not be held within the 90-day constitutional deadline.
The long-awaited digital census results have been released, and one of the main reasons for this decision is the introduction of a new delimitation process. The goal of the delimitation process is to redraw district lines so that they more properly reflect the population as it is now. Changing electoral districts is claimed to help with proportional representation and power sharing.
The elections delay will have impacts
The elections that were supposed to take place within the next three months have been postponed because to the ongoing delimitation procedure. No elections will take place before at least December 14th, according to the Election Commission. After this date, a new election schedule will be released, most likely covering the next three months.
The PDM government postponed the general election that was supposed to take place in May of this year. While the constitution requires new elections to be held within 90 days of a government’s resignation (which happened earlier this month), the ECP has stated repeatedly over the past year that this is not possible.
The nation will be waiting anxiously for the new election schedule to be announced, since this delay is sure to cause further political uncertainty.
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