Polls open at 8.00am and close at 5.00pm (Pakistan time). Counting starts immediately after that, with first results coming in over the next few hours.
The final numbers of seats being fought over on Monday have been adjusted slightly because of a few candidate deaths and also the worrisome tribal area security situation. The number of National Assembly seats being contested has dropped to 269 from 272. Provincial seats are now 570 from 577.
With the most seats in the contest, Punjab Province is one to watch. Analysts are not currently able to predict the outcome of what they’re calling a three-way race between the PML(N), the PML(Q), and the PPP.
The Dawn discusses why these elections are a referendum on President Pervez Musharraf and lists four
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