ECP announces by-election on 8 NA vacant seats of KP.

PESHAWAR -- The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has announced by-election on 8 vacant National Assembly seats of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on March 16, 2023, said a press release issued here on Friday.

The vacant National Assembly constituencies in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa included NA-4 Swat, NA-17 Haripur, NA-18 Swabi, NA-25 and NA-26 Nowshera, NA-32 Kohat, NA-38 D.I. Khan and NA-43 Khyber. These seats were declared vacant after acceptance of the resignations of the PTI legislators by the Speaker National Assembly.

According to the election schedule announced by the ECP, the Returning Officers will issue public notice on February 3, 2023, and nomination papers could be filed from February 6 to 8, 2023.

On February 9th, the Returning Officers will issue the list of candidates and scrutiny of the...