ECP announces to make every single Form-45 public

ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Sunday directed the electoral commissioners of all four provinces to collect Form-45 from across the country.

The electoral commission took the decision in the light of the complaints that the political parties were not provided the forms. All the provincial commissioners have been tasked to collect Form-45 from returning officers.

According to sources, ECP would upload more than 83,000 Form-45 on its website, a task that would approximately take four to five days.

Form-45, or the statement of the count, is a document which contains candidate data as well as the vote count. The returning officers and polling staff are supposed to stamp and thumbprint it for the record.

The political parties have claimed that their polling agents at the polling stations were not provided the copies of Form-45 after election 2018 results.