LAHORE (DNA) –The voting for the by-elections on 35 constituencies of National and provincial assemblies started at 8 PM while all necessary arrangements have been made for the polling.

The polling will continue till 5 pm, however, after 5 pm only those voters, already present within polling station premises, will be permitted to cast their votes.

Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has finalised all necessary arrangements for holding by-elections in 35 constituencies on October 14.

The election will be held on 11 National Assembly seats and 24 seats from provincial assemblies including 11 seats for Punjab Assembly, nine for Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, and two each for Sindh and Balochistan.

Ballot papers have been handed over to the presiding officers, which will be distributed under the supervision of the Pakistan Army.

The national assembly constituencies where the elections will be held include NA-35 Bannu, NA-53 Islamabad, NA-56 Attock, NA-60 Rawalpindi, NA-63 Rawalpindi, NA-65 Chakwal, NA-69 Gujrat, NA-103 Faisalabad, NA 124 Lahore, NA-131 Lahore and NA 243 Karachi East.

A total of 370 candidates are in the run for the elections to be held on eleven National Assembly and 24 Provincial Assemblies  seats.

The Punjab Assembly constituencies where the by polls will be held are: PP-3 Attock, PP-27 Jhelum, PP-103 Faisalabad, PP-118 Toba Tek Singh, PP-164 Lahore, PP 165 Lahore, PP 201 Sahiwal, PP 222 Multan, PP 261 Rahim Yaar Khan, PP-272 Muzaffargarh and PP-292 D.G. Khan.

In Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, the by polls will be held in PK-3 Swat, Pk-7 Swat, PK-44 Swabi, PK-53 Mardan, PK-61 Nowshera, PK-64 Nowshera, PK-78 Peshawar, PK-97 Dera Ismail Khan and PK-99 Dera Ismail Khan.

By polls on two constituencies each of Sindh Assembly and Balochistan will also be held. These are PS-87 Malir, PS-30 Khairpur, PB-35 Mastung and PB-40 Khuzdar.