Postal votes to be counted alongside regular ballots: EC

The Election Commission (EC) has said that the postal ballots will be counted simultaneously with the regular votes after 4:30pm on the election day (12 Feb).

Salim Ahmad Khan, team leader of the “OCV-SDI” project on expatriate voter registration, disclosed this information today in a message from the EC.

The message stated that in response to various misleading propaganda circulating on social media regarding postal voting results, it is being clarified that postal ballot papers will be counted at the same time as the regular vote counting after 4:30pm on the election day.

There is no scope to know the election results before the specified time, it added.

The Commission has especially urged the public not to be misled by any kind of false propaganda in this regard.