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Section  88 of the Election Act 2017, deals with  Stopping of the poll .

Presiding officer has authority to stop the poll.

Explanation

The Election Commission of Pakistan is an independent, autonomous, permanent and constitutionally established federal body responsible for organizing and conducting elections to the national parliament.

Founded: March 23, 1956

Jurisdiction: Pakistan

Explanation

In Election Act 2017,section 58 deals with Alteration in Election Programme?

Commission shall inform the President about any alteration in the Election Programme

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Section 66 of the Election Act 2017 deals with Candidate to file certificate of party affiliation

A contesting candidate, before seeking allotment of a prescribed symbol, shall file a declaration before the Returning Officer about his affiliation with a particular political party, if any, along with a certificate from the political party showing that he is that party‘s candidate from the constituency.

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Section 97. Equality of votes.—(1)

Where, after consolidation of the Results of the Count, there is equality of votes between two contesting candidates, the Returning Officer shall declare both the candidates as returned and each one of them shall be entitled to represent his constituency in the respective Assembly for half of its term of office.

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Section 10 of the Election Act 2017 deals with Power to punish for contempt.

The Commission may exercise the same power as the High Court to punish any person for contempt of court

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Section 60 of the Election Act 2017, deals with Nomination for election.

Any voter of a constituency, may propose or second the name of any qualified person to be a candidate for Member for that constituency:

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Election agents are responsible for sanctioning all expenditure on the candidate's campaign, for maintaining the accuracy of and submitting to the returning officer the candidate's expenses and other documents, as well as deciding whether to contest the result of a count. 

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Section 77 of the Election Act 2017, deals with Polling Agent

The contesting candidate or his election agent may, before the commencement of or during the poll, appoint for each polling station as many polling agents as may be prescribed and shall give notice in writing to the Presiding Officer communicating the appointment

Explanation

Revising Authority means such person as the Deputy Commissioner may appoint as the Revising Authority in respect of a constituency or part of a constituency for the purpose of receipt and disposal of claims and objections in respect of revision of electoral rolls