ECP runs a successful test of Election Management System
All ROs completed the tabulation and compilation of the results during this exercise, ECP notified
The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has successfully tested the first-ever country-wide Election Management System (EMS) ahead of the Feb 8 polls.
A day after running the mock, the electoral watchdog said the results were useful and encouraging.
The claim came amidst concerns being raised by some over the decision to use the system.
“Offices of Returning Officers (ROs) at 859 locations across the country participated in the experimental exercise during which the phases of fiber/DSL connectivity, EMS app login (log-in), usage and transmission and tabulation results were fully practised,” the ECP said in a statement.
All ROs completed the tabulation and compilation of the results during this exercise, ECP pointed out.
Overall, the transmission of results by the presiding officers was also satisfactory, the ECP said.
It added that in some places they faced connectivity issues, which were being addressed on a priority basis and that if a presiding officer faced any difficulty in transmitting results to the RO through their mobile phone, they would personally deliver the result to the RO’s office.
Following the controversy over the Result Transmission System collapse in 2018, the planned experiment worries many as it still haunts the ECP.
