72 include both kpk and FATA. The number of candidates from FATA is usually equal to that of KP. There is always a very tough competition in FATA, even more than punjab. I personally know 10 candidates from FATA.

@Maneka Sir:

Do you have any idea about the number of vaccancies for CE-2010? Will the austerity measures, eighteenth amendment and abolishing of about sixty positions of ASPs in Punjab reduce the number of positions for CE-2010?