14 chairmen in Barishal elected without a vote!
Fourteen chairman prospects have earned unopposed in Barisal for the upcoming Union Porishod election.
Based on the Barisal District Election Officer's Office, these details has been confirmed on Wednesday night.
The first round of elections will be held on April 11 in 50 unions of Barisal district. Included in this, the chairman prospects of 14 unions have won unopposed.
The tendency for people's representatives who are supposed to be elected instead achieving the office on the strength of being unopposed, precluding the citizen's exercise of their to franchise, has seen a marked increase because the 2014 parliamentary election, when a most MPs took this route to the Jatiya Sangshad.
