1st phase of municipality polls sees 60pc turnout: EC
Secretary of the Election Commission Secretariat on Monday said the first stage of the municipality polls across the country saw a voter turnout of 60 %.
“The first phase of the municipality elections in 24 municipalities happened today in a calm manner. It found a voter turnout of 60 per cent,” he stated while briefing the journalists at the Nirbachan Bhaban in the city’s Agargaon area following the voting ended.
The voting started at 8am simultaneously at 24 municipalities across the country and continued till 4pm with no break.
Although the voter turnout was somewhat low in the first hours of the voting, it continued to increase as the day progressed. The persons especially the brand new voters exercised their franchises with festivity.
This is the first time that the voting happened using electronic voting machine (EVM) in the municipality election.
