Rangpur-3 by-election voting going on
Rangpur-3 constituency by-election voting began on Saturday morning.
The voting started 175 voting centres at the constituency around 9am and will continue till 5pm without any break.
The parliamentary seat fell vacant on July 14 following the death of Jatiya Party Chairman Hussain Muhammad Ershad.
The constituency has 442,072 voters – 221,310 men and 220,762 women.
Six candidates are vying for the seat but voters say it will be a close contest among Jatiya Party’s Rahgir Al Mahi alias Saad Ershad, BNP’s Rita Rahman and independent candidate Hossain Mokbul Shahriar Asif.
The other contestants are – NPP’s Shafiul Alam (mango), Gano Front’s Kazi M Shahidullah Bayazid (fish) and Khelafat Majlish’s Towhidur Rahman Mandal (wall clock).
The ruling Awami League withdrew its candidate in support of the Jatiya Party contestant.
As many as 3,500 security personnel have been deployed ahead of election.
Rangpur-3 by-election on Saturday
