Voting in Rajshahi, Sylhet, Barisal city elections underway
Voting in the elections to the three city corporations -- Rajshahi, Sylhet and Barisal – is underway on Sunday.
Hundreds of people waiting in queue in front of the polling centres started casting their votes at 8:00am, Banglanews correspondents report from different areas of the cities.
The voting will continue till 4:00pm without any break.
In Rajshahi City Corporation (RCC), four candidates are contesting for the mayoral post. They are: ruling Awami League-nominated AHM Khairuzzaman Liton (Boat), BNP-nominated Mohammad Mosaddek Hossain Bulbul (Sheaf of Paddy), Islami Andolan Bangladesh candidate Md Shafiqul Islam (Hand Fan) and independent candidate Md Murad Morshed (Elephant).
Election Commission sources said a total of 3,18,138 voters are in Rajshahi City Corporation. Among them, 1,56,085 are male and 1,62,053 are female.
In Barisal City Corporation (BCC), six candidates are competing polls for the mayoral post. They are: AL candidate Serniyabat Sadek Abdullha (Boat), BNP-nominated Md Majibur Rahman Sarwar (Sheaf of Paddy), Islami Andolan candidate Obaidur Rahman (Hand Fan), Communist Party of Bangladesh (CPB) candidate Abul Kalam Azad ((Sickle), Bangladesh Samajtantrik Dal candidate Manisha Chakrabarty (Ladder) and Jatiya Party candidate Md Iqbal Hossain (Plough).
There are 2,42,666 voters in Barisal City Corporation. Of them, 1,21,436 are male and 1,20,739 are female.In Sylhet City Corporation (SCC), seven candidates are contesting for the mayoral post.
The candidates are: AL-nominated Badar Uddin Ahmed Kamran (Boat), BNP-candidate Ariful Haque Chowdhury (Sheaf of Paddy), Islami Andolan Bangladesh-backed Dr Md Moazzem Hossain Khan (Hand Fan), Bangladesh Samajtantrik Dal candidate Md Abu Jafar (Ladder) and independent candidates Ahasan Mahbub Jobayer (Table Watch), Md Ahasanul Haque Taher (Deer) and Md Badruzzaman Selim (Bus).
In SCC, there are 3,21,732 voters. Of them, 1,7144 are male and 1,50288 are female.A total of 530 councilor candidates are contesting in the three city polls.
Three-tier security measures have been taken in the three city corporations. Mobile and striking forces of police, RAB and BGB have been deployed in the polls areas two days ahead of the election and will continue for one day more after the election.
