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Under tight security measures, voters will cast their ballots till 4:00pm to elect new mayors of city corporations.
Election Commission (EC) took adequate preparation for a free, fair and unbiased voting in the elections.
118 mobile teams and 40 striking forces along with 21 platoons of BGB in four cities and five platoons of Coast Guard personnel in Khulna and Barisal cities have been deployed on the election day.
91 Executive Magistrates and five Judicial Magistrates have been deployed too.
Besides, a large number of RAB, Police, Armed Police Battalion (APBn), Coast Guard, Ansar and BGB personnel have been deployed to athwart any untoward situation in the election areas.
A sum of 653 presiding officers, 3809 assistant presiding officers, 7618 polling officers were trained for the election.
A number of local and foreign observers along with a large number of journalists are observing the election process.
A total of 750 candidates are participating in the election for the posts of Mayor and councilors of reserved and general posts.
Rajshahi City Corporation (RCC):
There are 10 reserved wards and 30 general wards under Rajshahi City Corporation (RCC). Total number of voters in RCC is 286917 among which number of male and female voters is 143,395 and 143,522 respectively.
Mayor candidates for RCC are AHM Khairuzzaman Liton whose election symbol is ‘Lock’, Mohammad Mosaddek Hossain whose symbol is ‘Pineapple’ and M Habibur Rahman whose symbol is ‘Spectacle’.
Number of councilors for the reserved wards is 66 and for the general wards are 155.
Khulna City Corporation (KCC):
Number of reserved wards in Khulna City Corporation is 10 and general wards 31. Total number of voters in KCC is 440566 among which male voters are 224504 and female voters are 216062.
Contending Mayor Candidates for KCC are Talukder Abdul Khaleq who will participate with the ‘Lock’ symbol, M Moniruzzama with ‘Pineapple’ and M Shafiqul Islam Madhu with ‘Ink & Pen’.
Number of Councillor Candidates for the reserved wards is 45 and for general wards are 137.
Barisal City Corporation (BCC):
Number of reserved wards in BCC is 10 and general wards 30. Number of voters is 211257 among which male are 107625 and female are 103632.
Contesting Candidates for the Mayor post are Mahmudul Haque Khan Mamun with ‘Ink & Pen’, M Ahsan Habib Kamal with ‘Pineapple’ and M Shawkat Hossain Hiron whose election symbol is ‘Television’.
Number of councilor candidates for the reserved wards are 45 and for general wards are 116.
Sylhet City Corporation (SCC):
Number of total wards in Sylhet City Corporation are 36 (Nine reserved and 27 general). Number of total voters are 291046 among which male voters are 157181 and female voters are 133865.
Contesting Candidates for the Mayor post are Ariful Haque Chowdhury with ‘Television’, Badar Uddin Ahmed Kamran with ‘Pineapple’ and M Salahuddin Rimon whose election symbol is ‘Lock’.
Number of councilor candidates for the reserved wards are 35 and for general wards are 139.
Government has declared holiday in the four city corporation areas.
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