The turnout of 11.50 percent voters on Monday’s by-polls to Dhaka-17 was the lowest in any by-election held in the last four years, excluding the ones held amid coronavirus restrictions.
Ruling Awami League activists allegedly assaulted Islami Andolan Bangladesh mayor nominee Mufti Syed Faizul Karim and some of his supporters, and police BGB men used batons to disperse his followers during yesterday’s Barishal City Corporation election.
The attack on Mufti Syed Faizul Karim, the mayoral candidate of Islami Andolan Bangladesh in the Barishal City Corporation polls, was a "sudden and stray" incident, Election Commissioner Brig Gen (retd) Ahsan Habib Khan said
Election Commissioner Brig Gen (retd) Ahsan Habib Khan yesterday said the Barishal and Khulna city polls will be better than the recently held Gazipur city polls.