Voting in Chattogram city polls underway
Staff Correspondent | banglanews24.com
Elections to Chattogram City Corporation (CCC) is underway with ruling Awami League optimistic about victory and BNP proceeding with caution.
The voting to the port city and Bangladesh’s economic capital that started at 8am will continue till 4pm, source at Election Commission said.
The Election Commission (EC) completed all necessary preparations to hold the election in a free, fair and credible manner, said its Senior Secretary Md Alamgir on Tuesday.
A total of 237 contestants, including seven mayoral candidates, 173 councillor runners and 57 aspirants for 14 women reserved seats, are there in the election race.
27th January, 2021 09:05:03
Elections to Chattogram City Corporation (CCC) started at 8am today with ruling Awami League optimistic about victory and BNP proceeding with caution.
The voting to the port city and Bangladesh’s economic capital will continue till 4pm, source at Election Commission said.
The Election Commission (EC) completed all necessary preparations to hold the election in a free, fair and credible manner, said its Senior Secretary Md Alamgir on Tuesday.
The ruling party finds the election atmosphere congenial while BNP smells conspiracy to rig votes in the election being held with party symbols and EVMs for the first time.
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27th January, 2021 11:09:29
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CHATTOGRAM: Awami League mayoral candidate M Rezaul Karim Chowdhury was heading towards a landslide victory in the Chattogram City Corporation (CCC) election held on Wednesday.
According to the election results received from 354 polling centres, out of total 735, till 10:00pm, Rezaul got 1,32,785 votes while BNP mayoral candidate Dr Shahadat Hossain bagged only 17,290 votes.
Returning Officer (RO) Md Hasanuzzaman announced the results from the control room on the MA Aziz Stadium premises.
The difference of votes between the two mayoral candidates of the two major political parties was growing larger with the election results coming from centres.