With the Rajshahi City Corporation polls scheduled for today (Wednesday), electoral materials are being sent out to different centres from New Govt Degree College in the city on Tuesday. Focus Bangla Elections to Rajshahi City Corporation (RCC) and Sylhet City Corporation (SCC) are scheduled to be held today (Wednesday), reports BSS.
In Rajshahi, the city corporation election is being held for the seventh time since its establishment in 1987.
For the first time in RCC's history, elections will be held in Electronic Voting Machine (EVM) in all the 155 centres. There will also be Close Circuit Cameras in each of the centres.
The Regional Election Office has adopted all sorts of necessary preparations in coordination with all the authorities concerned, including law enforcing agencies, to make the election successful.
It has imparted training to 155 presiding officers, 1,153 assistance presiding officers and 3,459 polling officers.
There are 3,51,982 voters to exercise their right of franchise in EVM in 1,153 rooms of 155 polling centres in 30 wards from 8am to 4pm without any break.
Returning Officer Delwar Hossain said a total of 161 candidates remained in the election race. Of them, three for mayor, 112 for general councilors in 30 wards and 46 for 10 reserved seats for women councilors.
The mayoral candidates are: Bangladesh Awami League nominated and former mayor AHM Khairuzzaman Liton (Boat), Jatiya Party candidate Saiful Islam Swapan (Plough) and Jaker Party candidate Latif Anwar (Rose).
Rajshahi Metropolitan Police (RMP) held a briefing parade at its police line ground largely attended by police, Ansar-VDP and others concerned on Tuesday morning.
The participants were given directions to perform their respective duties with utmost sincerity and honesty for a perfect election.
Meanwhile, in Sylhet, the authorities concerned have completed all-out preparations to hold the SCC polls peacefully. Closed-circuit television (CCTV) cameras have already been installed in each polling centres of the city corporation.
"The electoral materials have been distributed at Abul Mal Abdul Muhit Sports Complex in the city on Tuesday. These electoral materials were taken in all respective polling stations," said Faisal Qadir, regional election officer of Sylhet.
"Five tiers of security measures have been taken to hold the election in a free, fair and credible manner," he said, adding that police, RAB, BGB, Ansar and Armed Police have been deployed as part of security measures.
The Sylhet City Corporation sources said there are 42 wards in the city corporation.
The total number of voters in the Sylhet City Corporation is 4,87,753, Faisal said adding: "Elections will be held using EVMs in 190 centers under 42 wards of the city corporation."
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