The 2nd phase of the 5th Upazila Parishad elections will be held in the country today (Monday) with balloting in 116 upazilas of 16 districts, reports BSS.
The polling will take place from 8 am to 4 pm without any break.
"All preparations have been completed for holding the elections in a peaceful manner. All kinds of directives have been given to the officials concerned for holding the elections in a free, fair and peaceful manner. No irregularities will be tolerated during this election," Election Commission (EC) Secretary Helal Uddin Ahmed told the news agency.
Besides, general holiday has been announced for the voting day in the respective upazilas on the occasion of the election.
Electioneering ended on Saturday midnight while huge enthusiasm was noticed among the voters centering the polls as the election is being held with party symbols.
Restrictions on vehicular movement have been imposed in the electoral areas while additional law enforcement agencies have been deployed for five days, including two days before and two days after the election along with the voting day.
On the polling day, 14 members of law enforcement agency will be deployed in every general polling centre while 16 will be deployed in the risky polling centers.
Although the EC declared election schedule for 87 upazilas in the first phase, polls were held in 80 upazilas.
About 1,310 aspirants, including 377 for chairman, 539 for vice-chairman and 394 for women vice-chairman posts, are contesting in the second phase polls.
About 1.79 crore voters will exercise their franchise in 7,039 polling centres in 116 upazilas.
As per the election schedule, elections will be held in 127 upazilas on March 24 in the third phase.
Besides, the fourth and fifth phases of the Upazila Parishad elections will be held on March 31 and July 18 respectively.
Our Sylhet Correspondent adds: All preparations have been completed for the elections to 19 upazila parishads of Sylhet and Molvibazar districts today.
The voting will be held under the second phase of the 5th upazila polls.
More than 0.3 million voters in 19 upazilas of Sylhet and Moulvibazar districts will exercise their franchise in the local government body elections.
The upazilas going to polls today include Sylhet Sadar, Biswanath, South Surma, Fenchuganj, Balaganj, Companiganj, Goainghat, Jaintapur, Kanaighat, Zakiganj, Golapganj and Beanibazar in Sylhet and Maulvibazar Sadar, Barlekha, Juri, Kulaura, Rajnagar, Kamalganj and Srimangal.
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