Titu becomes M'singh mayor for second time

Many turned away from polling centre as fingerprints mismatch

FE Team | Published: March 11, 2024 00:06:23

MYMENSINGH, March 10 (UNB): Ekramul Haque Titu has been unofficially declared winner in the Mymensingh City Corporation election held on Saturday.
With this, Titu has once again become the mayor of the Mymensingh city corporation.
Titu, former mayor of the city corporation, bagged 1,39,604 votes while his nearest rival Advocate Sadequl Haque Khan Milky got 35,763 votes.
Three other candidates -- Ehtesamul Alam bagged 10,733 votes, Rezaul got 1,487 votes and Jatiyo Party candidate Shahidul Islam got 1,321 votes.
bdnews24.com adds: 82-year-old Layli Begum has participated in numerous elections throughout her life. But for the first time, she left a polling centre without casting her vote.
Layli's inability to vote in the Mymensingh city election was due to a mismatch of her fingerprint with the electronic voting machine, leaving her deeply disappointed.
Layli, who was assigned voter No. 1123 at the Premier Ideal High School women's centre, exited the polling hall around 9:30am, disheartened after multiple unsuccessful attempts to vote.
Layli was not alone in her experience as several other voters were also seen leaving the polling stations without casting their votes due to similar issues with the EVMs.
Farida Yasmin, an elderly woman who hails from the Kalibari Kabarkhana area of the city, holds voter No. 0090.
Election officials at the centre instructed her to return later to try voting again. But Farida is unsure if she'll come back for another attempt.