Large number of female voters cast vote in festive mood in city
Tuesday, 30 December 2008
A large number of female voters turned out at the city's polling centres Monday and cast their votes in a festive mood, as they outnumbered their male counterparts in the voter list this time, reports UNB.
The ninth parliamentary poll sees some 41,236,149 female voters enrolled out of 81,058,698 with some 55 women contesting the elections from 60 seats.
A large number of women voters, including many first-time ones, were seen standing in long queues in various centres to exercise their franchise.
Standing in a long queue at Dhaka College polling centre, Arshi Fatiha Quazi, a software engineer and a first-time voter, said that she had a sleepless night Sunday as she was on a countdown to cast her vote.
"I'm very happy for being able to cast my vote for the candidate of my choice," said a beaming Arshi.
She said that the voter list with photographs made the polling officers trouble-free to quickly identify the voters.
Rehana Khan, a voter of Chamelibagh area, said she went to the polling centre at about 11.00 am and cast her vote after waiting there for a long time but she was happy as she did not face any trouble in casting vote. "It was more systematic than previous times and the environment good, peaceful," she said.
But there were some female voters in some centres, including Anandabhaban Community Centre, who said they cast their votes seeing the symbols not considering the candidates’ eligibility and quality.
Rehnuma Tabassum,20, a first-time voter who came to the polling centre along with her mother, said," I'm here with a high hope but I'm not sure whether there would be any real change in the country as people would expect this time."
In some centres, the female voters complained of mismanagement as many of them did not find their serial numbers on the voter list according to the voter slips provided by the election candidates and they had to cast their votes after a lot of hassles.
Sikha Rani Paul, a voter of Malibagh area, said, "There was no pressure on me from anyone, I cast my vote as I wished."
The ninth parliamentary poll sees some 41,236,149 female voters enrolled out of 81,058,698 with some 55 women contesting the elections from 60 seats.
A large number of women voters, including many first-time ones, were seen standing in long queues in various centres to exercise their franchise.
Standing in a long queue at Dhaka College polling centre, Arshi Fatiha Quazi, a software engineer and a first-time voter, said that she had a sleepless night Sunday as she was on a countdown to cast her vote.
"I'm very happy for being able to cast my vote for the candidate of my choice," said a beaming Arshi.
She said that the voter list with photographs made the polling officers trouble-free to quickly identify the voters.
Rehana Khan, a voter of Chamelibagh area, said she went to the polling centre at about 11.00 am and cast her vote after waiting there for a long time but she was happy as she did not face any trouble in casting vote. "It was more systematic than previous times and the environment good, peaceful," she said.
But there were some female voters in some centres, including Anandabhaban Community Centre, who said they cast their votes seeing the symbols not considering the candidates’ eligibility and quality.
Rehnuma Tabassum,20, a first-time voter who came to the polling centre along with her mother, said," I'm here with a high hope but I'm not sure whether there would be any real change in the country as people would expect this time."
In some centres, the female voters complained of mismanagement as many of them did not find their serial numbers on the voter list according to the voter slips provided by the election candidates and they had to cast their votes after a lot of hassles.
Sikha Rani Paul, a voter of Malibagh area, said, "There was no pressure on me from anyone, I cast my vote as I wished."