Polls underway in 73 UZs
Monday, 31 March 2014
Amid heightened security over concerns of possible violence and bloodshed, balloting began simultaneously in 5,534 polling stations in 73 upazilas (UZ) in 34 districts from 8:00am on Monday. Local administration officials and voters said no major untoward incident happened in any polling centres in the 73 UZs till filing this report at 10:00 am. This is the fifth phase of voting in the 4th Upazila Parishad elections in the country. The balloting in 34,885 polling booths in the 5,534 voting centres will end at 4:00pm. The government has declared a general holiday in the 73 UZs today. Campaigns ended at midnight on Saturday with 1,059 aspirants in the fray. Of them, 362 are running for chairman, 418 for vice-chairman and 276 for female vice-chairman, according to a news agency.