Second phase UZ polls today

The second phase of the country's sixth Upazila Parishad election will be held in the country today (Tuesday), reports UNB.
The voting will begin at 8:00 am and will continue until 4:00 pm without any break.
Some 1,824 candidates, including 603 chairman contenders, are in the electoral race in the 156 upazila parishads, against a total of 468 posts -- chairman post, vice chairman and women vice chairman posts in each upazila.
More than 35.2 million voters - 1,79,05,464 males, 1,72,99,047 females and 237 transgender persons -- are registered under 13,016 polling stations in the 156 upazilas, according to the factsheet provided by the Election Commission on Sunday.
Among them, the electronic voting machines will be used at 24 upazilas in nine districts, while the traditional ballot papers in the rest upazilas.
On 2 April, the Election Commission announced the election schedule for 161 upazila parishads in the second phase.
A security team of 17-19 members would guard each polling station in the plain districts, while a security team of 19-21 members would protect a polling station in the Chittagong hill tracts and very remote areas.