Voting for Rangpur City Corporation (RCC) election will be held tomorrow (Tuesday), reports UNB.
Voting will begin at 8 am and will continue till 4:30 pm without any break, said Returning Officer Abdul Baten.
This year, a total of 426,470 people are expected to vote in the city corporation election.
“All preparations have been taken to hold a free and fair election and voting will be held at 229 centres through electronic voting machines,” said Abdul Baten.
Mobile court drives will be conducted to ensure the election code is being followed, he added.
Nine candidates are vying for the mayoral post whole 183 people are contesting for councillor posts under 33 wards. On the other hand, 68 people are contesting the polls for 11 reserved seats.
The mayoral candidates are: Amiruzzaman from Islami Andolon Bangladesh, Abu Raihan from Bangladesh Congress, Touhidur Rahman Mandal from Khelafat Majlish, Mostafizur Rahman from Jatiya Party, Shafier Rahman from National Samajtantrik Dal Jasad, Hosne Ara Lutfa Dalia from Awami League, Khorshed Alam from Zaker Party, Mehedi Hasan and Latifur Rahman as independent candidates.
Campaigning in the Rangpur City Corporation election ended on Sunday midnight.
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