Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Kazi Habibul Awal said that the by-polls to the six parliamentary seats were held in a peaceful manner on Wednesday.
The CEC told journalists at the Nirbachan Bhaban in the capital's Agargaon after end of the voting.
Noting that voter presence at the poling centres was low, the Habibul Awal said, "The voter turnout in the by-polls would be between 15 and 25 per cent. But it is not final. After counting the vote, the accurate turnout figure could be known," reports BSS.
Replying to question from journalists, he said the Election Commission (EC) has collected information from the field all the time.
He said, "Television and online media were monitored. No significant irregularities were found except chases and counter chases at some places apart from explosion of a few cocktails."
Speaking about a media report that some outsiders entered some polling booths in Brahmanbaria, Awal said the commission collected information from that areas. Actually, a woman entered a voting centre with her two offspring to cast her vote and at another polling booth, a woman was helping an elderly man to cast his vote, he added.
"Such incident would be happened. We do not consider these to be very serious or extensive. We did not think that these incidents could change the results of the vote," the CEC said.
Earlier, the voting started at 8:30 am and continued till 4:30 pm in all the six constituencies-Thakurgaon-3, Bogra-4 and 6, Chapainawabganj-2, 3 and Brahmanbaria-2.
Bd-pratidin English/Golam Rosul
