Publish: 18:16, 25 May, 2023

Voting in GCC election ends with no reports of violence, counting begins

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Voting in GCC election ends with no reports of violence, counting begins
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Voting in the Gazipur City Corporation (GCC) election concluded with no reports of violence amid tight security measure on Thursday, reports UNB.

Beginning at 8 am, the voting continued till 4 pm without any break.

Counting of votes began shortly after the voting ended.

Early voting has been peaceful and the law and order situation is also good, said Zayeda Khatun, an independent mayoral candidate in the Gazipur City Corporation (GCC) elections.

She made the remark while talking to reporters after casting her vote at Kanaia Government Primary School polling station around 10 am.

There has been no complaint so far against the use of Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs), she said adding “I am hopeful about my victory in the  election.’

Meanwhile, Gazipur City Corporation's (GCC) former mayor Jahangir Alam also cast his vote at the same polling station with his mother.

Eight candidates are contesting for mayoral posts in the election and there are 248 councillors and 79 female councilor candidates.

A total of 11,79,476 voters were eligible to vote and of them, 5,92,762 were men and 5,86,696 were women, and the number of transgender people was 18.

A total of 13,000 law enforcers have been deployed to maintain law and order during the election, said Commissioner of Gazipur Metropolitan Police (GMP) Molla Nazrul Islam on Wednesday.

Twenty platoons of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) members have been deployed alongside 30 teams of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) and Ansar members, said Returning Officer Faridul Islam.

Bd-pratidin English/Lutful Hoque

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