Voter turnout 52-55pc in RCC, 46pc in SCC: CEC

Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Kazi Habibul Awal said voter turnout was around 52-55 percent in Rajshahi City Corporation (RCC) election while it was around 46 percent in Sylhet City Corporation (SCC) polls.

He was talking to journalists at his office after the elections on Wednesday.

The CEC said voting in both the elections was held without any major untoward incidents.

Voters cast their votes without facing any kind of obstruction, he added.

“The polls were held in free and fair manner amid festivity . . . we didn’t receive any report of untoward incidents,” he continued.