Rangpur city corporation elections underway

Voting in the Rangpur City Corporation elections began this morning with the use of electronic voting machines (EVMs).

Voting started at 8:30 am and will last until 4:30 pm at 229 polling centres.

Rangpur Metropolitan Police (RpMP) Commissioner Nure Alam Mina on Monday said the third Rangpur City Corporation (RpCC) Election-2022 will be a model one.

In this regard, all kinds of preparations have been taken, he said while addressing a special briefing on the occasion of sending EVMs and other election materials to the polling centres on the Police Lines School and College ground in the city on Monday. 

Returning Officer Md. Abdul Baten, senior officials, presiding officers and members of different law enforcement agencies involved in the polls were present.

To make the RpCC Election-2022 free, fair and impartial, all necessary measures, including adequate security steps have been taken, said the RpMP chief.

A good number of members of different intelligence agencies will be deployed in plain clothes in the field, he said. 

All members of the law and order enforcement agencies were asked to perform their duties impartially following the service rules, he said.  

Some 33 executive magistrates and 16 judicial magistrates have been performing duties in 33 general wards, the RpMP chief added. 

The RpCC Election-2022 will be held at 1,349 booths of 229 polling centres using EVMs from 8:30 am to 4:30 pm. 

The RpCC-2022 elections will be watched using CCTV cameras from both Dhaka and Rangpur, and if an issue is found, action will be done right away.

There are a total of 260 candidates running for office, including nine for mayor, 183 for 33 general councilors, and 68 for 11 reserved female councilor posts.

As many as 4,26,470 people, including 2,12,302 men, 2,14,167 women, and a transgender person, will exercise their right to vote in the election.