The by-elections to two parliamentary constituencies - Dhaka-18 and Sirajganj-1 is underway.
The voting began from 8am and that will continue till 4pm on Thursday without any break.
Eight candidates from six political parties including Awami League and BNP are contesting in these two seats.
Candidates from the three main political parties - Awami League, BNP and Jatiya Party are taking part in the by-polls in Dhaka-18 constituency, while only Awami League and BNP candidates are contesting in Sirajganj-1 constituency.
Dhaka-18 constituency fell vacant following the death of Awami League lawmaker Advocate Sahara Khatun while Sirajganj-1 constituency fell vacant following the death of ruling party MP, Mohammad Nasim.
According to EC sources, the Dhaka-18 constituency consists of wards no. 1, 17, and 43 to 54 of Dhaka North City and the airport area.
The total number of polling stations is 217 and the number of polling booths is 1,353. The total number of voters is 5 lakh 77 thousand 188. Among them, 2, 96, 135 voters are male and 2, 81,053 are female.
A total of six candidates are contesting in Dhaka-18 constituency.
Candidates contesting in Dhaka-18 by-polls are - Awami League (AL) backed Mohammad Habib Hasan, BNP nominated SM Jahangir Hossain, Jatiya Party nominated Mohammad Nasir Uddin Sarkar, Mohammad Omar Faruque of Bangladesh Congress, Kazi Mohammad Shahidullah of Gonofront and Mohammad Mahibbullah Bahar of PDP.
Sirajganj-1 constituency consists of Kazipur, part of Sadar and of one municipality.
Candidates contesting in Sirajganj-1 are- Awami League backed Tanvir Shakil Joy and BNP nominated Selim Reza.
The total number of voters in this constituency is 3 lakh 45 thousand 603. Of these, 1, 71, 641 are male voters and 1, 73, 962 are female voters.
There are 168 voting centers in this constituency.