Voting in Chattogram city polls underway

Jago News Desk Published: 27 January 2021, 08:25 AM | Updated: 27 January 2021, 08:28 AM
Voting in Chattogram city polls underway

The elections to Chattogram City Corporation (CCC) is underway.

The voting started at 8am and it will continue till 4pm without any break on Wednesday. 

One mayor, 41 general councilors and 14 reserved councilors will be elected by the election.

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A total of 236 candidates - seven mayoral candidates and 229 councilors are contesting in the polls of 41 CCC words.

According to the local EC office, a total of 19,38,706 voters including 9,46,673 females will exercise their right of franchise on the polls.

A total of 735 presiding officers, 4,886 assistants presiding officers and 9,772 polling officers are performing their respective duties.