Voting in 55 municipalities ends; counting on

The fourth phase elections to 55 municipalities in different districts of the country ended.

Voting started at 8:00am and ended at 4:00pm without any break on Sunday.

Electronic voting machines (EVMs) were used in 29 municipalities while traditional ballot papers in the remaining 26 municipalities.

In this phase, 217 mayoral candidates, 2,070 general councillor candidates and 618 reserved seat candidates are contesting in 55 municipalities.

The voting was supposed to be held in 56 municipalities, but the election at Parshuram municipality of Feni will not be held as all the candidates there were elected unopposed.

Earlier, on January 3, the Election Commission announced the election schedule for 56 municipalities in the 4th phase.

The fifth phase election to 31 municipalities is scheduled to be held on February 28.

Bangladesh has 328 municipalities in total.