2nd phase polls to 848 UPs on Nov 11

The second phase of elections to 848 Union Parishads (UPs) in the country will be held on November 11 next.  

In the 2nd phase UP polls, the voting to 20 UPs will be conducted through Electronic Voting Machine (EVM) system.  

Election Commission (EC) Secretary Md Humayun Kabir Khandaker announced the election schedule after attending a meeting on polls on Wednesday.

Chief Election Commissioner KM Nurul Huda presided over the meeting of EC at its office here.

According to the announced schedule, the last date for submission of nomination papers for the second phase of UP elections is October 17, selection of nomination papers is October 20, the filing of the appeal against the decision of selection is from October 21 to 23, appeal disposal on October 24 and 25, withdrawal of candidature on October 26 and symbol allotment on October 27.

Responding to a question from reporters, EC secretary said: "We are working on the third phase of union parishad elections. The next meeting of the commission will be held next week. The meeting may decide the schedule for the third phase of UP elections."

In response to another question, he said that the voting of all the Union Parishads of the country will be held by December.

Source: BSS