Voting in BCC, KCC polls underway

The voting in Barishal City Corporation (BCC) and Khulna City Corporation (KCC) elections is underway.

The voting began at 8am on Monday and will continue till 4pm.

In BCC polls, seven candidates, who are competing for the mayoral post, are Awami League-backed Abul Khair Abdullah Khokon Serniabat (Boat), Jatiya Party’s Iqbal Hossain Taposh (Plough), Islami Andolon Bangladesh’s Mufti Syed Muhammad Faizul Karim (Hand fan), Zaker Party’s Md Mizanur Rahman Bachhu (Rose) and independent candidates Md Kamrul Ahsan Rupon (Table clock), Md Asaduzzaman (Elephant) and Md Ali Hossain Hawlader (Deer). 

Besides, 119 candidates are in the race for the post of general councillor and 42 candidates for the reserved councillor post.

A total of 276,298 voters will be able to cast their votes in 126 polling stations in 30 wards. Of the centres, 106 are considered “vulnerable”.

In the KCC polls, five candidates, who are vying for mayoral post, are- Awami League  backed Talukder Abdul Khaleque (Boat), Jatiya Party’s Shafiqul Islam Modhu (Plough), Bangladesh Islami Andolon’s Moulana Abdul Awal (Hand Fan), Zaker Party’s S M Sabbir Hossain (Rose) and independent candidate Shafiqur Rahman Mushfiq (Table clock).

A total of 173 candidates, including five for mayoral, 134 for 31 general councilors’ and 39 for 10 reserved female councilors’ posts, are contesting.

There are 5,35,529 voters in the 31 wards of Khulna city and there are 1,732 polling booths under 289 polling stations.

Of them, 161 polling stations are considered “vulnerable”.