Voter turnout 52-55pc in RCC, 46pc in SCC: CEC

Voter turnout was around 52-55 percent in Rajshahi City Corporation (RCC) election while it was around 46 percent in Sylhet City Corporation (SCC) polls, Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Kazi Habibul Awal said on Wednesday.

Talking to journalists at his office after the elections, the CEC said voting in both the elections was held without any major untoward incidents and voters cast their votes without facing any kind of obstruction, reports BSS.

“The polls were held in free and fair manner amid festivity . . . we didn’t receive any report of untoward incidents,” he added.

It is mentionable that, the voting in RCC and SCC elections began at 8am and ended at 4 pm without any break.