18.50pc votes cast in first 4 hours

Senior Staff Reporter Published: 7 January 2024, 02:13 PM | Updated: 7 January 2024, 02:15 PM

Election Commission Secretary Md Jahangir Alam has said 18.50% votes were cast in the first four hours in the 12th national parliamentary election.

The EC Secretary said this at a press conference at the media centre of Election Commission on Sunday.

EC Additional Secretary Ashok Kumar Debnath, Joint Secretaries Abdul Baten and Forhad Ahmed Khan were present during this time.

The voting started at 8am and will continue until 4pm without any break at 261,912 polling booths in 42,103 voting centres across the country.

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A total of 1,970 candidates, including 1,534 from 28 political parties and 436 independents, are vying in the polls.

Of the candidates, 266 from the ruling Awami League (AL), 265 from Jatiya Party (JaPa), 135 from Trinomul BNP, 66 from Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal (JASAD), 122 from National People's Party (NPP), 13 from Jatiya Party (JP) and 10 from Bikalpa Dhara Bangladesh are contesting in the polls.

A total of 90 female candidates, including from political parties and independents, and 79 from ethnic minority and other groups are vying in the polls.