40% votes cast in general election: CEC

Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Kazi Habibul Awal has said around 40 percent votes were cast in the 12th general elections held on Sunday.

"According to the information we received, 40 percent votes were cast. But it may increase or decrease," he told the journalists at Nirbachan Bhaban this afternoon.

Somewhat low votes were cast as a big party boycotted the election and tried to refrain people from voting, he said.

Mentioning that no serious incidents like violence occurred as per television reports, Habibul Awal said, "However, we have taken action on what happened."

Stating that no death was reported in election-related violence, the CEC said the Election Commission received some allegations of irregularities and its monitoring kept these under observation.

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