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3rd phase election to 112 upazilas May 29
The Election Commission on Wednesday announced the schedule for 3rd phase upazila election to hold the polls in 112 Upazila Parishads on May 29 next.
EC Secretary Md Jahangir Alam declared the schedule after an EC meeting chaired by Chief Election Commissioner Kazi Habibul Awal at Nirbachan Bhaban in the city.
3rd phase upazila election schedule to be announced Wednesday
As per the schedule, the deadline for submission of nomination papers is May 02, while the date for scrutinizing the nomination papers is May 05 and the last date for withdrawal of candidature is May 12.
Besides, aspirants can file appeals against the decisions of returning officers over acceptance or rejection of nomination papers on May 6-8. The appeals will be disposed of on May 9-11.
The symbols will be allotted to candidates on May 13.
In 21 upazilas out of 112 ones, the balloting will be cast through electronic voting machines (EVM) instead of traditional ballot papers in the third phase election.
This time, the EC is holding the sixth countrywide upazila election in four phases. Now the polls will be conducted to more than 450 upazilas out of 495 ones throughout the country.
The commission earlier announced the first two phase election schedules to hold the balloting in 150 upazilas on May 08 and 161 upazilas on May 21.
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In the first phase election, the deadline for submission of nomination papers expired on Monday last and a total of 1,891 aspirants –-for one chairman post and two vice chairman posts in each body—submitted nomination papers in 150 upazilas.
3rd phase upazila election schedule to be announced Wednesday
The Election Commission (EC) is most likely to announce the polls schedule for over 100 upazila parishads in the third phase of the local body election on Wednesday.
The commission will sit in a meeting with Chief Election Commissioner Kazi Habibul Awal in the chair on Wednesday afternoon to finalise the schedule for the third phase upazila election. Then the election schedule for 112 upazila parishads can be declared, said EC officials.
The balloting in these upazilas might be held on May 29 next.
This time, the EC is holding the sixth countrywide upazila election in four phases. Now the polls will be conducted to more than 450 upazilas out of 495 ones throughout the country.
The Election Commission has already announced the first two phase election schedules to hold the balloting in 150 upazilas on May 08 and 161 upazilas on May 21.
In the first phase election, the deadline for submission of nomination papers expired on Monday last and a total of 1,891 aspirants –-for one chairman post and two vice chairman posts in each body—submitted nomination papers in 150 upazilas.
Aspirants can’t be forced to submit hard copy of nomination papers:
The Election Commission has directed the returning officers not to compel the aspirants to submit the hard copies (print copies) of online nomination papers in Upazila Parishad election.
In this regard, the commission sent a letter signed by its deputy secretary Atair Rahman to the returning officers on Tuesday.
The EC has made a provision for the first time in any kind of election in the country that an aspirant mandatorily needs to submit an online nomination paper to contest the Upazila Parishad election.
EC introduces online nomination submission system in 6th upazila election
The Election Commission (EC) has introduced an online nomination submission system which has been made compulsory for the sixth upazila parishad election.
Candidates who want to participate in the election can submit complete nomination papers online and complete the activities related to collecting necessary documents from anywhere, according to a press release of the EC on Friday.
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Candidates will also be able to provide security deposit in the preferred conventional effective way online for the submission of nomination papers.
Filing nomination papers in a technology-based manner will save the candidate's time. Online nomination submission system can be accessed directly by visiting the link www.ecs.gov.bd notice board ('Online Submission of Nomination Papers' or onss.ecs.gov.bd), it said.
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To submit a nomination online, candidates need to complete the registration. In this case, NID verification and face identification are checked. After successful completion of registration, the user ID and password will be sent to the mobile number with which the registration has been done, which has to be stored carefully.
After nomination papers are submitted, the returning officer will perform all the necessary tasks by acknowledging the receipt of the nomination papers submitted online, confirmation, verification / scrutiny, appeal, withdrawal of candidacy, symbol allocation. By logging in using the provided user ID and password, the candidate can know the update of their submitted nomination papers at any time; As well as receive messages on mobile.
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Upazila Election Offices can be contacted for any need related to submission of nomination papers online. EC asked the candidates concerned to ensure the submission of nomination papers online with enough time in hand without waiting for the last time.
For the convenience of the candidates, a video tutorial can be found on the website as well as the designated Facebook page of the Election Commission, Bangladesh Election Commission Secretariat and the following link “https://youtu.be/hcImF47SkO8?si=eloeoZ1rI_liBs_G।“.
Ekramul Haque Titu becomes Mymensingh mayor for second time
Ekramul Haque Titu was unofficially declared the winner in the Mymensingh City Corporation election held on Saturday.
With this, Titu has once again become the mayor of the Mymensingh city corporation.
Belayet Hossain Choudhury, returning officer, announced the unofficial results of the election around 10:30 pm at Advocate Tarek Smriti Auditorium in the city.
Tahseen Bahar bags Cumilla City mayoral post
Titu, former mayor of the city corporation, bagged 1,39,604 votes while his nearest rival Advocate Sadequl Haque Khan Milky got 35,763 votes.
Three other candidates -- Ehtesamul Alam bagged 10,733 votes, Rezaul got 1,487 votes and Jatiyo Party candidate Shahidul Islam got 1,321 votes.
Balloting began at 8:00 am using Electronic voting Machines and continued till 4:00pm without any break.
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Besides, 149 councillors and 69 women councilors contested the polls for 33 ward councillors and 11 women reserved seats.
A total of 1,88,948 voters exercised their voting rights in this by-poll.
Tahseen Bahar bags Cumilla City mayoral post
Tahseen Bahar Shuchona was unofficially declared winner in the Cumilla City Corporation election held on Saturday.
Farhad Hossain, returning officer, announced the unofficial results of the election this evening at the Zilla School auditorium in the city.
Shuchona, daughter of Cumilla-6 (Sadar) lawmaker and president of Cumilla city unit Awami League AKM Bahauddin Bahar, secured 48,890 votes while her nearest rival Monirul Hoque Sakku got 26,897 votes.
Another contestant Nizam Uddin Kaiser, known as a former BNP leader, got 13,155 votes while another candidate Noor-ur Rahman Mahmud Tanim bagged 5,173 votes.
Voting began in the polls at 8:00am and closed around 4:00pm. Electronic voting machines (EVMs) were used for voting in the polls.
Tahseen Bahar said this victory was the victory of Cumilla metropolis Awami League and the people of Comilla city.
At that time, she also sought cooperation from all walks of life to renovate Cumilla City.
The mayoral post of Cumilla City Corporation was left vacant following the death of its 2nd mayor Arfanul Haque Rifat.
MP Henry's husband wins Sirajganj Zila Parishad by-polls race
Shamim Talukder Labu, husband of Sirajganj-2 lawmaker Jannat Ara Talukder Henry, was unofficially declared winner in the by-election to Sirajganj Zila Parishad held on Saturday.
Shamim bagged 634 votes while his nearest rival Maqbul Hossain Mukul, president of Malaysia unit Awami League got 506 votes, District Returning Officer Shahidul Islam confirmed.
AL candidate wins Naogaon-2 election
He said that six candidates contested this by-election.
The voting was held peacefully in the polling stations of 9 upazilas of the district on Saturday from 8 am to 2 pm.
The post of chairman was left vacant following the resignation of Abdul Latif Biswas.
Sirajganj Zilla Parishad by-polls: Candidature will be revoked if found any evidence of using black money
Election Commissioner Rashida Sultana has said that if there is evidence of using black money in the by-election in Sirajganj Zilla Parishad, the candidature will be revoked.
The election commissioner came up with these remarks in a views exchange meeting with the candidates of the by-election, law enforcement forces and presiding officers in the Sirajganj district commissioner's conference room on Thursday.
She gave this warning based on allegations of buying votes with money against two influential candidates.
She also said that the election will be stopped at any moment if there is any breach of the electoral code of conduct.
Chaired by Deputy Commissioner Mir Mohammad Mahbubur Rahman, the programme was attended by Superintendent of Police Arifur Rahman Mondal, Regional Election Officer Delwar Hossain, District Election Officer Shahidul Islam and six chairman candidates, chairman and members of various Union Parishads.
Sirajganj Zilla Parishad by-election will be held on March 9, 2024.
A total of 1196 mayors, chairman and members of seven municipalities, 9 upazilas, 83 unions of the district will vote through EVM from 8am to 2pm.
The post of chairman was left vacant following the resignation of Abdul Latif Biswas.
AL candidate wins Naogaon-2 election
Awami League candidate Shahiduzzaman Sarkar was declared the winner of the Naogaon-2 constituency election on Monday.
He has been elected MP for the fourth time.
Naogaon Deputy Commissioner and District Returning Officer Golam Mowla announced the results unofficially at 9 pm.
In this constituency, which consists of Patnitala-Dhamoirhat upazila on the border of Naogaon, Shahiduzzaman Sarkar secured 1 lakh 18 thousand 941 votes. His nearest rival Md Atiqur Rahman of JP got 74,381 votes.
On December 29, the Election Commission (EC) suspended the election of this constituency after the death of independent candidate Aminul Haque. Later, on January 8, the EC announced the election schedule again.
Suspended Naogaon-2 election on Monday
The election to the Naogaon-2 (Dhamoirhat and Patnitala) constituency, which was postponed following the death of independent candidate Aminul Haque, will be held on Monday.
The balloting will begin at 8am and will continue till 4pm without any break amid tight security, said Upazila Nirbahi Officer (UNO) and Assistant Presiding Officer Asma Khatun.
All necessary preparations have already been completed for the elections to be conducted fairly and impartially, she added.
Four candidates are vying for election as MP.
A total of 1,412 people including 124 presiding officers and 706 assistant presiding officers will serve as polling officers.
Besides, 4 policemen in important centers and 3 policemen in general centers, 13 police mobile teams, and 3 striking teams deployed in the poling centres to ensure security.
Six check posts were also set up to check up on any inconsistency, upazila election office sources said.
Earlier on Dec 29, the Election Commission (EC) postponed the election for Naogaon-2 constituency due to the death of Aminul Haque.
Mymensingh city election, Cumilla city mayoral by-polls on March 9: EC
The Election Commission (EC) has announced that by-elections to Mymensingh City Corporation and Cumilla city’s mayoral by-polls will be held on March 9.
EC Secretary Jahangir Alam announced the election schedule at a press conference at the EC Bhaban on Wednesday.
The schedule for 231 other elections including municipality elections was also announced.
The EC secretary said the last date for submission of nomination papers for the city corporations polls is February 13, scrutiny of nomination papers will be held on February 15, nomination withdrawal date was fixed on February 22 and symbols will be distributed on February 23.
He also said EVMs will be used in the city corporations, municipalities and zila parishad election as per the directives of Chief Election Commissioner Kazi Habibul Awal.