Md Shamsul Huda, a 76-year old man, was cheerful to cast his vote in the 12th Parliamentary election despite his poor health condition.
Shamsul, a businessman by profession, went to Uttara High School and Collage Centre in a wheelchair with the help of his two sons around 11:30 am.
Talking to UNB, he said, “I did not cast my vote in 2018 due to the absence of a peaceful election environment but this year the election environment is so good that’s why I came to cast my vote.”
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Like Shamsul, an elderly woman, Sharifa Khatun, also went to polling station to cast her vote.
Tofazzal Hossain, presiding officer of the polling centre, said under booth-3 which is designated for male voters, the number of total voters is 2158 but only 120 votes were cast till the filling of this report around 12 pm.
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In the first two hours only 24 votes were cast, he said.
“The situation at booth-6 which is designated for female voters is also the same. The number of female voters is 273. But only 39 votes were cast,” he said.
However, there is no queues of voters at the polling station but the voters are trickling in.
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