United News of Bangladesh

The voter turnout is 32.88 percent throughout the country till 12:00pm in the first half of the ongoing nine-hour balloting of the parliamentary election and referendum, according to the data of the Election Commission. “We’ve gleaned the data from 32,789 out of 42,651 polling stations. According to the data, the voter turnout is 32.88 percent,” said EC Senior Secretary Akhtar Ahmed while briefing reporters at 1:10pm in the city’s Nirbachan Bhaban. The balloting began at 7:30am and will continue uninterrupted till 4:30pm. The balloting is being held in 299 out of 300 parliamentary constituencies across the country amid a peaceful environment. Hidden cameras on police, drones deployed to prevent chaos: EC