Newly elected chairmen and members of 59 Zila Parishads of the country were sworn in on Monday. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina administered the oath to the newly elected chairmen of the Zila Parishads at a ceremony at Bangabandhu International Conference Center (BICC) in the city. Read more: Zila Parishad polls were peaceful, disciplined, says CEC Besides, LGRD Minister Md Tazul Islam administered the oath to the newly elected members of the Zila Parishads. The elections to 57 Zila Parshads were held on 17th October, while chairmen of Bhola and Chapainawanbganj districts were elected uncontested.

Elections at 57 Zila Parishads of Bangladesh began on Monday (October 17, 2022) morning by using electronic voting machines (EVMs). The voting began at 9:00 am and will continue until 2:00 pm without any break under the supervision of the deputy commissioners who are acting as returning officers, according to the Election Commission. Voting in the Zila Parishads will be held at 925 booths in 462 centres across the country while 60,866 voters will cast their vote. Read:EC doing its job, not under any pressure: CEC Elected representatives of other local government bodies such as Union Parishads, municipalities and Upazila Parishads are eligible to vote in the election. Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Kazi Habibul Awal said on Sunday that CCTV cameras will be used in every centre in the Zila Parishad elections just like the recently held Gaibandha-5 elections. The EC suspended the election to the Gaibandha-5 parliamentary seat for “widespread malpractices” recorded in the CCTV cameras. The Election Commission says it will monitor the 57 Zila Parishads polls of Bangladesh through CCTV cameras from a monitoring cell set up in its headquarters in Dhaka. Read: Gaibandha-5 polls: Not a reckless decision, says CEC

The election to 61 district councils (Zila Parishads) will be held October 17 with the use of electronic voting machines (EVMs). The Election Commission on Tuesday announced the polls schedules for 61 local bodies out of the country’s 64 district councils(excluding three district councils of Chittagong Hill Tract area) after a meeting held at the Nirbachan Bhaban with Chief Election Commissioner Kazi Habibul Awal in the chair. As per the schedule, the deadline for submission of nomination paper sis September 15, while the date for scrutinizing nomination papers is September 18 and the last date for withdrawal of candidature is September 25, said EC’s additional secretary Ashok Kumar Debnath at a briefing after the meeting. Read:EVMs to be used in maximum 150 constituencies in next national polls: EC The polls will be held from 9am to 2pm without any recess. Deputy Commissioners will act as the election returning officers in the respective districts. Elected representatives of other local bodies like Union Parishads, municipalities and Upazila Parishads are voters in the district council election.

Elections or by-elections to nearly 100 local bodies –- Zila Parishads, Upazila parishads, municipalities and Union Parishads—will be held in different districts of the country on Thursday.