Voting in Bogura-6 by-polls on Monday

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Bogura Correspondent
Published : 22:25, Jun 23, 2019 | Updated : 22:28, Jun 23, 2019

Photo shows election materials being dispatched from Bogura’s Shaheed Chandu Stadium to polling stations.The Election Commission is all set to hold by-elections to the Bogura-6 constituency on Monday (Jun 24).
The parliamentary seat was declared vacant as BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir, who was elected in the Dec 30 general election, did not take oath to his office.
The commission has completed all the preparations to smoothly hold the polls using Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs).
Returning officer Mahbub Alam Shah handed over the election materials to the presiding officers on Sunday at Shaheed Chandu Stadium in the district town.
The EC has identified 111 out of total 141 polling centres as important.
Five policemen and 12 Ansar members will remain deployed in every important polling centre while four policemen and 12 Ansar members at a normal centre.
Besides, 12 platoons of Border Guard Bangladesh, 12 teams of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) and 12 executive magistrates will be there in the field apart from 12 teams of striking forces to ensure security.
Golam Mohammad Siraj of BNP, T Zaman Niketa of Awami League, Nurul Islam Omar of Jatiya Party, Dr Mansur Rahman of Bangladesh Congress, Mufti Rafiqul Islam of Muslim League and independent candidate Md Minhaz Mondal are there in the election race.
Besides, another independent candidate Syed Kabir Ahmed Mithu quit the election race after the expiry of the deadline.
There are 387,458 voters — 191,668 males and 195,790 females — in the constituency.

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