The third phase of the fifth Upazila Council elections will be held in 117 upazilas in 25 districts on Sunday (Mar 24), reports BSS.
The polling will take place from 8 am to 4 pm without any break.
As many as 1,376 aspirants, including 358 for chairman, 604 for vice-chairman and 414 for women vice-chairman posts, are contesting in the third phase polls.
Though the election to chairman, vice-chairman and reserved vice-chairman posts is being held under party banner, ruling Awami League has kept the vice-chairman and reserved vice-chairman posts open to all without giving party nominations.
About 24.7 million voters will exercise their franchise in the elections to be held in 10,018 polling centres in 117 upazilas.
Electronic voting machines (EVMs) will be used in the polls in several upazilas while a general holiday has been announced tomorrow in the respective upazilas.
Additional members of the law enforcement agencies will be kept deployed till two days after the polling day from two days before the polling day to hold the election in a peaceful manner.
Though the third phase election was scheduled to be held in 127 Upazila Council under 17 districts in five divisions, there will be no voting in six upazilas as candidates in all posts were elected unopposed in those sixupazilas.
Besides, polls to two upazilas of Cox’s Bazar Sadar and Narsingdi Sadar have been shifted to fourth phase of elections.
The fourth and fifth phases of the Upazila Parishad elections will be held on Mar 31 and Jul 18 respectively.