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EC finalises list of 40,199 polling centres in 300 seats
DHAKA, Dec 4, 2018 (BSS) – The Election Commission (EC) today issued a
circular finalising a list of 40,199 polling centres in the 300 seats in the
11th parliamentary election scheduled to be held on December 30.
It was obligatory to publish gazette of all the polling centres by today,
EC Deputy Secretary Md Abdul Halim Khan told BSS.
He said the gazettes of all centres have been published within specific
timeframe as per the directives of the Commission.
Halim said the EC gave approval to the list of the polling centres sent
by returning officers in the 300 parliamentary seats.
Around 10.42 crore voters will exercise their franchise in the next
election.
Earlier, in August last, about 40,657 proposed centres were listed.
In the 10th parliamentary election, there were 37,707 vote centres
against 9.19 crore voters in 300 constituencies.
As per the schedule of the 11th parliamentary election, the last date of
nomination paper submission was November 28 while the scrutiny of nomination
papers was held on December 2. The deadline for withdrawal of candidature is
December 9 next.
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