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Bogura-6 by polls held peacefully
BOGURA, June 24, 2019 (BSS) – The by-polls to Bogura-6 constituency was
held peacefully today with the use of electronic voting machines (EVMs) in
voting centres.
The voting was held from 9am to 5pm at 141 centres while there were about
3,87,458 eligible voters in the constituency, Returning Officer Mahbub Alam
Shah said.
Tight security measures were taken as around 3500 members of police, RAB
and Ansar performed duties to avert any untoward incident.
Besides, 26 executive magistrates ran similar number of mobile courts
during polls while 15 platoons of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) members
patrolled the constituency.
Voters were very happy after casting their votes using EVMs. Rubina
Akhter, a voter of Shaheed Nagar in Sadar thana said, “I am very happy to
cast my vote in EVM as it is very easy.”
BSS/CORR/MKD/ARS/1835 hrs