DHAKA, Feb 1, 2020 (BSS)-Counting of votes began immediately after the balloting in Dhaka south and north city corporations concluded at 4pm peacefully.
The voting in Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) and Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) began at 8am.
Voters cast their votes amid festivity through Electronic Voting Machine (EVM) method to elect mayors and councilors to Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) and Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC).
Most voters were found enthusiastic by giving votes through EVM system.
There were 30 lakh 10 thousand 273 voters in DNCC to cast their votes in 1,318 polling centres. Of the voters, 15,49,567 were male and 14,60,706 were female. There were 54 general and 18 reserved (women) wards in the city corporation.
In DSCC, there were 1,150 polling centres for 24 lakh 53 thousand 194 voters. Of them, 12 lakh 93 thousand 441 were male and 11 lakh 59 thousand 753 were female. DSCC has 75 general and 25 reserved wards.
Around 50,000 members of law enforcement agencies were maintaining law and order. A total of 129 executive magistrates and 64 judicial magistrates were deployed in the two city corporations.