DHAKA, July 30, 2018 (BSS)- The voting ended peacefully in Rajshahi, Barishal and Sylhet city corporations polls at 4 pm today.
The balloting started at 8 in the morning at all voting centers of the three cities with the participation of a huge number of voters, standing on long queues. The voting continued till 4 pm without any break.
Awami League mayoral candidate in Rajshahi City Corporation (RCC) AHM Khairuzzaman Litan expressed a strong confidence that he would clinch a landslide victory against his rivals.
“I am almost 100 per cent sure, I will win the election. I have seen such enthusiasm among voters as they want change,” Liton said while talking to reporters after casting his vote at Satellite Town High School polling centre.
In RCC, four candidates are contesting for the mayoral post. They are: ruling Awami League-nominated AHM Khairuzzaman Liton (Boat), BNP-nominated Mohammad Mosaddek Hossain Bulbul (Sheaf of Paddy), Islami Andolan Bangladesh candidate Md Shafiqul Islam (Hand Fan) and independent candidate Md Murad Morshed (Elephant).
Election Commission sources said a total of 3,18,138 voters are in Rajshahi City Corporation. Among them, 1,56,085 are male and 1,62,053 are female.
In Sylhet City Corporation (SCC), AL-backed mayoral candidate Badar Uddin Ahmed Kamran also expressed the hope that the people of SCC will elect the ‘Boat’ (symbol of Kamran).
He also said that he has a mentality to accept any result – win or defeat.
In SCC, seven candidates are contesting for the mayoral post. The candidates are: AL-nominated Badar Uddin Ahmed Kamran (Boat), BNP-candidate Ariful Haque Chowdhury (Sheaf of Paddy), Islami Andolan Bangladesh-backed Dr Md Moazzem Hossain Khan (Hand Fan), Bangladesh Samajtantrik Dal candidate Md Abu Jafar (Ladder) and independent candidates Ahasan Mahbub Jobayer (Table Watch), Md Ahasanul Haque Taher (Deer) and Md Badruzzaman Selim (Bus).
In SCC, there are 3,21,732 voters. Of them, 1,7144 are male and 1,50288 are female.
In Barisal City Corporation (BCC), six candidates are competing polls for the mayoral post. They are: AL candidate Serniyabat Sadek Abdullha (Boat), BNP-nominated Md Majibur Rahman Sarwar (Sheaf of Paddy), Islami Andolan candidate Obaidur Rahman (Hand Fan), Communist Party of Bangladesh (CPB) candidate Abul Kalam Azad ((Sickle), Bangladesh Samajtantrik Dal candidate Manisha Chakrabarty (Ladder) and Jatiya Party candidate Md Iqbal Hossain (Plough).
There are 2,42,666 voters in Barisal City Corporation. Of them, 1,21,436 are male and 1,20,739 female.
A total of 530 councilor candidates are contesting in the three city polls.