On 26 January, the Electoral Commission published details of the constituency-wise appointments of local election observers for the referendum and parliamentary election. It revealed that a total of 47,457 observers were approved across all 300 parliamentary constituencies. Of those, PASA received approval for 10,250 observers in 127 constituencies. However, the executive director of PASA claims […]
Sub-section 1 of Article 17 of the Representation of the People Order (RPO), 1972 states that if a valid candidate dies after the expiry of the time limit for withdrawal of nomination papers and before the polling takes place, the election activities of the concerned constituency shall be immediately canceled or postponed.
Meanwhile, Article 86 of the Representation of the People Order provides that if any person employed in the service of the Republic abuses his official position in any way with intent to influence the outcome of an election, he shall be guilty of a punishable offence, punishable with imprisonment for a maximum of five years […]
Mohsin Bhuiyan, presiding officer of Halimpur Government Primary School, said till 3 pm, only 450 (20.99 per cent) of the 1,906 registered voters in the area had cast their votes. Similarly, at Dighirpar Lower Secondary School, over 400 votes (18.55) were recorded out of a total of 2,156 voters till 3:30 pm. Presiding officer Kabir […]
Additional DIG Mohammad Moniruzzaman was accompanying his younger brother who had gone to the Bangladesh Awami League (AL) operations office to collect his nomination papers for the by-election for Jhenaidah-1 constituency. The Election Commission's letter said that Additional DIG of Tourist Police Mohammad Moniruzzaman, wearing his uniform, was accompanying a prospective candidate of a political […]
Many would remember that during the previous BNP regime, a District Minister post was created through a notification. A case was filed against this in the High Court and in their judgment Justice Khairul Haq and Justice Fazle Kabir quashed this notification and declared it unconstitutional for Members of Parliament to contest local elections as […]
Election Commissioner Mohammad Alamgir said on Thursday that 36.1 percent voting took place in the first phase of Upazila Parishad elections. He said this while talking to journalists at Nirbhachan Bhawan in Aggargaon area of the capital. Commissioner Alamgir said that 36.1 percent votes were cast in the first phase of Upazila Parishad elections on […]
If the rules for conducting elections with party nominations and symbols had been in place, then undoubtedly the Awami League would have had to field 'dummy' candidates again like in the January 7 elections, or arrangements would have been made for the candidates to win most of the seats unopposed. . It is also very […]
A total of 44 political parties are registered with the Election Commission (EC). About 12 candidates from Jatiya Party, JP, Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal (Jashod) and Workers Party have contested the upazila elections with their respective party symbols. The ruling AL refrained from fielding party-nominated candidates to ensure competition and good turnout. However, several AL leaders […]
In the first phase of Upazila Parishad elections, the voting percentage was low in the first two hours. During this period, 7-8 percent voting took place. The Election Commission (EC) did not receive any report of violence in the first two hours of voting. EC Additional Secretary Ashok Kumar Debnath gave this information to journalists […]
CEC Qazi Habibul Awal said, “We see a lack of discipline due to emotions being at the center of elections. We have to ensure that voters can cast their votes without any hassle. We have to conduct fair elections at any cost.” “If we are unsuccessful in this election, the democratic stability and continuity achieved […]
Whatever anyone is saying, anywhere, the Election Commission has nothing to do with it. He said, if anyone had complained that a candidate was spending more before the release of the gazette, the commission would have investigated the matter and taken action. However, Badiul Alam Majumdar, secretary of Shushasoner Jonno Nagorik (Shujaan), disagrees with the […]