Tag: upazila council elections
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Low turnout in Daulatpur Upazila Parishad elections of Kushtia: Only 6 votes were cast in 6 hours
He said that although polling started at 8 am, the first vote at the booth was cast at 9.22 am. “Whenever a voter is entering the centre, we see from the window that she will come to my booth. But no voter is entering my booth,” Sohail Ahmed told Prothom Alo. Presiding officer Sahajul Islam…
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BNP expels another 51 leaders for involvement in upazila elections
In a press release on Wednesday, the party's senior joint general secretary Ruhul Kabir Rizvi said that the particular persons have been permanently expelled from the party, including their primary membership, because they had participated in the upazila elections going against the party's decision. . Of the expelled BNP leaders, 17 are in the race…
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Declining voting percentage in Upazila elections: Main reasons behind voters' disinterest
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…
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Who said Bangladesh is poor! simply visit the candidates' homes
Former commerce minister Tipu Munshi once said, the standard of living of the 40 million people in Bangladesh is equal to that of the people of Europe. But do the public representatives have any idea about the 40 million people at the bottom, immersed in extreme poverty, who are struggling to get decent food? According…
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Obaidul Quader has warned that if AL does not stop in the field, BNP will carry out terrorist activities.
Noting that a conspiracy was taking place regarding the upazila elections, the AL general secretary urged the party leaders and workers to remain alert and not get involved in any conflict. Quader questioned whether any election was held peacefully without any reason during the BNP rule. He said the first phase of the sixth Upazila…
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Lowest voting rate ever in Upazila elections
According to Election Commission (EC) data, about 36.1 percent votes were cast in the first upazila elections held on Wednesday. The voting rate on EVM (electronic voting) machines was 31.31 percent and on ballot papers was 37.22 percent. The voting rate in the 12th general election was 41.8 percent. However, Awami League general secretary expressed…
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Expelled BNP leaders face defeat in upazila elections
In Harirampur upazila of Manikganj, expelled joint convenor of Upazila Jubo Dal, Jahidur Rahman lost the post of president. In Singair upazila of the district, two candidates for the post of vice president, Tofazzal Hussain and Afroza Rehman, lost. Sarwar Hussain lost the post of president in Ghoraghat upazila of Dinajpur. He was the vice…
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Upazila Parishad elections: Government's controversy and opposition's boycott
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…
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Impact of low turnout on upazila elections in Bangladesh
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…
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CEC predicts 30-40% turnout in Upazila Parishad elections
Chief Election Commissioner Qazi Habibul Awal said there could be different reasons for low voter turnout. “As we tried to know the matter, we were informed that many people could not come to cast their vote as they had gone to harvest their paddy. Storm and rain also occurred at some places. This could also…
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Election Commission believes 7-8 percent voting took place in the first two hours
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…
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Madaripur Sadar Upazila Election: Low turnout, only one vote cast in 1.5 hours
Presiding Officer Dipankar Karmakar told Prothom Alo that the turnout has decreased due to drizzle in the area since morning. The number of voters will increase as the elections progress. There are a total of 2780 votes at the male polling station of Asmot Ali Khan Public School and College. Till 9:30 am, only 106…
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Awami League avoids conflict, focuses on increasing voting
Awami League will closely monitor the situation in some districts like Noakhali, Madaripur, Bogura and Pabna as the situation there has become heated due to the candidature of relatives of ministers-MPs or local infighting in the party. Awami League's Madaripur politics is divided into two groups controlled by long-time central presidium member Shazhan Khan and…
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418 BGB platoon deployed for the first phase of Upazila Parishad elections. bgb election deployment
According to the schedule announced by the Election Commission, in the first phase, Upazila Parishad elections for 150 upazilas will be held on May 8. In the second phase, 160 upazilas will go to polls on May 21, and in the third phase, 112 upazilas will go to polls on May 29. In the fourth…
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Pabna Chairman candidate detained with cash: Supporters surrounded the police station
During the press conference, RAB-12 Pabna Camp Commander MD Ehteshamul Haq Khan said that a team of the elite force was patrolling in Sujanagar upazila. At around 12.30 in the night the RAB team searched a car. During the search, chairman candidate Mohammad Shahinuzzaman and 10 others were detained with Taka 22,82,700. The RAB commander…