Staff Reporter, Sylhet/

Foreign Minister and Sylhet-1 Constituency Member of Parliament AK Abdul Momen voted at Durgakumar Government Primary School Center in Bandarbazar area of Sylhet City Corporation (SICC).

The foreign minister came to the center to cast his vote at 9:50 am. Then vote at 10 o’clock. After voting, he expressed his satisfaction with the voting environment.

Sylhet city corporation election is being held today. Voting through Electronic Voting Machine (EVM) started from 8 am.

It was seen that before the start of polling, the voters were standing in line from 7 am. There is a kind of curiosity among young voters about voting in EVMs. Male and female voters are voting with great enthusiasm.

A visit to some centers shows that the queues of women voters are longer than those of men. They also have great enthusiasm.

There are a total of 190 polling stations in this year’s CSIC elections. Out of these, 132 centers have been identified as ‘critical’ (risky) by law enforcement agencies.

CSIC elections are being held this time with a total of 42 wards including the extended area. The total number of voters is 4 lakh 87 thousand 747 people. Among them 2 lakh 54 thousand 363 male voters and 2 lakh 33 thousand 384 female voters.

A total of 7 people are competing for the mayoral post in today’s CSIC elections, including the candidates of three political parties – Awami League, Jatiya Party and Zaker Party. There were 8 candidates. However, on the day of the Barisal City election, the mayoral candidate of the Islamic movement, Hafiz Maulana Mahmudul Hasan, withdrew from the polls.

Bangladesh Awami League nominated candidate Anwaruzzaman Chowdhury for the post of mayor in boat symbol, Jatiya Party nominated candidate Nazrul Islam Babul in plow symbol, independent candidate respectively. Abdul Hanif Kutu horse symbol, Md. Chalah Uddin Rimon cricket bat symbol, Md. Shahjahan Mia is contesting on Bus symbol and Mushtaq Ahmed Rauf Mustafa on Deer symbol and Zaker Party candidate Zahirul Islam is contesting on Rose symbol. Alleging irregularities in the Barisal City Corporation elections, the mayoral candidate of the Islamic Movement, Sisik, has announced boycotting the elections. Although 7 candidates are contesting for the post of mayor, the main fight will be between the candidate of boat and plow.

42 Executive and 14 Judicial Magistrates are in the field to hold elections in a free, fair and impartial environment. About 7000 members of law and order forces including 10 platoon BGB, RAB, police and Ansar have been deployed in the field. More than 4,500 polling officers will perform duties including 190 presiding officers.