Sylhet Representative/

Sylhet City Corporation elections will be held in November next year, Election Commission officials said. The Election Commission is working towards this goal. According to EC sources, Sylhet City Corporation elections should be completed by November next year. By law, those cities are required to hold elections between mid-March and mid-November 2023. According to the City Corporation Election Act, the term of an elected corporation is five years from its first meeting. And voting has to be done within 180 days before the end of the period.
EC Election Management Branch officials said that the last election of Sylhet City Corporation was held on July 30, 2018. The first meeting of the elected corporation was held on November 7 of the same year. Counting for the next general election will begin on May 6, 2023. And voting should be done by November 5 that year. The responsible officials of EC’s election management wing also said that there are preliminary preparations for Sylhet city elections. If the Commission gives instructions, it will not take much time to prepare the documents. However, there has been no discussion on this yet. In this regard, EC Additional Secretary Ashok Kumar Debnath said that there is an obligation to complete the general elections of some city corporations in 2023. Preparations for these will begin early next year.

Election Commissioner Md. Alamgir said that the 12th National Assembly elections will be held from the last week of December next year to the beginning of January 2024. In this case, if the election is held at the end of December, it will be announced at the beginning of November, and if the election is held at the beginning of January 2024, the schedule will be announced at the end of November next year. New party registration process, delimitation of parliamentary constituencies must be completed at least a few months before elections are scheduled. Besides, before announcing the schedule, the Election Commission should prepare the list of voters and determine the polling stations.