The biennial election of the Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FBCCI) took place today to elect the leadership for the country's apex trade body for the 2023-25 tenure.

"Some 89.35 percent votes were cast in the polls. The counting of the votes is going on," said A Matin Chowdhury, chairman of the FBCCI Election Board for 2023-25.

Some 1,746 out of the 1,954 voters cast their votes, according to data from the FBCCI.

The voting started at 9 am and ended at 4 pm without any break at the Bangabandhu International Convention Centre in Dhaka.

Chowdhury said no vote was cancelled and no untoward incident took place during the election.

The results may come out tonight, but it will take time, as the counting of the votes is still going on, he said.

On August 2, the elected directors will choose the president, a senior vice president and six vice presidents.

This year the election was held only in the association for 23 posts of directors as the 23 directors for chamber group were elected unopposed earlier.

In the association group, 49 candidates contested for 23 posts of directors.

Of the 49 candidates, 23 were from each of two panels and three were independent candidates.