Gaibandha-5 by-polls begin amid thin presence of voters

Voting of the Gaibandha-5 by-polls began this morning amid a thin presence of voters.

The voting started at 8:30 am amid cold weather, reports our Bogura correspondent.

While visiting the Udakhali Government Primary School and Udakhali High School polling centres in Fulchhari upazila of Gaibandha around 8:30 am, our correspondent found no voters.

Only agents, members of law enforcement agencies and election officials were present at the polling stations.

A total of 11 votes were cast in seven booths of the Udakhali Primary School till 9:00 am.

The number of voters in these two centres is more than 5,000.

The Election Commission on October 12, stopped the by-polls in the constituency following electoral anomalies.