Rangpur city polls on December 27 All centres to use EVM

The election to Rangpur City Corporation will be held on December 27 using electronic voting machines.

The election date was finalised at a meeting of the Election Commission with Chief Election Commissioner Kazi Habibul Awal in the chair at the EC office yesterday.

EC Secretary Jahangir Alam briefed the media afterwards. He said CCTV cameras will be set up in and outside all polling stations.

The voting will start at 8:30am and continue till 4:30pm without any break.

The last election to the city corporation was held on December 21, 2017. The first meeting of the corporation was held on February 19, 2017. In that account, the five-year tenure will end on February 18 next year.

EC has legal obligation to hold the election to any city corporation within 180 days of expiry of the tenure.

Jatiya Party (Ershad) mayoral candidate Mostafizar Rahman Mostafa won the RCC election in the last election.

Jahangir yesterday also said elections to five municipalities -- Bagha of  Rajshahi, Birol of Dinajpur, Boda of Panchagarh, Alfadanga of Faridpur and Banpara of Natore -- will take place on December 29.