municipal elections
Councillor aspirants keep BNP alive
The pro-BNP councillor candidates did well in the municipal elections though their party-nominated mayor aspirants suffered a debacle, which has largely been blamed on rampant electoral irregularities.
Municipal Elections 2015 / Irregularities aplenty
Mayoral candidates of the ruling Awami League clinched a landslide victory in yesterday's election to 234 municipalities amid allegations of widespread electoral irregularities. AL candidates secured 179 mayoral posts while their rivals from the BNP got 21. And AL rebels obtained 19 posts. Ruling party men resorted to electoral irregularities in at least 80 municipalities with the local administration looking on. They stuffed ballot boxes and drove BNP candidates' agents out of polling centres, according to reports from The Daily Star correspondents.
BNP rejects polls results
The BNP has rejected the results of yesterday's municipal polls, alleging widespread vote-rigging, ballot-stuffing and capture of more than a thousand polling stations by the ruling party men.
Ghost voting makes turnout high
Some polling centres in Savar municipality recorded an abnormally high turnout yesterday although the presence of voters was visibly thin.
Khaleda in urgent party meeting
BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia today called an emergency meeting of the party’s senior leaders this evening to discuss today’s municipality elections.
Municipal polls: Vote counting begins
Vote counting has begun as elections to 234 municipalities ended this afternoon.
LIVE: Municipal election as it unfolds
Follow The Daily Star for latest updates of the Municipal Elections 2015. The Municipal elections are held every five years in the country and this year marks the first ever Municipal Partisan polls.
Municipal Elections 2015 / BNP desperate, AL cautious
The BNP has instructed its mayoral candidates and their polling agents not to leave the election centres “under any circumstances” during the casting of ballots, and that they stay there till the announcement of election results.
Municipal Elections 2015 / Campaign ends, tension remains
As the three-week electioneering ended yesterday midnight, the Election Commission imposed a restriction on outsiders staying in electoral areas.
Forthcoming municipal elections
We welcome the upcoming municipal elections due to be held on December 30. Whether the decision to hold on party lines is a good one...
Mini national polls, mighty excitement in store
The schedules for polls to the 234 municipalities are upon us, as if tip-toeing on a slippery wicket to a sudden grand curtain raiser about to happen.