Sylhet City Corporation election symbols have been allocated among the mayoral and councillor candidates.
Returning Officer Faisal Quader allotted symbols to the candidates at the Sylhet regional election officer's office in Mendibag of the city Friday morning.
Symbols were allocated among seven candidates for the post of mayor, 273 candidates for the post of general councillor in 42 wards and 87 candidates for the post of 14 reserved councillors. After allotment of symbols, the campaigning of the candidates will officially begin.
Awami League's Anwaruzzaman Chowdhury got boat, Jatiya Party's Nazrul Islam Babul plow, Islami Andolan's Hafiz Maulana Mahmudul Hasan hand fan, Zaker Party's Zahirul Alam received rose flower symbol as party candidates for the mayoral post.
Besides, Abdul Hanif Kutu got horse, Chalah Uddin Rimon cricket bat, and Shah Jahan Mia bus among the independent candidates.
A total of 11 candidates collected nominations for the post of mayor in Sylhet city elections. Among them, the returning officer cancelled the nomination of five people in the verification selection on May 25. Later, three of these five candidates appealed and the nomination of an independent candidate was declared valid. This has increased the number of candidates for the post of mayor to seven.
Sylhet City Corporation election is scheduled to take place on June 21.