The first phase poll to 97 upazilas witnessed 62.44% voter turnout, Public Relations Department of the Election Commission said yesterday.
In the third upazila parishad polls held in 2009, the turnout of voters was 68.32%. The election to 97 upazilas was held in the first phase on Wednesday when voters cast 62.44% vote for the posts of chairmen, vice-chairmen and reserved women vice-chairmen.
A maximum turnout was noticed in Nachol upazila in Chapainowabganj at 81.62% while the lowest turnout was 37.20% in Jajira upazila in Shariatpur.
Chief Election Commissioner Kazi Rakibuddin Ahmad yesterday said around 60%-65% voters turned up in the first-phase poll as per the primary report.
Senior Assistant Secretary to the EC, Farhad Hossain, yesterday told the Dhaka Tribune the commission would get the final result of chairmen posts from the returning officers.
The commission would prepare the final list of 97 upazila polls by Sunday, he said.