Chief Election Commissioner Kazi Rakibuddin Ahmad said yesterday that the last phase upazila parishad polls had been held in a free and fair manner.
Talking to the reporters at the Election Commission Media Centre yesterday, the CEC said the commission suspended three polling centres out 746 in 13 upazila parishad polls. The commission also cancelled the votes of a polling centre for casting fake votes.
He said the commission did not get any news of violence in this phase. Voters were able to cast their votes in a peaceful environment, he said. A contrast to the violence, vote rigging and snatching of ballot boxes which marred the last five phases of the upazila parishad polls.