Elections to 117 upazila parishads will be held on Sunday in the third phase.
Some 1.19 crore (11,887,751) voters will exercise their voting rights at 9,298 polling stations from 8am till 4pm without a break.
Some 340 chairman, 584 vice-chairman, and 399 woman vice-chairman candidates are contesting in the 117 upazilas.
Also, 33 chairman, nine vice-chairman, and 13 woman vice-chairman contestants have already been elected uncontested as there was no candidate in their opposition.
Though the Election Commission earlier announced the election schedule for 127 upazilas in 25 districts, there will be no balloting in 10 upazilas in the third phase on various grounds.
"Six upazilas, where all candidates have already been elected unopposed, don't require balloting, while polls at two other upazilas were postponed following a court order and elections at the remaining two upazilas shifted to the fourth phase," said Election Commission Secretary Helaluddin Ahmed at a pre-election briefing at Nirbachan Bhaban in the city on Saturday.
Polls in 4 UZ by EVMs
The elections in four upazilas will be done on electronic voting machines completely he said, adding that the upazilas are Meherpur Sadar, Gopalganj Sadar, Manikganj Sadar, and Rangpur Sadar.
He said election materials, including translucent ballot boxes and ballot papers, have already been handed over to presiding officers.
"All the necessary preparations have been taken to hold the third phase of elections in a peaceful manner, like the first and second phase elections," Helaluddin Ahmed said.
"The Election Commission has withdrawn three Upazila Nirbahi Officers and nine officers-in-charge (OCs) of police stations from their duties forf the third phase of polls," he said.
"The Commission served warning notices to several MPs over violations of the election code," he added.
Security measures
A large number of security personnel, including police, Rab, BGB, and Coast Guard, have been deployed in the election areas since Friday. They will remain on duty till Tuesday.
Additional BGB members were deployed in some upazilas amid the risk of irregularities and deterioration of law and order in this phase, Helaluddin said.
Also, one judicial magistrate in each upazila and an executive magistrate for every three union parishads, have been placed on duty for five days to punish any violations of the polls code.
A security team comprising of 14-16 members drawn from police, Ansar, and VDP, will guard each polling station on the day.
The administration has announced a public holiday in the 117 upazilas for Sunday.
The 5th upazila election will be completed in five phases, holding polls in some 480 upazilas out of the country's 492. The Election Commission has so far announced the election schedule for the first four phases.
The first phase and second phase elections were held on March 10 and 18 respectively, while the fourth phase polls are scheduled to be held on March 31.
The first upazila election was held in 1985, while the next three were held in 1990, 2009 and 2014.