Rangpur City Corporation election will be held on December 27.
Election Commission Secretary Md Jahangir Alam announced the detailed schedule on Monday at the Election Commission Secretariat.
The election date was finalized at a meeting of the Election Commission (EC) with Chief Election Commissioner Kazi Habibul Awal in the chair.
The EC secretary said candidates can submit their nomination papers to the returning officer and assistant returning officer till November 29.
The returning officer will scrutinize the nomination papers on November 29 and December 1. December 8 has been set as the final date for withdrawal of candidature.
Earlier, he said the Election Commission also decided to use electronic voting machines (EVMs) and CCTV cameras in the election.
Voting will start at 8:30am and continue till 4:30pm without any break.
Director General of Electoral Training Institute Abdul Baten will serve as the returning officer of the Rangpur city Election.
A total of 3,93,994 voters will cast their votes at 193 centres to elect the Rangpur mayor, 27 general ward councillors and 11 reserved ward councillors.
The election to the city corporation was last held on December 21, 2017.
The first meeting was held on February 19, 2017. The tenure will end after five years of the first meeting.
The meeting also held an elaborate discussion on different local government elections and by-elections in vacant posts.
The EC also decided to hold elections to five municipalities and a number of union parishads on December 29.
The EC secretary said the candidates can submit their nomination papers to the returning officer and assistant returning officer till December 1.
Returning Officer will scrutinize the nomination papers on December 3. December 10 has been set as the final date of withdrawal of candidature.
He also added that the Election Commission also decided to use electronic voting machines (EVMs) and CCTV cameras in the union-level election.