Voting begins in Barisal City Corporation polls

Voting for 30 wards of Barisal City Corporation (BCC) polls began at 8am on Monday. 

The voting will take place via electronic voting machines (EVMs) at 126 polling stations till 4pm. 

A total of 2,76,298 voters—1,37,489 male and 1,38, 809 female—will exercise their franchise.

About 4,500 members of law enforcement agencies, 10 platoons of BGB, 30 executive magistrates, and 10 judicial magistrates are working for the polls.

Awami League mayoral candidate Abul Khair Abdullah (Khokon Seniabat) will cast vote at Government Barisal College center on Kalibari Road, Jatiya Party's candidate Iqbal Hossain Taposh at Syed Abdul Mannan DDF Alim Madrasa centre on Gorsthan Road, Islami Andlan Bangladesh's Mufti Syed Muhammad Faizul Karim at A Rob Serniabat Secondary School center in the city.