The Chairman of the Election Monitoring Forum Abed Ali said that the Dhaka-17 by-polls are going smoothly, and no untoward incident has been reported from anywhere.
“We visited as election observers on behalf of Saarc Human Rights Foundation and Election Monitoring Forum. The polling is taking place peacefully, I have not received any complaints,” he said.
He made the comments at the capital's Banani Bidyaniketan School and College centre on Monday.
Abed Ali also said that he had spoken to the agents of various candidates. "I have not received any complaints from them. No one is intimidating the voting agents anywhere.”
He, however, said, the team expected to see a better voter turnout.
Balloting for the Dhaka-17 by-polls began at 8am on Monday. The voting will continue till 4pm.
The number of voters is 325,205 under 125 polling stations in the Dhaka-17 constituency, which comprises wards 15,18,19 and 20 of Dhaka North City Corporation as well as the Dhaka cantonment area.