The election to Bangladesh Bar Council, the central body of lawyers, was held across the country.
The casting of votes began around 10am Wednesday and continued till 5pm at 77 polling centres.
Some 43,302 lawyers cast their votes to elect the 14-member executive body out of 61 contestants, Bar Council Assistant Director Nazmul Ahsan told the reporters.
Read more: Bar council polls deferred until August 26
The Bangladesh Bar Council elections are held every three years. The 14-member executive body elect the vice-chairman while the attorney general is given the post of chairman as per rules.
The election was first scheduled on May 20, as per an announcement on March 25, and the authorities published a list of 48,465 voters on April 9.
But five members of the council and 101 lawyers claimed that the voters’ list was vague as it had repetition of names. Later, the voting day was shifted to May 27.
Responding to a writ petition, the High Court stayed the polls on May 21.
Later, the council appealed to the Appellate Division, seeking a freeze on the execution of the High Court ruling.
On May 28, fixing the polls date on August 13, the court had asked the attorney general, who is the council’s chairman, and the council’s secretary to review the voter list and update the list by July 12.
On July 9, responding to a writ petition filed by the council authorities, a four-member bench of the Appellate Division headed by Chief Justice Surendra Kumar Sinha shifted the polls day to Aug 26.
