Awami League-backed mayoral candidate Talukder Abdul Khaleque, after casting vote, said the Khulna City Corporation (KCC) election is being held in a free, fair manner.
He cast his vote at Pioneer Secondary Girls School centre on the city's South Central Road around 9:10am.
“I will accept whatever result that comes from the voters,” he said, hoping that people will vote for him for the continuation of the development.
Voting for the 31 wards of Khulna City Corporation (KCC) polls began at 8am on Monday.
The voting will take place via electronic voting machines (EVMs) at 289 centres till 4pm.
A total of 2,320 CCTV cameras have been installed both inside and outside 1,732 polling booths.
As many as 535,522 voters, including 268,828 male and 266,698 female, will cast their votes in the KCC polls.
Several voters at Khulna City Corporation (KCC) polls have expressed their satisfaction with the use of electronic Voting Machines (EVMs).
One voter, Mojammel Haque, said it took him 20 seconds to cast his vote through EVM at National Girls High School centre in ward no 18.
Another voter, Marufa Begum, said: “This is the first time I used EVM. It took five minutes, as I had to understand it first. However, the environment at the polling centre was good.”
Latifa Begum, a voter at the National Government Primary School centre in ward no 19, said that she voted for the second time through EVM. “There was no problem.”
