Ruling party Awami League-nominated mayoral candidate Abul Khair Abdullah (Khokon Serniabat) has said the Barisal City Corporation (BCC) polls are being conducted in an impartial manner.
He expressed satisfaction over the overall polls situation and said the election results would be acceptable.
He made the comments after casting a vote at Government Barishal College in ward no 19 at around 10:20am on Monday.
Voting for 30 wards of Barisal City Corporation (BCC) polls began at 8am on Monday and is currently underway amid festivity.
The voting is taking place via electronic voting machines (EVMs) at 126 polling stations and will continue till 4pm.
A total of 276,298 voters—137,489 men and 138,809 women—are expected to 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.
