The election to 81 upazila parishads in the third phase is underway on Saturday.
The voting began at 8am and will end at 4pm without any break.
A total of 1,119 candidates are contesting in the 81 upazila parishads polls. Of them, 419 are vying for the chairman posts, 423 for the vice-chairman and 277 for the women vice-chairman posts.
One judicial and four executive magistrates have been deployed in every upazila. The commission has set up 5,444 polling stations with 35,331 polling booths in the upazilas.
A total of 1, 31, 85,013 voters will exercise their voting rights in the polls. Of them, as many as 66, 00,131 are male and 65, 67,832 female.
The army along with other law enforcement agencies including BGB, RAB, police and Ansar have been deployed in the respective upazilas to maintain law and order and ensure that the polls are held in a free and fair manner.
Earlier, the first phase polls were held on February 19 in 97 upazilas while the second phase was held on February 27 in 115 upazila parishads.
