Symbols will be allocated in the first phase of the Sixth Upazila Parishad election today, Tuesday (April 23). Candidates can campaign after receiving the symbol.
Election Commission (EC) Deputy Secretary of Election Management Branch. Atiyar Rahman said, according to the schedule of the first phase, the appeal was settled on Sunday. The deadline for withdrawal of candidature was Monday (April 22). After selection of nomination papers, valid candidates are 1 thousand 786. Allotment of symbols among candidates today. Candidates can campaign with the symbol. Voting in 150 upazilas will be held on May 8.
2 thousand 55 candidates have submitted their nomination papers in the second phase of upazila polls.
Election Commission Additional Secretary Ashok Kumar Debnath said that 730 people have filed nomination papers for the post of chairman, 763 for the post of vice chairman and 562 for the post of female vice chairman.
According to the schedule for the second phase, the last date for filing nomination papers was Sunday. Selection of nomination papers from 23 April, acceptance of appeals from 24 to 26 April, disposal of appeals from 27 to 29 April. Last date for withdrawal of candidature is 30th April. Symbol Allocation Symbol Allocation May 2. Voting in 161 upazilas will be held on May 21.
Additional District Commissioners have been appointed as Returning Officers and Upazila Nirbahi Officers as Assistant Returning Officers in this round of elections. The number of voters is more than 5 lakh where more than one Assistant Returning Officer will be deployed.
District Election Officers and Upazila Election Officers have been appointed as Assistant Returning Officers in this round of elections. The appellate authority is the District Commissioner.
As per the phase III schedule, last date for submission of nomination form is May 2, nomination scrutiny is May 5. Appeal against decision of Returning Officer 6-8 May. Appeal disposal May 9-11. Last date for withdrawal of candidature is 12 May. Allotment of symbols among the contending candidates is on May 13 and voting is on May 29. In this phase, voting will be held in 112 upazilas of 47 districts.
Additional District and Additional Regional Election Officers and Additional District Commissioners have been appointed as Returning Officers in this phase. Appeals against the decision of the Returning Officers will be disposed of by the Deputy Commissioner as the appellate authority.
The fourth phase of elections may be held on June 5. The fourth phase may be scheduled on Tuesday. For this purpose, EC said that the commission meeting will be held at 3 pm today.
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