Election schedule for the next parliamentary election would be announced in late October, Election Commission (EC) Secretary Helal Uddin Ahmed said today.

"The election schedule will be announced towards the end of October and directives have been given to concerned authorities to prepare the voter list and have the CDs of voter list of all 300 constituencies ready before announcement of the schedule," the EC secretary told journalists after holding a meeting with the election commissioners at the EC Secretariat.

The EC secretary also said that electronic voting machines (EVMs) will be used at 10 centres in Barisal and at two centres in Rajshahi and Sylhet each in the upcoming elections to Barisal, Rajshahi and Sylhet city corporations.

City corporation elections to Barisal, Rajshahi and Sylhet will be held on July 30.