Elections to around 600 union parishads (UPs) will be held at the end of March under political banners and schedule for the polls will be declared in mid-February. 

Election Commissioner Mohammad Shahnewaz said this while speaking to journalists at his Election Commission (EC) Secretariat in Dhaka this afternoon, reports the Bangla daily Prothom Alo.

The tenure of many union parishads will end in March and the election will be held there in the first phase, added the commissioner.

He mentioned that there are more than 4,000 union parishads in the country and said elections to all most all the local government bodies will be held this year on expiry of the tenure.