Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Kazi Habibul Awal said the approximate voter turnout in the third phase of elections in 87 upazila parishads is 35 percent

The average voter turnout was around 17 percent during the first four hours of the second phase of the upazila parishad elections, Election Commission (EC) Secretary Jahangir Alam said this afternoon.

With his son’s victory in Wednesday’s upazila chairman polls in Subarnachar, local Awami League lawmaker Ekramul Karim Chowdhury have further consolidated his grip on politics, said party insiders.

The first phase of the upazila parishad polls was an Awami League show, with most other political parties boycotting the election.

The first phase of upazila elections saw 36 percent voter turnout, Election Commissioner Md Alamgir said this afternoon

Chief Election Commissioner Kazi Habibul Awal said that voting in the first phase of upazila elections was held peacefully

The BNP boycotted the upazila elections for five reasons, chief among which is its belief that the ruling party will control the polls, said party insiders.