In the second phase, voting in 61 municipalities will take place on January 18.



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On Wednesday, the Electoral Commission finalized the list of these municipalities and announced the schedule.

Senior Secretary of the CE. Alamgir shared this information with reporters.

According to the announced schedule, the last date for submission of nomination documents to the Return Officer is December 20, the last date for selection is December 22, and the last date for withdrawal is December 29. December. Voting on January 18.

The Director of Public Relations, Deputy Secretary SM Asaduzzaman, said that the schedule for 61 municipalities has been given after approval by the EC. Of these, EVM will be in 29 municipalities and voting will be in 32 municipalities.

Of the more than 300 municipalities, about 160 are ready for elections in February. The commission wants to hold municipal elections in four stages this time amid the coronavirus epidemic. In the first phase, the EVM vote will take place on December 28 in 25 municipalities.

The third round will take place in late January and the fourth round in mid-February.

There are a total of 329 municipalities in the country. According to the law, the municipality must vote within 90 days prior to the expiration of the term.

After the amendment of the local government law, the first party symbol was voted on in the municipality in 2015. 20 service teams participated in the vote.

The last municipal election calendar was announced on November 24, 2015. The voting date was given on December 30 with a time limit of 36 days. The vote took place in 234 municipalities in one day. In the rest, the vote was carried out considering the expiration date and various complications.



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