DHAKA: Voting in 400 union parishads (UP) across the country, including the former enclaves, has begun on Monday morning (October 31).

The voting started at 8:00am and will continue uninterruptedly till 4:00pm.

The Election Commission (EC) organized the voting in centers that were postponed, to decide the winner among the candidates who got equal votes, and bi-elections in several UPs.

A general holiday has been declared to the electoral areas.

Sources said, among 400 UPs, 12 UPs have already got chairmen unopposed.

EC deputy-secretary Farhad Ahmed Khan told Banglanews that additional aw enforcers have been deployed at the polling stations.

“We hope it will be a fair election,” he added. 

Earlier, the ninth UP polls of the country was held in six phases from March to June this year.

BDST: 0859 HRS, OCT 31, 2016
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