The first phase of the sixth Upazila polls is scheduled to take place today (Wednesday, May 8) in 139 upazilas across 59 districts.
Voting will start from 8 am and continue till 4 pm. In the first phase of the polls, out of 139 upazilas, 22 will be held by EVM and the remaining by ballot.
A total of 1,635 candidates are competing in this phase. Among them, 570 candidates for the post of chairman, 625 for vice chairman and 440 for the post of female vice chairman.
In the first phase, 8 candidates for the post of chairman, 10 candidates for the post of vice chairman and female vice chairman have already won unopposed.
Apart from this, all three posts of five upazilas were elected unopposed. The upazilas are Hatia of Noakhali district, Sadar upazila of Munshiganj district, Sadar upazila of Bagerhat district, Parashuram of Feni district and Shibchar of Madaripur district. Alongside, The EC has suspended the polls of three upazilas of the hill district Bandarban.
A security team of 17-19 members would guard each polling station to maintain discipline, A security team of 19-21 members would protect each polling station in three hill tracts districts and remote areas.
