Voting in the first phase of the 6th Upazila Parishad polls in 139 upazilas across Bangladesh  has ended on Wednesday afternoon (May 8). The results have started revealing after the votes are counted in the evening. According to EC sources, a total of 1,635 candidates competed in this phase. Of them, 570 are chairman candidates, 625 vice-chairman candidates and 440 female vice chairman candidates competed. Meanwhile, in the first phase, 8 candidates for the chairman post, 10 each for the vice chairman post and 10 for the female vice chairman post have already won the election unopposed. Those who are elected in the polls Dinajpur In Dinajpur, former Hakimpur upazila chairman Kamal Hossain Raj was elected unopposed. Shahinur Rahman and Parul Begum were unofficially elected vice-chairman and female vice-chairman respectively. In Birampur, Parvez Kabir was elected as chairman, Ataur Rahman as vice-chairman and Amena Khatun as female vice-chairman.  Magura In Magura Sadar upazila, Awami League organising secretary of that upazila Rana Amir Osman and Sreepur upazila Awami League member Shariat Ullah Rajon were unofficially elected as chairman. Feni Fulgazi upazila Awami League general secretary Harun Majumder unofficially elected as chairman. Besides, upazila Awami League vice-president Anil Banik elected uncontested as vice-chairman and upazila Mohila Awami League president Manjura Aziz  elected uncontested as female vice-chairman. Habiganj Iqbal Hossain Khan has been elected chairman of Baniachong upazila parishad in Habiganj. Bandarban Abdul Kuddus and Jamal Uddin were elected chairman of Sadar upazila and Alikadam upazila respectively. In Sadar upazila, Faruk Ahmed elected as vice-chairman and Mehainu Marma as female vice-chairman. Riton has been elected as vice-chairman of Alikadam upazila. Shirina Akhter has been elected as female vice-chairman. Meherpur In Meherpur Sadar, Anarul Islam elected as chairman, Hashem Ali as vice-chairman and Latifunnesa as female vice-chairman. In Mujibnagar, Amam Hossain Milu elected as chairman, BM Zahid Hasan Rajib as vice-chairman and Taklima Khatun as female vice-chairman. Chattogram In Sitakunda upazila, Ariful Alam Chowdhury Raju  elected as chairman, Golam Mohiuddin as vice-chairman and Shahinur Akhter Beauty as female vice-chairman. Shariatpur Wasel Kabir of Bhedarganj upazila and AKM Ismail Haque of Naria upazila were unofficially elected. Among them, Wasel Kabir took part in the election for the first time.  Gazipur Eejadur Rahman Milon, expelled vice-president of Gazipur district BNP and former upazila chairman, has been elected unofficially elected as upazila chairman in Gazipur sadar upazila.  Chandpur Professor Sirajul Mostafa Talukder has been elected chairman of Matlab south upazila in Chandpur. Mohammad Manik elected in Matlab north upazila  as chairman. Nazma Akhter Ankhi has been elected as female vice-chairman of Matlab south. Shawkat Hossain Badal has been elected uncontested to the post of vice-chairman. Reazuddin Riaz has been elected vice-chairman of Matlab north. Lovely Chowdhury has been elected uncontested to the post of female vice-chairman.

Chief Election Commissioner (CEC), Kazi Habibul Awal said that the voter turnout was slightly lower than expected due to storm-rain and paddy harvesting season. He said this at the Election Commission after voting in the first phase of the sixth upazila parishad election on Wednesday (May 8). The CEC said 30 to 40 percent votes were cast, slightly less than the commission's expectations due to storms and rains and paddy harvesting season. He said barring some stray incidents, free and fair elections were held across the country. Voting has been stopped due to allegations of irregularities in two centers. Meanwhile, the CEC avoided answering reporters' questions about the low voter turnout due to voters' reluctance.

Former mayor Ekramul Haque Titu has been re-elected as the mayor of Mymensingh City Corporation (MCC) by a significant margin. . He got 1 lakh 35 thousand 959 votes in this election. Returning Officer Belayet Hossain Chowdhury announced the results after counting the votes at Tarek Memorial Auditorium in the city at around 9:30 pm on Saturday (March 9). The total number of voters in this election was 336, 496. Of these, 163,872 were male and 172,615 are female were female voters. In addition, there were third gender voters.

Two thousands and fifty five aspirants have submitted nomination papers for contesting in the second phase of upazila polls. Election Commission additional secretary Ashok Kumar Debnath confirmed this information on Sunday (April 21). He said, 'Today was the last day to submit nomination papers in 160 upazila polls of the second phase. In the election, 730 aspirants filled nomination papers for the post of chairman, 763 for the post of Vice-chairman and 562 for the post of vice chairman reserved for women.'  According to the second phase schedule, nomination papers will be scrutinised on April 23, appeals will be accepted from April 24 to 26, and appeals will be disposed from April 27 to 29. Last date for withdrawal of candidature is 30 April. The allocation of symbol is on May 2. Voting will be held on May 21. 

Tahseen Bahar Shuchona, daughter of local MP AKM Bahauddin Bahar, has won in the Comilla City Corporation (COCC) mayoral by-election. Returning officer Farhad Hossain announced the result from Cumilla Zilla School on Saturday (March 9) night. Tahseen Bahar contested in the polls with the bus symbol and secured 48,890 votes, Her nearest rival  Monirul Haque Sakku (Table Clock symbol) got 26, 897 votes. Besides, Nizam Uddin Kaiser (Horse symbol) got 13,155 votes. Noor ur Rahman Mahmud Tanim who contested in the by-polls under the elephant symbol got 5,173 votes. The total number of voters in the city was 2,42,458. Of these, 94,115 voters exercised their voting rights. The voter turnout was 38.82 percent. There are 118,282 male and about 124,278 female voters in the city, and two third-gender voters. Of these, 94,115 voters exercised their voting rights. The voter turnout was 38.82 percent.

Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Kazi Habibul Awal on Thursday said the elections of Mymensingh and Cumilla city corporations were held peacefully. The CEC has made the remarks in an immediate reaction after voting at election commission in the capital on Saturday afternoon (March 9). He said, “The elections were free, fair and peaceful. Though a shooting incident occured outside a centre in cummila city corporation but voting was not affected." Election Commissioner Md Alamgir said that some insignificant incidents took palce outside the polling stations but those was insignificant considering the situation of Bangladesh’s local government polls context.

Voting in 231 local government elections, including Cumilla and Mymensingh city corporations ended amid sporadic violence. The vote counting is underway. The polling began at 8:00 am and continued till 4:00 pm. The Additional Secretary of the Election Commission (EC), Ashok Kumar Debnath said that the voting was held from 8.00am to 4.00pm without any break. In this case, those who will be within the boundaries of the polling centers, their votes will be taken even after 4 pm. The total voter turnout will be known once the counting is over. The total number of voters in Comilla city corporation is 2 lakh 42 thousand 458. On the  There are 3 lakh 36 thousand 496 voters in Mymensingh city corporation.