BSS-26 AL, BNP mayoral candidates to cast votes at 8 am tomorrow

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AL, BNP mayoral candidates to cast votes at 8 am tomorrow

DHAKA, Jan 31, 2020 (BSS) – As the much-awaited Dhaka South and North City Corporations polls will be held tomorrow, the Awami League (AL) and BNP mayoral candidates will cast votes in their respective polling centres at 8 am.

AL-backed mayoral candidate in Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) Barrister Sheikh Fazle Noor Taposh will cast his vote at the polling centre of Dr Malika University College in city’s Dhanmondi-7 area on 8 am, AL sources said here today.

AL mayoral candidate in the Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) Md Atiqul Islam will exercise his franchise at Nawab Habibullah Model School and College in city’s Uttara area at 8 am, sources added.

Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) mayoral candidate in DSCC Ishraque Hossain and its mayoral candidate for DNCC polls Tabith Awal will cast their respective votes in Shaheed Shahjahan Government Primary School at Gopibagh and Manarat Dhaka International School and College in Gulshan respectively at 8 am, BNP sources said here today.

The elections to Dhaka north and south city corporations will be held tomorrow from 8 am to 4 pm without any break.

This time, DNCC and DSCC have 13 mayoral candidates and around 7,500 councilor candidates.

DNCC has 1,318 polling centers for around 30.10 lakh voters. In DSCC, there are 1,150 polling centers for around 24.53 lakh voters.

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