Voting in Rajshahi City Corporation (RCC) and Sylhet City Corporation (SCC) was held peacefully without any unpleasant incident reported on Wednesday.
At the end of the voting, Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Habibul Awal told the media in the afternoon that the voter turnout in RCC was 52-55 percent, and 46 percent in SCC.
"No mentionable unpleasant occurrence has been reported over the day. Overall, the polls were free, fair and festive in both cities," he said while briefing reporters at the Election Commission headquarters.
Voting began at 8:00am and continued till 4:00pm in the two city corporations.
Election Commissioners Brigadier General (Rtd) Ahsan Habib Khan, Md Alamgir and Rasheda Sultana monitored the election from the control room.
The RCC election was monitored through a total of 1,463 CCTV cameras. Sylhet City Corporation election was monitored through 1,747 CCTV cameras.
In the Rajshahi city polls, the number of voters was 352,157. The votes were cast at 1,153 polling booths under 155 centres. A total of 161 candidates contested for various positions, with four mayoral candidates. In the past two polls, the turnout was 78.86% (2018) and 68.70% (2013).
In the Sylhet City Polls, the number of voters was 486,605. The votes were cast at 1,364 polling booths under 190 centres. A total of 388 candidates contested the elections for various posts. Of them eight candidates vied for the mayoral post, higher than the past two elections where the voter turnout was around 62%.
