The maiden polls to the newly formed Comilla City Corporation will be held on Jan 5.
The last date for submitting nomination is Dec 2 while the scrutiny for the mayoral posts will be held on Dec 4 and for the councilor posts it is Dec 5.
The deadline for withdrawal of nomination papers is Dec 14.
Chief election commissioner ATM Shamsul Huda announced the dates on Tuesday.
The announcement came after a meeting at the Election Commission on Tuesday morning.
The commission has said it will use electronic voting machines (EVMs) at all polling centres.
Earlier, EVMs were used at 14 poll centres of a ward of Chittagong City Corporation elections.
On Oct 30, EVMs were used at 58 centres of the much-publicised Narayanganj City Corporation elections despite outright rejection by opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party. Voters had overwhelmingly accepted the EVMs as they were comfortable with the machines' easy options.
Comilla City Corporation was formed by merging Comilla Municipality and Comilla Sadar Municipality (South) on July 10 this year following a longstanding demand of the local residents.
According to the Local Government (City Corporation) Act 2009, the city corporation is supposed to go to polls within 180 days of its formation. So, the Comilla city elections must be declared by the last week of November and the elections held in the beginning of January.
Comilla City Corporation has 27 general wards and nine reserved wards.
Deputy election commissioner of Comilla region Abdul Baten was appointed as the returning officer along with nine assistant returning officers for conducting the election.
According to senior assistant secretary to the EC (local government) Farhad Hossain, a total of 169,273 voters will be casting their votes at the 65 polling centres with 421 voting rooms during in the polls.
This election is likely to be the last under the present Election Commission headed by Huda that expires in February.
The last date for submitting nomination is Dec 2 while the scrutiny for the mayoral posts will be held on Dec 4 and for the councilor posts it is Dec 5.
The deadline for withdrawal of nomination papers is Dec 14.
Chief election commissioner ATM Shamsul Huda announced the dates on Tuesday.
The announcement came after a meeting at the Election Commission on Tuesday morning.
The commission has said it will use electronic voting machines (EVMs) at all polling centres.
Earlier, EVMs were used at 14 poll centres of a ward of Chittagong City Corporation elections.
On Oct 30, EVMs were used at 58 centres of the much-publicised Narayanganj City Corporation elections despite outright rejection by opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party. Voters had overwhelmingly accepted the EVMs as they were comfortable with the machines' easy options.
Comilla City Corporation was formed by merging Comilla Municipality and Comilla Sadar Municipality (South) on July 10 this year following a longstanding demand of the local residents.
According to the Local Government (City Corporation) Act 2009, the city corporation is supposed to go to polls within 180 days of its formation. So, the Comilla city elections must be declared by the last week of November and the elections held in the beginning of January.
Comilla City Corporation has 27 general wards and nine reserved wards.
Deputy election commissioner of Comilla region Abdul Baten was appointed as the returning officer along with nine assistant returning officers for conducting the election.
According to senior assistant secretary to the EC (local government) Farhad Hossain, a total of 169,273 voters will be casting their votes at the 65 polling centres with 421 voting rooms during in the polls.
This election is likely to be the last under the present Election Commission headed by Huda that expires in February.
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