Gazipur, Khulna City polls: Candidates get symbols

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Staff Reporter :
Electoral symbols have been distributed among the candidates of Gazipur and the Khulna city corporation polls.
The Election Commission (EC) on Tuesday allocated the electoral symbols among the candidates at Gazipur and Khulna.
In Gazipur, Returning Officer Rakib Uddin Mandal distributed the symbols among the
candidates from 10 o’clock in the morning at temporary office of the Returning Officer at Bangataj auditorium.
In the GCC election, a total of seven mayor candidates, 256 general councilor and 84 reserved female councillor candidates are competing.
For mayor post, BNP backed candidate Hasan Uddin Sarkar has got ‘Sheaf of Paddy’ and Awami League backed candidate Jahangir Alam has got ‘Boat’ as symbol.
Communist Party of Bangladesh (CPB) backed candidate Ruhul Amin has received ‘sickle’, Islami Andolan Bangladesh backed candidate Nasir Uddin received ‘hand fan’, Islami Oikya Jote backed candidate Fazlur Rahman got ‘Minar’, Bangladesh Islami Front backed candidate Jalal Uddin got ‘candle’ and independent candidate Farid Uddin got ‘wall clock’
Besides, assistant returning officer also distributed symbols among general ward and reserved female councillor post candidates. GCC have a total of 11,37,736 voters for 57 general and 19 reserved wards.
Meanwhile, in Khulna, Returning Officer Yunus Ali started distributing symbols from 9 am at EC office in Boyra area.
In the KCC election, a total of five mayor candidates, 148 general councilor and 38 reserved female councilor candidates are competing.
For mayor post, BNP backed candidate Nazrul Islam Manju got ‘Sheaf of Paddy’ as symbol while Awami League backed candidate Talukder Abdul Khalek got ‘boat’.
Communist Party of Bangladesh (CPB) backed candidate Mizanur Rahman Babu got ‘sickle’, Jatiya Party candidate SM Shafiqur Rahman Mushfik got ‘plough’ and Islami Andolan Bangladesh candidate Mojammel Haque got ‘hand fan’. KCC has a total of 4,96,454 voters. The number of general wards is 31 and that of reserved wards is 10.
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