Staff Reporter :
The elections of Dhaka’s two city corporations, will be held on January 30 next year.
Chief Election Commissioner KM Nurul Huda announced the schedule at his office on Sunday evening.
According to the polls schedule, the last date for filing nomination papers is December 31.
The Returning Officers will scrutinise the nomination papers on January 2, and the last date for withdrawing the candidacy is January 9.
The entire elections will be held using electronic voting machines (EVMs) instead of traditional ballot
The elections of Dhaka’s two city corporations, will be held on January 30 next year.
Chief Election Commissioner KM Nurul Huda announced the schedule at his office on Sunday evening.
According to the polls schedule, the last date for filing nomination papers is December 31.
The Returning Officers will scrutinise the nomination papers on January 2, and the last date for withdrawing the candidacy is January 9.
The entire elections will be held using electronic voting machines (EVMs) instead of traditional ballot
papers, the CEC said. The voting will be held from 8am to 4pm without any break, CEC further said.
EC Joint Secretary Abul Kashem has been appointed Returning Officer of the Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) election, while its another Joint Secretary Abdul Baten as the Returning Officer of the Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) election.
The 180-day countdown for the EC to complete elections has already started as the tenure of the current mayor and councillors of Dhaka North City Corporation will be completed on May 13, 2020, while the tenure of DSCC mayor and councillors will be completed on May 16, 2020.
The last elections to both the city corporations of the capital were held on April 28, 2015.
