The Election Commission has announced that voting has been suspended at 22 of the polling centres across the country.
Election Commission Secretary Helal Uddin Ahmed made the announcement after voters went to the polls between 8 am and 4 pm on Sunday to cast their ballots.
The EC had organised 40,051 polling centres for the 299 parliamentary races across Bangladesh in the 11th national parliamentary election.
Votes from approximately 0.05 percent of polling centres were suspended.
At least 15 people have been killed in election violence in 11 districts across the country, most of whom are Awami League activists. Despite this, the Awami League has described the election as ‘largely free of conflict’.
The BNP, on the other hand, has alleged that polling centres were occupied across the country, their agents were forced out and fraud was committed.
A number of paddy sheaf candidates have announced they are boycotting the polls. — bdnews24.com
