POBNEWS24, Dhaka June 15, 2022 :
Cusic selection
There is no electricity, polling is almost closed at Chauara Islamia Fazil Madrasa
Lutfa Begum, 85, left without voting as she felt sick after standing in line for two hours.
Voting at the Chauara Islamia Fazil Madrasa Center in Ward 26 of Comilla City Corporation is almost closed due to lack of electricity. There is less light inside the polling booth due to cloudy weather. Due to lack of electricity, there is a problem in verifying the identity of the voter and identifying the symbol in the EVM. Older voters in particular are facing problems.
Voting can be done on EVM machine without electricity connection. But the polling booths are dark because of the cloudy weather. In the first hour after the start of voting, 231 votes were cast in this center. The power went out at 9:10. Since then, voting has almost stopped. The total number of voters in this center is 2,026.
Lutfa Begum, 85, came to the center at 8 am to cast her vote. He could not vote even after standing till 10 o’clock in the afternoon. He left without voting because he was ill. Lutfa said in the first light, ‘I could not stand and vote for so long. The situation is chaotic.
A gathering of outsiders in front of Sanraish Government Primary School Center, BGB chase
Electronic voting machine voting is going on in Comilla City Corporation election. EVM voting is going on in 105 centers in 26 wards of the city from 8 am on Wednesday. It has already rained in the middle.
There was a gathering of outsiders in front of the Sanraish Government Primary School Center. The BGB chased them.
EVM problem in Comilla High School Women’s Center, 15 minutes voting closed
Electronic voting machine voting is going on in Comilla City Corporation election. EVM voting is going on in 105 centers in 26 wards of the city from 8 am on Wednesday.
This morning at the Comilla High School female voter center in the 5th ward of the city there was a problem with the EVM at the beginning. Voters got into trouble to cast their vote in EVM at booth No. 1. Due to this, the voters could not cast their vote for about 15 minutes. Later the problem is solved.
Fazlul Karim, presiding officer of the center, said voting was delayed by 15 minutes due to an error in a machine monitor. There were additional EVMs at the center, using which voting began. Voting is going on normally now.
Arfanul of the boat voted
Awami League’s boat symbol candidate Arfanul Haque (Rifat) has cast his vote in Comilla City Corporation election after 8 am on Wednesday. Arfanul Haque was scheduled to cast his vote at around 10 am. However, he voted two hours before the scheduled time.
Working for the team, no rain: boat worker Amjad Hossain
It was nine o’clock in the morning. Hundreds of women voters lined up. The row extends beyond the school premises to the market. In the name of sudden rain. The rush started. Someone is standing in the rain.
Presiding Officer Tapan Kumar Das said it was a women’s polling station. Huge number of voters. Voters are in trouble when it rains.
Hochhamia Lutfunnesa Girls High School in Comilla Nagar, Bara Pukurpar Government Primary School, Muradpur Ahidullah Government Primary School in Ward 14, Muradpur Government Primary School.
An activist named Amjad Hossain enters a voter’s wet boat in the rain in front of Katabil Memorial High School. “Working for the team,” he said. Rain is nothing.
It was raining here till 9:40 in the morning. The biggest obstacle in the voting festival on Wednesday is the rain so far. Voter turnout in the centers is good.
Ismail Bhuiyan, officer-in-charge of the district meteorological office, said it would rain. The first day of Ashar.
The environment is good, if the vote is fair, the hope of victory is sakkur
Monirul Haque (Sakku) cast his vote at Comilla Victoria College Center around 9:15 am. He then told reporters that the voting environment was good, with complaints about the slowness of the EVM. He also hoped that if the vote was fair in the end, he would win. He denied receiving any cooperation from the administration.
Monirul Haque’s symbol in the election is the table clock.
The environment is satisfactory, said Nizamuddin, an independent candidate
Independent candidate Nizamuddin Kaiser cast his vote at the Victoria College Center in Comilla City on Wednesday morning at 9.45 am. After casting his vote, he told reporters that so far the voting environment has been satisfactory.
It rained in Comilla at the beginning of the election
It started raining within an hour of the start of voting in Comilla City elections. Voter turnout was fair in almost all the centers since morning. However, after the rain, the voters waiting to cast their votes entered the center. Voters were also seen entering school sheds.
At around 9 am, there was a large queue of voters at Comilla Government Laboratory School. At this time it suddenly started raining. Voters immediately entered the center. Many again took refuge in the shelter of the parents of the students of the school.
3–0, not 2–1
In the first vote of Comilla City Corporation, the newly elected mayor Monirul Haque (Sakku) became the mayor. He has won the post twice in a row and is contesting for the third time. He has never lost an election in his life. Today’s Wednesday vote is a big test for Monirul. If you win, you will do a hat trick, if you lose, you will taste defeat in life. In this election, the symbol of Monirul Haque is the table clock.
It started raining in Comilla around 9 am. Voting is already going on.
The main rivalry is expected to be between the five mayoral candidates, Arfanul Haque (Rifat), the boatman, and Monirul Haque (Sakku), the newly ousted mayor from the BNP.
This is the third election of Comilla City Corporation. There are five candidates for the post of mayor in this election. The main contestants are Monirul Haque (table clock) and Arfanul Haque (boat) of Awami League. The other three are Rashedul Islam (hand fan) of Islamic Movement Bangladesh, independent candidate Mohammad Nizamuddin (horse) and Kamrul Ahsan (deer). Among them Monirul Haque was the leader of BNP and Nizamuddin Swechchhasebak Dal. The BNP expelled both of them for disobeying the decision.
EVM voting is taking place in 26 wards of the city. The total number of voters in this election is 2 lakh 29 thousand 920 people. Of these, 1 lakh 18 thousand 92 are female voters and 1 lakh 12 thousand 628 are male voters. And there are two transgender voters. Voting will be held in 640 rooms of 105 polling stations. There are 5 candidates for the post of mayor, 106 candidates for the post of general councilor and 36 candidates for the post of reserved women councilor.
This is the third time that Comilla City Corporation elections are being held. Earlier, the first election of Comilla City Corporation was held on 5 January 2012. The second election of the city was held on March 30, 2016.
Voting for Comilla City Corporation (CUSIC) elections has started. Voting started at 8 am on Wednesday. One-stop voting in EVM will continue till 4 pm.
There are five mayoral candidates, the main contestants being Arfanul Haque and Monirul Haque
According to the Returning Officer’s Office, EVM voting will be held in 26 wards of the city. The total number of voters in this election is 2 lakh 29 thousand 920 people. Of these, 1 lakh 18 thousand 92 are female voters and 1 lakh 12 thousand 628 are male voters. And there are two transgender voters. Voting will be held in 640 rooms of 105 polling stations. There are 5 candidates for the post of mayor, 106 candidates for the post of general councilor and 36 candidates for the post of reserved women councilor.
Five candidates are contesting for the post of mayor in Comilla city election this time. Comilla Metropolitan Awami League general secretary Arfanul Haque (Rifat) is competing with the boat symbol. Monirul Haque (Sakku), the expelled mayor from the BNP and the recently departed mayor of the city, is contesting as an independent candidate with a table clock.
