Border Guard Bangladesh members had been deployed in Khulna city on Sunday to ensure security in the Khulna City Corporation polls scheduled to be held on Monday, June 12, 2023.
The Election Commission has completed all preparations ahead of the KCC elections.
Distribution of all electoral materials from the city’s Divisional Mohila Krira Complex will start from 11:00am on Sunday.
Returning officer Md Alauddin said voting at all centres in the KCC election will be held using electronic voting machines.
He said five candidates for mayoral post, 136 for general councillors for 31 wards and 39 for reserved seats will compete in the election.
Two councillors for wards 13 and 24 have been elected unopposed, he said, adding that voting will start at 8:00am and will continue till 4:00pm, without any break.
Khandaker Yasir Arefin, deputy commissioner of Khulna, said 11 platoons of Border Guard Bangladesh were deployed to ensure security in the KCC election and they had been patrolling since Sunday morning.
Each platoon comprising 20 members of the BGB will assist 11 executive magistrates in conducting mobile court, the DC said.
Campaigning for the election started on May 26 with the allocation of election symbols and stopped on Saturday midnight as per order of the EC.
The whole city has been wearing a festive look during the electioneering.
A total of 5,35,528 people are supposed to exercise their franchise in the 31 wards of Khulna city and there are 1,732 polling booths under 289 polling stations.
