A CCTV camera was installed in the Gaibandha-5 by-election polling centre, facilitating the voting to be directly observed from the Nirbachan Bhaban in Agargaon, Dhaka. This photo of disorder in the centre was taken from the screen set up in the control room there.
A CCTV camera was installed in the Gaibandha-5 by-election polling centre, facilitating the voting to be directly observed from the Nirbachan Bhaban in Agargaon, Dhaka. This photo of disorder in the centre was taken from the screen set up in the control room there.
Bangladesh

EC extends deadline for Gaibandha-5 by-polls by 90 days  

Prothom Alo English Desk

The Election Commission (EC) has extended the deadline for holding any fresh election to the Gaibandha-5 parliamentary seat by three months, or till 20 January next year, reports UNB.

According to Section 123(4) of the Bangladesh constitution, if a parliamentary seat becomes vacant, it must be filled through election within 90 days.

The new deadline came in line with law as the EC said the incident at Gaibandha-5 was “unwanted, unimaginable and beyond control.”

Following the death of Gaibandha-5 lawmaker and deputy speaker of the parliament Fazle Rabbi Miah on 22 July 2022, it became a constitutional obligation to hold election for the parliamentary seat by 20 October 2022.

But the EC suspended the election because of “widespread malpractices” on the election day on 12 October.  

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