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Dhaka city polls in pictures

Prothom Alo English Desk

The voting in two city corporations — Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) and Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) — begun at 8:00am on Saturday.
Voting will continue without any break till 4:00pm.

This is the first ever city corporation polls in the country where the electronic voting machines (EVMs) are being used instead of ballot papers.

The voters will elect two mayors, 129 ward councilors and 43 women councilors for reserved seats in two city corporations.

More than 5.45 million voters — 3,010,273 in DNCC and 2,453,194 in DSCC — can cast votes at 2,468 polling stations across the city.

Prothom Alo’s correspondents took photos of the polling day across the city.

A voter being marked with indelible ink on his thumb during the Dhaka city corporation polls at Begum Badrunnesa Government Girls’ College in Dhaka on 1 February 2020. Photo: Abdus Salam
A voter being marked with indelible ink on his thumb during the Dhaka city corporation polls at Begum Badrunnesa Government Girls’ College in Dhaka on 1 February 2020. Photo: Abdus Salam
Sheikh Fazle Noor Taposh, Dhaka North City Corporation mayoral candidate from Awami League, talks to the press on the premises of Viqarunnisa Noon School and College on Bailey Road, Dhaka on 1 February 2020. Photo: Moshtaq Ahmed
Sheikh Fazle Noor Taposh, Dhaka North City Corporation mayoral candidate from Awami League, talks to the press on the premises of Viqarunnisa Noon School and College on Bailey Road, Dhaka on 1 February 2020. Photo: Moshtaq Ahmed
Tabith Awal, DNCC mayoral candidate from Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), casts his vote in the city corporation polls at Manarat International School in Gulshan, Dhaka on 1 February 2020. Photo: Saiful Islam
Tabith Awal, DNCC mayoral candidate from Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), casts his vote in the city corporation polls at Manarat International School in Gulshan, Dhaka on 1 February 2020. Photo: Saiful Islam
Voters stranded in a long queue as the EVM machines turn dysfunctional at Badshah Faisal Institute School and College in Dhaka on 1 February 2020. Photo: Zahidul Karim
Voters stranded in a long queue as the EVM machines turn dysfunctional at Badshah Faisal Institute School and College in Dhaka on 1 February 2020. Photo: Zahidul Karim
Ishraque Hossain, BNP mayoral candidate for DSCC, shows victory sign after casting his vote at Shaheed Shahjahan Primary School in Gopibagh, Dhaka on 1 February 2020. Photo: Hasan Raja
Ishraque Hossain, BNP mayoral candidate for DSCC, shows victory sign after casting his vote at Shaheed Shahjahan Primary School in Gopibagh, Dhaka on 1 February 2020. Photo: Hasan Raja
Voters hold a queue to cast their votes during the Dhaka city polls at Viqarunnisa Noon School and College in Dhaka on 1 February 2020. Photo: Moshtaq Ahmed
Voters hold a queue to cast their votes during the Dhaka city polls at Viqarunnisa Noon School and College in Dhaka on 1 February 2020. Photo: Moshtaq Ahmed
Instructions on how to use EVM for casting vote at Badrunnesa Government Girls’ College in Dhaka on 1 February 2020. Photo: Abdus Salam
Instructions on how to use EVM for casting vote at Badrunnesa Government Girls’ College in Dhaka on 1 February 2020. Photo: Abdus Salam
Polling officers wait for voters at the polling station of Shaheed Zia Basabo High School. Photo: Asaduzzaman
Polling officers wait for voters at the polling station of Shaheed Zia Basabo High School. Photo: Asaduzzaman
Men in a queue at Badrunnesa Government Girls’ College in Dhaka to cast their votes in the ongoing Dhaka city poles on 1 February 2020. Photo: Abdus Salam
Men in a queue at Badrunnesa Government Girls’ College in Dhaka to cast their votes in the ongoing Dhaka city poles on 1 February 2020. Photo: Abdus Salam
Women voters turn up at Satarkul Din Mohammad Girls’ Dakhil Madrasa in Dhaka during the city polls on 1 February 2020. Photo: Mansura Hossain
Women voters turn up at Satarkul Din Mohammad Girls’ Dakhil Madrasa in Dhaka during the city polls on 1 February 2020. Photo: Mansura Hossain
Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) patrol along the road at City Corporation Market, Bakshi Bazar during the city corporation elections on 1 February 2020. Photo: Abdus Salam
Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) patrol along the road at City Corporation Market, Bakshi Bazar during the city corporation elections on 1 February 2020. Photo: Abdus Salam
A man casts his vote during the city corporation polls at Suritola Government Primary and Secondary School in Bangshal, Dhaka on 1 February 2020. Photo: Dipu Malakar
A man casts his vote during the city corporation polls at Suritola Government Primary and Secondary School in Bangshal, Dhaka on 1 February 2020. Photo: Dipu Malakar
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