Voting underway in Mymensingh city polls, mayor elected unopposed

Voters are exercising their franchise in the maiden elections to Mymensingh City Corporation on Sunday, reports UNB.

But only councillors will be elected through voting as the lone mayoral candidate has already been elected unopposed.

The voting began at 8:00pm and will continue until 4:00pm without any break.

There are 33 general councillor posts and 11 seats reserved for women. Mymensingh, the 12th city corporation of the country, has a total of 296,938 voters in 33 wards.

Electronic Voting Machines will be used in all the 127 polling stations.

Ruling Bangladesh Awami League (AL) mayoral candidate Ekramul Haque Titu was elected uncontested.

He was the only left after Jatiya Party contestant Jahangir Ahmed withdrew from the mayoral race.