Jatiya Party’s (JaPa) mayor candidate could finally cast his vote in Rangpur City Corporation polls after he had failed in his first attempt due to a glitch in Electronic Voting Machine (EVM).
JaPa candidate Mustafizar Rahman waited for 15 minutes inside the polling booth but failed to cast his vote when he had gone to the Alamnagar College Road Government Primary School polling centre to vote at around 9:00am. Later he came out and vented frustration over EVM while speaking with journalists.
The JaPa candidate complained to the presiding officer of the center about the issue. The out of order EVM was later fixed and Mustafizur could cast his vote at around 9:30am.
We expressed our apprehension about EVM to the returning officer. People will suffer if EVMs give such troubleMustafizur Rahman
Upon voting, Mustafizur told journalists, “We expressed our apprehension about EVM to the returning officer. People will suffer if EVMs give such trouble.”
Presiding officer Asaduzzaman said a technical glitch appeared in one of the machines which was fixed in a while.
Voting in Rangpur city corporation began on Tuesday morning using EVMs at 229 centres.
It began at 8:00am and will continue till 4:30pm, said returning officer Abdul Baten.
Nine candidates are vying for the mayoral post while 183 people are contesting for councillor posts in 33 wards. Sixty-eight candidates are contesting the polls for 11 reserved seats.
A total of 4,26,470 voters are expected to vote in the city corporation election.