Postponed CCC polls on Jan 27

Postponed Chattogram City Corporation (CCC) election will be held on January 27, the Election Commission said yesterday. 

It also announced the schedule for third phase of election to 64 municipalities, fixing the date for January 30.

EC Senior Secretary Md Alamgir made the announcement. He said no new election schedule will be needed for CCC polls as it was postponed due to the pandemic.

The EC on March 21 postponed the polls, slated for March 29.

According to the EC office, six mayoral candidates including Awami League's Rezaul karim and BNP's Shahadat Hossian, 56 candidates in reserved seats for women and 161 councillor candidates in general wards were vying  in the election.

Meanwhile, Alamgir said third phase elections to municipalities will be held on January 30. The last date for submitting nomination papers is December 30, the returning officers will scrutinise those on January 3, and the last date for withdrawal of candidacy is January 10. 

Some 61 municipalities will go to vote on January 15, with 25 another municipalities going to polls on December 28.