Sylhet City Corporation polls preparation begins
100 polling centres likely this time against 79 in 2003
Authorities have started preparations for holding Sylhet City Corporation (SCC) polls in April.
In line with Election Commission's plan, the district and divisional authorities are now making list of polling centres in 27 wards of the metropolis, election officials said.
A preliminary list of 79 polling centres was sent to the Election Commission last week. However, it has been done in line with the previous list, they said.
There will be a little change in polling centres as the number of voters has increased.
Deputy Election Commissio-ner of Sylhet division Khondaker Mizanur Rahman told the Daily Star yesterday that the number of voters is about 2,54,000 now against 1,82,000 in the first city corporation elections held in 2003.
The number may increase by several thousand because the scope to become voter by giving data and photos will remain open, the official added.
The number of polling centres will also have a little rise for SCC elections. There may be a total of 100 centres, the Deputy Election Commissioner said.
“However, there is no possibility of any big change”, he added.
On an average, there will be 2500 voters in each polling centre. The number of polling centers have been kept higher for convenience of voters and to avoid rush as every voter will have to use three ballot papers, other officials said.
The EC will publish the draft voter list on February 18. Voters will get the scope to correct faults and mistakes, if any, on the list. They will have to file objection, correction, omission etc by March 5 and the list will be made final on March 24, they said.
The Deputy Election Commissioner of Sylhet has been asked to look into necessary corrections and 'disputes', if any. He will dispose of those by March 16.
In the first SCC election held in 2003, there were 79 polling centres in 27 wards.
As per the EC plan, the district and divisional authorities have started all official preparations so that the city corporation polls can be arranged in a short time, the officials said.
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