Third phase on March 15
The Election Commission (EC) yesterday announced that the third phase of elections to 83 upazila parishads would be held on March 15.
The last date for filing the nomination papers is February 15. Those would be scrutinised on February 17. The deadline for withdrawal of the candidacy is February 24, according to the schedule.
Election Commissioner Shah Nawaz announced the schedule at the media centre of the EC Secretariat in the afternoon.
As part of the plan to hold elections to all 487 upazila parishads across the country in six phases, the EC will hold elections to 97 upazila parishads on February 19 and one on February 24 in the first phase.
In the second phase, 117 upazila parishads will go to the polls on February 27.
Besides, the commission mulls over holding elections to the remaining upazila parishads on March 25 in the fourth phase, March 31 in the fifth phase, and on May 3 in the sixth phase, the EC officials said.
PM SUBMITS ELECTION EXPENSES
The Prime Minister and Awami League chief Sheikh Hasina spent around Tk 10 lakh for electioneering in two constituencies, Gopalganj-3 and Rangpur-6, in the January 5 polls.
A sum of Tk 4,98,700 was spent in Rangpur-6 and around Tk 5 lakh in Gopalganj-3, according to the reports of her election expenses submitted to the returning officers.
An AL delegation yesterday submitted two copies of the reports to the secretary of the EC Secretariat, said sources in the EC.
As per the electoral law, all the newly elected MPs will have to submit reports of their election expenses to the returning officers and a copy to the EC Secretariat within 30 days after publication of the gazette notification of the election result.
EC officials said they had the information that about 140 candidates had submitted the reports until yesterday evening.
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