CEC assumes low turnout
Chief Election Commissioner Kazi Rakibuddin Ahmad yesterday said voter turnout of the 10th parliamentary elections would be low as some political parties did not join the polls.
Besides, a thick fog had contributed to the thin presence of voters in some districts of the northern region, he mentioned.
“At this moment, I have no idea of the turnout. We will be able to give details about it on completion of the voting,” the EC chief told reporters in the afternoon. About the allegations of using muscle power by many AL candidates and rigging votes, the CEC said, "We are looking into all the allegations submitted to the commission. We have strictly directed law enforcers and election officials to take stern action against those involved in any anomaly. There is no scope for vote rigging."
On the damage to polling stations and election materials, Rakibuddin said voting at many polling stations across the country had been suspended due to extensive damage to those by criminals.
Voting will be held at the same stations where it had been postponed by January 24, he added.
Before briefing reporters, Rakibuddin visited a voting centre in old Dhaka.
Replying to a question that many voters could not find their names on the voter list, the EC boss said if the person is a voter of a particular voting centre, he or she would surely get their names on the voter list of that centre.
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