120 polling centres in Sylhet city

The Election Commission has prepared a list of 120 polling centres for the ensuing Sylhet City Corporation (SCC) elections, according to Deputy Election Commissioner for Sylhet division Khondaker Mizanur Rahman.
The number was 79 in the last SCC polls held in 2003, he told The Daily star yesterday.
In line with the directives from the Election Commission, we have completed a panel of 120 presiding officers, 719 assistant presiding officers, 1438 polling officers, he said.
The list has been sent the EC secretariat in the capital. “We will arrange a short training for them soon”, he said.
The number of polling centres increased this time with the increase in voters and area of the city, the EC official. Asked, he said there is no possibility of any big change in the list. On average, there will be 2000 to 2500 voters in each polling centre.
The number of voters is 2,55,521 this time against 1,82,000 in 2003 polls.