Low voter turnout has reportedly seen in the second phase of the Upazila Parishad Election 2019 at Rangamati on Monday, March 18, 2019 Dhaka TribuneVoting began around 8am in 116 upazilasAs voting in the second phase of the upazila parishad (UP) elections begins, several allegations of irregularities have been reported at Pabna, Rangpur, and Rangamati centres. Voting in the second phase of the UP polls began around 8am in 116 upazilas. Analogous to the first phase, low voter turnout has occurred in the second phase of the upazila parishad elections. In Rangpur’s Taraganj upazila, supporters of independent chairman candidate Shahinur Rahman Marshal alleged that supporters of ruling party-nominated candidate Anisur Rahman threw their polling agents out of the Harialikuti voting centre. Apart from some allegations of irregularities, Dhaka Tribune correspondents—in Sylhet, Cox’s Bazar, Moulvibazar, Naogaon, Khagrachhari and Thakurgaon—have visited several local voting centers and observed low voter turnout but no irregularities.

Source: Dhaka Tribune March 18, 2019 07:02 UTC