“The municipality polls will begin in the last week of December this year with voting in at least 20-25 municipalities. "The elections would be completed in five phases by May 2021,” he said after emerging from a commission meeting held at the Nirbachan Bhaban in Dhaka's Agargaon area. The Election Commission (EC) has a decision, in principle, to hold the elections to all municipalities using the electronic voting machines (EVMs), Huda added. There is a provision of holding elections to the municipalities 90 days before the expiry of the tenure. After amendment to the Local Government Act in 2015, elections to 234 municipalities were held with partisan election symbols for the first time.

Source: Dhaka Tribune November 02, 2020 16:07 UTC