Voting in the by-polls to Chattogram-8 constituency has concluded. It began at 8am and continued uninterrupted till 4pm with the help of electronic voting machines (EVMs) in 190 polling stations.
No untoward incidents have been reported during the by-polls. The seat became vacant after the death of Awami League MP Moslem Uddin Ahmed.
The five candidates competing for this seat are - Awami League's Noman Al Mahmud with boat symbol, Islamic Front Bangladesh's Syed Muhammad Farid Uddin with chair symbol, Bangladesh Islamic Front's Sehab Uddin Muhammad Abdus Samad with candle symbol, National People's Party-NPP's Kamal Pasha with mango symbol and independent candidate Ramzan Ali with ektara symbol.
BNP, one of the largest parties in the country, did not field a candidate in the by-election. With eight months left for the national elections, there is no heat in this by-election.
Election office sources say the constituency has 5,17,652 voters. Among them, 2,63,543 are men and 2,54,109 are women.
