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After the peaceful completion of the voting in today's (May 25) Gazipur City Corporation (GCC) elections, the counting of votes is continuing in the polling stations.
Earlier, long queues of voters were seen at polling stations since morning. Apart from male voters, the presence of female voters was also noticeable.
The voting started using the electronic voting machine (EVM) at 480 polling centres at 8am and it continued until 4pm without any break.
The candidates expressed satisfaction with the overall electioneering situation.
Not only the candidates but also the voters were happy to see peaceful voting in the Gazipur city elections.
Election campaigns continued for 15 consecutive days from May 9 to May 23 until midnight on Tuesday.
Mayoral and councillor candidates campaigned day and night. The overall situation was normal until the last day of the campaign.
Earlier, the Election Commission (EC) took all the preparations for holding the GCC polls, the third election of this city, in free, fair and peaceful manner.
The GCC, comprising a total of 57 wards, has some 11,794 voters. Of them, 5,92,762 are male voters, 5,86,696 are female voters, and the rest 18 are hijras.
Members of the law enforcement agencies were deployed at all the polling centres. Some 351 polling centres are risk-prone, and another 129 are general.
In addition to this, a total of 30 teams led by the members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB), 13 platoons of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB), 19 striking police force teams, and fifty-seven mobile teams were deployed in the GCC areas.