Staff Reporter :
A total of 2,055 aspirants submitted nomination papers for contesting the second phase of the upazila elections slated for May 21.
In this phase, 160 upazilas will go to the polls. Sunday was the last day for the submission of nomination papers.
A total of 730 aspirants submitted nominations for the chairman positions and 763 for the vice chairman while 562 for the vice chairman reserved for women, Election Commission additional secretary Ashok Kumar Debnath told the media on Sunday afternoon.
The Election Commission this year made it mandatory for all the
aspirants of upazila elections to submit nomination papers online, he said.
“We did not receive news of any untoward incident over the submission of nomination papers,” he added.
The nomination papers will be scrutinised on April 23, and the last date for withdrawal of candidature is April 30.
