181 candidates collect nomination for SCC election

Sylhet Bureau :
181 people have collected nomination papers for mayor and councilor posts in Sylhet City Corporation elections.

Among them, three candidates including former Chhatra League leaders have collected nomination papers for the post of mayor.

And 181 people have collected nomination papers for the posts of reserved and general councilors. Syed Kamal Hossain confirmed this information on Thursday (May 4) Sylhet City Returning Officers Office Staff Officer and District Bianibazar Upazila Election Officer.

He said that Mohammad Abdul Hanif Kutu, Mohammad Abdul Mannan and Shamsun Noor Talukdar for the post of mayor collected the nomination.

Apart from this, 41 people have so far collected nomination papers for the post of reserved councilor and 140 candidates for the post of general councillor.

The sale of nomination papers for the posts of mayor, reserved and general councilors in the Sylhet City Corporation elections began on Thursday (April 27). No one collected nomination papers on the first day.

After that, the sale of nomination papers was closed on Friday and Saturday. Nomination papers were sold again on Sunday (April 30). After closing on May 1, nomination papers were sold again on Tuesday and Wednesday (May 2 and 3).

According to the schedule announced by the Election Commission, the last date for submission of nomination papers of candidates is 23 May, the last date for selection is 25 May and the last date for withdrawal of candidature is 1 June and the voting will be held by EVM system in Sylhet City Corporation on 21 June.