Around 17 lakh new Rajshahi voters registered for national polls

BSS :

A total of 17,451 new voters were registered in 39 parliamentary seats in the region for the upcoming 12th parliament election, raising the voter number to 1,54,73,340.

Regional Election Officer Delwar Hossain said there were 1,37,57,889 voters in the previous 11th parliament election.
He said there are 77,16,563 female voters and 77,56,676 male voters meaning the male voters outnumbered the female voters. This time, the number of transgender voters is 101.

In the region, polling is supposed to be held in 34,059 booths of 5,436 centers in 39 constituencies of Rajshahi region on January 7 like other parts of the country. But, elections to Naogaon-2 constituency have been postponed due to the death of a candidate.

A stiff contest is likely in the forthcoming parliament election in the division as the polls campaign reached a peak everywhere in the division like other parts of the country.

In six seats of Rajshahi district, there are 21,77,761 voters, including 10,92,950 females and 18 transgender in the next election.

In the district, there are six constituencies and the voters are predicting a stiff contest in at least four of those.

Awami League candidate Omor Faruque Chowdhury (Boat) and independents Golam Rabbani (Scissor) and Sharmin Akter alias Mahia Mahi (Truck) are in contest in Rajshahi-1 (Godagari-Tanore) constituency.

In Rajshahi-2 (City), 14-party alliance candidate Fazley Hossain Badsha is fighting against independent Prof Shafiqur Rahman Badsha.

In Rajshahi-4 (Bagmara), Abul Kalam Azad (Boat) and present lawmaker Engineer Enamul Haque Enam (Scissor) are in polls fight.

Present MP Shahriar Alam (Boat) and Rahenul Haque (Scissor) are contesting in Rajshahi-6 (Bagha-Charghat) constituency.

In Joypurhat, 7,79,220 voters, including 3,91,793 females and three third genders, are likely to cast votes in two constituencies.

In Joypurhat-1 (Sadar-Panchbibi), election fighting between AL candidate Shamsul Alam Dudu and independent Abdul Aziz Mollah has gained momentum.