Dhaka, Mar 25 (UNB) – The maiden election to Mymensingh City Corporation will be held on May 5, the Election Commission (EC) announced on Monday.
Electronic voting machines will be used in all the 130 voting stations in the election of the country’s 12th city corporation.
EC Secretary Helal Uddin Ahmed declared the election schedule after the 46th meeting of the Commission at Nirbachan Bhaban in city.
According to the schedule, the deadline for submission of nomination paper is April 8, while the date for the scrutiny of the nomination papers is April 10 and the last date for withdrawal of candidature is April 17, he said.
“The entire city election will be held with EVMs,” said the EC Secretary.
The government upgraded Mymensingh municipality to the country’s 12th city corporation in April last year, which has 471,858 people in its 91.315 sqkm areas.