Voting in 60 upazilas for the fourth phase of the sixth Upazila Parishad Election began on Wednesday morning.
Voting began at 8:00am and will continue till 4:00pm without any break.
UNB鈥檚 Cumilla correspondent reported that voting was underway in a peaceful environment in Chauddagram, Homna and Nangalkot upazilas of the district since morning.
Though the turnout of voters was thin initially, their presence increased with time.
No untoward incidents centring the election were reported till filing this report at about 12:00pm.
A total of 721 candidates are in the electoral race for 180 posts of 60 Upazila Parishad.
They include 251 chairman contenders, 265 vice-chairman and 205 women (reserved) vice-chairman contestants.
Electronic voting machines are being used at six upazilas while the traditional ballot papers are being used in the rest.
On April 24 last, the Election Commission announced the schedule for third phase Upazila Parishad polls.
A security team of 17-19 members would guard each polling station in the plain districts, while a security team of 19-21 members would protect a polling station in the Chittagong hill tracts and very remote areas.
This time, the Election Commission is arranging the sixth Upazila Parishad election in four phases. The commission declared the election schedule to hold polls in some 450 upazilas out of the country's 495 upazilas.
The first phase election was held in 139 upazila parishads on May last 8, while the second phase election in 156 upazilas on May 21 last and the third phase election in 90 upazilas on May 29 last.
