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FEB 19 UPAZILA POLLS

690 chairman hopefuls file nominations

Staff Correspondent
Around 690 chairman aspirants have filed nomination papers for the February 19 polls to 98 upazila parisahds.
Besides, some 656 candidates have submitted nomination papers for the post of vice-chairman and 380 for female vice-chairman, Election Commission officials told The Daily Star last night.
An upazila parishad is comprised of a chairman, two vice-chairmen, a certain number of women members from reserved seats, chairmen of all union parishads and the municipality mayor, if any.
The EC on January 19 announced that elections to 102 upazila parishads out of 487 will be held on February 19 in first phase. However, it later postponed elections to four upazila parishads of Rangpur due to complications over demarcation of boundaries.
As per the schedule, yesterday was the last day for filing nomination papers, while scrutiny of the nomination papers will be done tomorrow. The last day for withdrawing candidature is February 3.
On Thursday, the EC announced that elections to 117 upazila parishads will be held on February 27.
Moreover, the EC plans to hold elections to 74 upazila parishads on March 15, 72 on March 25, 65 on March 31, and 57 upazila parishads on May 3.
The last election to 479 upazila parishads was held on January 22,2009.
BY-POLLS TO UNION PARISHADS
The EC mulls holding by-elections to 76 union parishads by March as the posts of either chairman or other office bearers of these UPs remain vacant following their death or resignation.
“The process of holding by-elections to these union parishads is at initial stage. The election commissioners will make the final decision in this regard," an EC official told this correspondent.
There are over 4,500 union parishads across the country. Elections to more than 4,000 UPs were held in 2011 and to the rest in phases. Tenure of these U Ps wil 1 expire in 2016.
WPB PICKS WOMAN MP NOMINEE
The Workers Party of Bangladesh (WPB) yesterday sent a letter to the EC informing that the party has nominated its politburo member Hazera Sultana for a reserved seat for women in the 10th parliament.
The party won six seats in the new parliament. As per ratio, the WPB will get one reserved seat.
The 50 reserved seats for women will be allocated to the political parties as per ratio of their seats in parliament.