MD ABBAS and SM MAHFUJ AHMED

The Chittagong University Central Students’ Union (Cucsu) and hall union elections are set to take place today after a gap of 35 years, becoming the third public university to hold such polls after the political changeover in August last year.

A total of 908 candidates are vying for 40 posts: 415 are contesting for 26 Cucsu posts and 493 for 14 hall union posts. The total number of voters is 27,521.

Polling will begin from 9:00am and end at 4:00pm at the 15 centres set up in five faculty buildings.

There will be 700 polling booths in total. Each student will receive five ballot papers. Four of them will list the Cucsu candidates and the fifth will list the hall union candidates.

Students will have a maximum of ten minutes to cast their votes, meaning they will need to cast about one vote every 20 seconds.

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