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| Bangladesh |
| Zero vote in about 35 centres |
| 2014-01-06 |
| [Dhaka Tribune] A single vote was not cast till 4pm yesterday at Ramdhana primary school polling centre at Biswanath, polling centre, polling centre of 'missing' BNP leader M Elias Ali, albeit there were 1910 registered voters in the poll centre. Witnesses said some cocktails were blast beside the polling centre. Presiding officer of the poll centre Md. Bozlur Rahman said yesterday, "A single vote was not cast till 4pm." The responsible election officers at the polling centre was passing their idle time. Some people only thronged outside the poll centre. In addition, there were no voter in the Chahifaganj government primary school polling centre at Khajanji union of Biswanath. Agents of the candidates and law enforcement men were found chatting. No vote was cast at 21 out of 38 polling centers in four unions of sadar upazila under the Lalmonirhat-3 constituency. Very few voters cast votes in the rest of the polling centers. Seeking anonymity polling officer at Barabari Government Primary School polling centre said, "I closed the ballot box without any vote." Abdu Sattar, 58, a farmer of Barabari village said, "I didn't find any interest to cast my vote in the one-sided polls." He also said nobody of his village cast their votes. However some AL men allegedly said their voters could not come at the polling centres as BNP men made obstacle. They also said Sindurmoti village of Panchagram union is a stronghold of BNP. Polling centers in four unions were found without voters. No single vote was cast at Agardhari Kaminia Kamil Madrasah, Agardhari Mahila Madrasah, Godhagata and Shibpur polling centres under Jamaat dominated sadar upazila in Satkhira. Presiding officer Aftabuzzaman said, no vote was cast at Godhagata government primary school polling centre which had 1885 registered voters. A voter cast his vote at Shialdanga government primary school polling centre. Miscreants set afire at the polling centre in the morning the day before the polls. Shialdanga government primary school centre had got 1 vote among 2367 voters, said presiding officer Shankar Kumar Roy. No voter among 2797 voters did not cast vote at Maria Primay School in Charghat area in Rajshahi. Golam Mortoza, officer-in-charge of Chargat, said it is 'mysterious' why voters did not came to cast vote. Local BNP leaders and activists guarded the polling centre. Sources said BNP leader Abu Sayed Chand gave murder threat the day before the polls. He along with his men visited the houses of the voters. No vote was cast at Bazrapur and Purandarapur polling centres under Moheshpur upazila in Jhenaidah. There were 2542 and 3528 respectively voters were registered. Only a single voter had cast his vote at Khalishpur polling centre in Jhenaidah district. Kollanpur Rawshinia Dakhil Madrasah presiding officer Farid Ahmed and Kollanpur Government Primary School presiding officer Abul Kalam Azad said any single vote was not cast at the polling centres in Sirajganj district. |
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