Dhaka, Jan. 6 -- Several students at Jagannath University have said they were unable to cast their ballots in the central students' union election after polling closed on Tuesday afternoon.

Voting in the Jagannath University Central Students' Union (JnUCSU) election began at 9am on Tuesday at 178 booths across 39 polling centres in five university buildings and continued without interruption until 3pm.

Some students who arrived later said they believed voting would continue beyond the official closing time.

One student, Nayeem Bhuiyan, said that he had been informed polling would run until 4pm, but found the campus gates closed when he arrived.

"We don't have residential halls for male students, and many of us have academic commitment...