Dhaka, March 9 -- Voting has ended in elections for more than 200 local government positions, including mayoral races, in the cities of Mymensingh and Cumilla.

The polls, which closed at 4pm on Saturday, were largely peaceful barring scattered reports of violence, including a shooting outside a polling station, and allegations of agent expulsion and voter intimidation.

Complications with electronic voting machines (EVMs), particularly issues with fingerprint recognition, were also a common grievance among voters during the city elections.

In Cumilla, tensions flared early in the day as three mayoral hopefuls accused rival candidate Tahseen Bahar Shuchona, a local Awami League leader, and her supporters of driving out their polling agen...