Bangladesh, March 24 -- Elections to 117 upazila parishads will be held today (Sunday) in the third phase of the local body polls.
Some 118,87,751 voters will be able to exercise their voting rights under 9,298 polling stations in the balloting that is set to begin at 08:00 am and continue until 04:00 pm without any break.
In the 117 upazilas, some 340 chairman, 584 vice-chairman and 399 woman vice-chairman candidates are contesting the elections.
Besides, 33 chairman, nine vice-chairman and 13 woman vice-chairman contestants have already been elected uncontested in the absence of any valid candidate to oppose them.
Though the Election Commission earlier announced the election schedule for 127 upazilas of 25 districts, the balloting wil...