The Election Commission at the end of this month will announce the union parishad polls schedule, said Election Commissioner Muhammed Sohul Hussein yesterday.
He said the staggered elections would kick off with polls to union parishads in coastal and haor areas.
The last elections to over 4,000 union parishads were held in January-March of 2003. Tenure of the parishads expired at the end of 2007 and early 2008. But the elections could not be held in due time for various reasons, including the then state of emergency and some legal issues.
This time, 4,228 out of total 5,504 union parishads will go to elections.
Polls to the rest will not be held as some of the parishads’ tenure is yet to expire. And elections to over 50 parishads did not take place for a decade due to legal complexities.
Talking to reporters at his office, Election Commissioner Sohul said the commission for the first time had made electoral code of conduct for candidates of the union parishad polls.
