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In pictures: Bangladeshis cast their votes for general elections

More than 7.5 lakh members of law enforcement agencies and security forces have been deployed to ensure law and order during the polls

Our Web Desk Published 07.01.24, 03:44 PM
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Voters stand in a queue to cast their vote in the Bangladesh's general elections, at Camilla in Chittagong. The first four hours of voting in the 12th parliamentary election saw a voter turnout of 18.50 per cent, Election Commission Secretary Jahangir Alam said.

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Prime Minister Hasina cast her vote at Dhaka City College polling centre soon after the voting started. Her daughter Saima Wazed accompanied her.

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Security personnel during the Bangladesh's general elections, at Tejganj in Dhaka. Voters cast their votes without any disruption in the absence of long queues, leaving presiding officers with idle time.

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Bangladesh Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan arrives to cast his vote in the country's general elections, in Dhaka. The voting is being held in 299 out of the 300 constituencies.

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Polling officials during the Bangladesh's general election, in Dhaka. More than 1,500 candidates from 27 political parties are contesting in the election, besides 436 independent candidates.

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Awami League candidate and former cricketer Sakib Al Hasan casts his vote in the country's general elections, in Magura. The election commission said that it expected the results to start flowing from early on January 8.

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Bangladesh election workers sit on a bench as police personnel stand guard outside a polling station in Dhaka.

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Actor Firdous Ahmed, an Awami League candidate, speaks to the media during the Bangladesh general elections, in Dhaka.

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A voter shows his ink-marked after casting his vote for the Bangladesh general elections, in Dhaka.

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Soldiers stand guard outside a polling station in Dhaka, Bangladesh.

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