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40% votes cast in election

Sun News Desk : Around 40% votes were cast in the 12th national elections, said Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Kazi Habibul Awal.

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The CEC said the percentage of voters' turnout while addressing a press conference held at Nirbachan Commission Bhaban at Agargaon in the capital on Sunday.

Earlier, Election Commission Secretary Jahangir Alam said 25% votes were cast in Dhaka, 27% in Chattogram, 32% in Khulna, 22% in Sylhet, 29% in Mymensingh, 26% in Rajshahi, 26% in Rangpur and 31% in Barishal till 3:00pm.

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Voting was held at 299, out of 300 constituencies on Sunday. There were a total of 11,96,91,633 voters in the election. Of them, 6,07,71,579 were male, 5,89,19,202 female, and 852 transgender. There were 42,103 polling centres, while 2,61,912 polling booths across the country.

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