Sun News Desk : The elections to Khulna and Barishal City Corporations has started today's morning.

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The voters began casting their respective votes from 8am.

In Khulna City Corporation polls, some 535,522 voters, including 268,828 male and 2,66,698 female, are expected to cast their votes.

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A total of 2,320 CCTV cameras have been installed both inside and outside 1,732 polling booths.

Awami League-backed candidate Talukder Abdul Khaleque gave his vote at Pioneer Secondary Girls School centre on the city’s South Central Road around 9:10am. After voting, the mayoral candidate said the election is being held in a free, fair manner.

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He said i will accept whatever result coming from the voters.

Meanwhile, a total of 2,76,298 voters,1,37,489 male and 1,38, 809 female, are expected to exercise their franchise in the Barishal City Corporations polls.

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A large number of law enforcers have been deployed to ensure tight security measures at each polling station so that voters can cast their votes.

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