6 parliamentary seats finalized for EVM use

Staff Correspondent: The Election Commission (EC) has finally taken a decision to use Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) in six out of 300 constituencies in the forthcoming general election scheduled to be held on December 30.

The Commission chose the six parliamentary seats out of 48 around 5:33pm on Monday through an open lottery in presence of journalists.

The six parliamentary seats in which EVMs will be used are Dhaka-6 and 13, Chattogram-9, Rangpur-3, Khulna-2 and Satkhira-2 constituencies.

On Saturday, the EC decided to use EVMs in all polling stations of the six constituencies located in city and district sadar areas during the 11th parliamentary elections.


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