Voting to suspended Gaibandha-3 (Sadullapur-Palashbari) constituency is underway peacefully on Sunday amid strict security measures.
A total of 4, 11, 854 voters, of them 2, 00,746 male and 2, 11,108 female, are expected to cast their votes through 132 voting centres with 786 booths which started around 8am. It will continue till 4pm without any break.
Five candidates are contesting in the 11th parliamentary election to the constituency.
A total 2,500 law enforcers, 20 platoons of Border Guard Bangladesh and Rapid Action Battalion each and 1,584 Ansar members have been deployed to maintain law and order of the election.
The parliamentary election to Gaibandha-3 constituency had been postponed due to sudden death of Oikyo Front candidate Dr TIM Fazley Rabbi Chowdhury on December 19 before the last national polls held on December 30.
Then, the Election Commission (EC) rescheduled the polls date to the constituency for January 27.
