CCC Polls Held Peacefully: EC Senior Secretary

Election Commission (EC) Senior Secretary Md Alamgir on Tuesday said Chattogram City Corporation (CCC) elections was held in a peaceful manner except for some stray incidents in two centers.

''The election that we have seen in the media and the reports of our control room - I would say it was a good election. But in two centers, some unruly people carried out attacks as they did not want the elections using Electronic Voting Machine (EVM). The vote was postponed because the EVM was damaged,'' said the secretary at a post polls press conference at the EC office at Agargaon in the capital.

''Voting was held in a very nice way in the rest of the polling centers. Voters returned homes after casting their votes. Results have been published in most of the centers.''

The secretary also said, ''The returning officer will look into the complaints at the local level. Even then, I will present the complaints to the Commission, if complaints are found. I will take action if the Commission asks for in this regard.''

For holding peaceful elections in Chattogram, a total of 20,000 law enforcers were deployed, he said.