Voting is underway in the by-election to Chattogram-10 parliamentary constituency that was declared vacant following the death of its previous incumbent Afsarul Amin.

The voting started at 8:00am and will continue till 4:00pm without any break.

The turnout of voters was low in the morning, and no untoward incident has been reported in the election as of filing this report at 9:30 am.

The Election Commission (EC) is observing the Chattogram-10 by-polls through CCTV cameras from the control room in Dhaka.

The Election Commission has set up 1,563 CCTV cameras at 156 centres to monitor the elections, said EC sources.

Farhad Ahmad Khan, joint secretary at the election management section of the EC, said voting is underway using electronic voting machines (EVMs).

Election monitoring is being done by installing two CCTV cameras in each polling station.

In the Chattogram-10 constituency, six candidates are contesting. The seat comprising Double Mooring, Pahartali and Halishahar fell vacant following the death of MP Dr Afsarul Amin on June 2 this year.

Awami League-backed candidate Md Mohiuddin Bachhu is contesting with the symbol ‘boat’, Jatiya Party’s Md Samsul Alam with ‘plough’, Trinaomool BNP’s Dipak Kumar Palit with ‘golden fibre’, Bangladesh Sanskritik Muktijot’s Rashid Miah with stick, and independent candidates Md Arman Ali with balloon and Manjurul Islam Bhuiyan with rocket.

A total of 4,88,633 voters are expected to cast their votes in the by-polls.