Re-vote at 51 centres today

Voting will again be held today amid tight security at 51 polling stations of 20 municipalities in the country.

 The elections were suspended on December 30 last year due to violence and irregularities.

"We will deploy at least 24 members of police in each polling centre while the number was 18 in the December 30 polls," the Election Commission's deputy secretary told The Daily Star yesterday.

Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) and Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) would also be deployed.

Voting at around 3,555 stations of 234 municipalities was supposed to be held on December 30.

Of the remaining 214 municipalities, the ruling Awami League nominated mayoral candidates won in 168 municipalities, BNP's candidates in 19, Jatiya Party's candidate in one and independent candidates in 26 municipalities.