Voting in the municipality polls in Baghaichhari upazila of Rangamati began on Saturday morning under the newly formed Election Commission (EC).

The balloting began at 8:00am and will continue till 4:00pm without any break, reports UNB.

Thirty-four contestants, including three of chairman post, are in the election race in the municipality that has some 10,177 voters in nine polling stations.

A four-tier security measure of Rab, BGB, Ansar and police has been taken in polling centres for holding the elections in a free and fair manner.

Meanwhile, Election Commissioner Brig general (retd) Sahadat Hossain Chowdhury visited the upazila and held a meeting with the district election officials and law enforcers at the Baghaichhari upazila auditorium on Friday.