Voting in presidential election Feb 18 as EC announces schedule

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The Election Commission says it will organise the polls to elect the 21st Bangladesh president on Feb 18.

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Chief Election Commissioner KM Nurul Huda announced the schedule for the election on Thursday before the media after a meeting of the commission.

The commission has set Feb 5 as the day for nominations and Feb 10 as the last day to withdraw.

Lawmakers vote in the presidential election held in parliament, where the CEC will act as the election officer.

On Apr 24, 2013, Md Abdul Hamid was sworn in as the 20th president of Bangladesh. Since independence, 16 people have headed the state for 19 terms. Hamid is the 17th person to serve as president.

Election Commission Bhaban Election Commission Bhaban Hamid’s term expires on Apr 23, which means the election must be held between Jan 24 and Feb 23.

MPs voted to elect a president only once in 1991, when parliamentary democracy was reinstated. Since then, it has been elected unopposed.

In case of multiple candidates, the Election Commission will conduct the voting in parliament.

After the votes close, the election commissioner will publicly count the votes and declare the name of the candidate with the highest votes as elected.