Voting in the Gazipur City Corporation (GCC) election began at 8:00am on Tuesday morning to elect its new mayor and councillors.
The balloting will continue till 4:00pm without any break.
A total of 345 candidates, including seven for mayoral post, 254 for councillor posts and 83 for reserved posts for women, are vying in the polls.
The mayor candidates are ruling Awami League nominated Md Jahangir Alam, BNP nominated Hasan Uddin Sarker, Islami Oikkya Jote nominated Fazlur Rahman (Minar), Islami Andolan Bangladesh nominated Md Nasir Uddin, Bangladesh Islami Front nominated Md Jalal Uddin, Communist Party of Bangladesh (CPB) nominated Md Ruhul Amin and independent candidate Farid Ahmed.