Dhaka, July 14, 2025 – Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) A M M Nasir Uddin has announced plans to exclude presiding and polling officers involved in past election irregularities from future duties. In a recent interview with BBC Bangla, he outlined measures to ensure fairer elections.
The CEC stated that district election officers have begun investigating officers implicated in vote rigging. “We will make every effort to ensure they are not assigned responsibilities in the upcoming election,” he said.
To replace them, the Election Commission is considering appointing bank officers as presiding officers. “They are not in government service and have no history of involvement in vote rigging, so we are prioritizing them,” Nasir Uddin explained.
Presiding officers play a central role in managing polling stations during Bangladesh’s elections, assisted by assistant presiding and polling officers. Over 40,000 presiding officers served in recent national elections. Traditionally, government and MPO-affiliated school and college teachers have filled these roles, but allegations of bias and vote manipulation have prompted the commission to seek alternatives.
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