DUCSU polls: How many ballots were cast in the first hour at TSC centre?

Prof Nasrin Sultana, the head of the centre at Rokeya Hall, has estimated that hundreds of votes have already been cast within the first hour at the TSC polling centre in the Dhaka University Central Students’ Union (DUCSU) elections. Speaking to bdnews24.com at 9:20am on Tuesday, she said voting was under way in 19 booths, with each recording at least 40 ballots cast within an hour. Based on this pace, election officials estimated that about 760 votes were cast at the centre in the first hour. “Out of the 19 booths in our centre, some had 36 votes and some had 45 votes,” Sultana said. “Averaging the voting in all the booths, we think that 40 people voted in each...