Rajshahi Correspondent:

A final voter list was published for the upcoming election of Rajshahi University Central Students Union (RUCSU), hall council and students representatives for senate in its official https:// www.ru.ac.bd/rucsu/website last night.In the list, there are 25,152 students, including 15,468 females, who are eligible to exercise their rights of franchise in the students’ body election of the public university.

In the list, there are 24,892 students, including 9,741 females, who are

eligible to exercise their rights of franchise in the students’ body electionof the public university.

A total of 221 students from the Institute of Bangladesh Studies (IBS) were added to the final voters list.

Earlier in the draft voters list, there were 25,127 voters meaning that 456 voters dropped out in the final list.

Chief Commissioner of RUCSU election told journalist that the voter list will also be available in the concerned residential halls.

After over three decades, Rajshahi University (RU) students are going to get back their representative rights as the election to RUCSU is going to be held after a long gap of 35 years.

Already, the necessary preparations for holding the election are going on in full-swing.

According to the announced schedule, the election will be held on September 15.

On July 28 (Monday), a seven-member election commission, led by Chief Election Commissioner Professor Amzad Hossain, announced the schedule for the RUCSU polls.

As per the schedule, the code of conduct has already been published, and the draft and final voter lists were also released.

Nomination papers will be distributed from August 20 to 23. Submissions will be accepted on August 24, 25, and 26 while scrutiny of the nomination papers will take place on August 27 and 28. The preliminary list of candidates will be published on August 31. Candidates may withdraw their nominations on September 2. The final list will be published on September 4.

Polling will be held in all residential halls on September 15 from 9:00 am to 4:00 pm.