From early Thursday morning, polling centers across Dhaka-11 constituency witnessed long queues of voters in a festive atmosphere as the 13th National Parliamentary Election and referendum took place. The presence of women voters was particularly notable at centers such as Uttara Badda Islamia Kamil Madrasa and A.K.M. Rahmat Ullah University College, where many expressed enthusiasm about exercising their voting rights.

Voters like Taslima Jahan and Muslima Begum described the experience as joyful and free from the fear that once surrounded election days. They emphasized the sense of community and excitement among participants. Dhaka-11 constituency, comprising wards 21, 22, 23, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, and 42 under Dhaka North City Corporation, has a total of 439,078 registered voters, including 222,877 men, 216,198 women, and three third-gender voters.

The main contest in Dhaka-11 is between Md. Nahid Islam of the National Citizen Party (NCP), nominated by the 11-party alliance, and M.A. Kaiyum of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), with eight other candidates also competing.