Those who have won the mayoralty in 23 municipal elections

In the first phase of the municipal elections, 16 candidates proposed by the Awami League for the office of mayor have been unofficially chosen with the symbol of the ship. Two rebellious party candidates have won the mayoral post as independents. Two candidates for mayor nominated by the BNP have won with the symbol of a wad of rice. A rebellious BNP candidate has won the post of mayor.

Electronic voting machines (EVM) will be used to vote in 24 municipalities of the country starting at 8 am on Monday. Voting takes place until 4 pm. Abul Khair Khan, the BNP mayoral candidate in Khulna’s Chalna Municipality, died of coronavirus during this afternoon’s elections. For this reason, the electoral results for the position of mayor have been postponed, said the secretary of the Electoral Commission (EC). Alamgir.

Apart from this, the vote ended with some isolated incidents that included persecution, vandalism and boycott of elections in some places.

Those who have won the post of mayor of the Awami League are Badiul Alam in Sitakunda Municipality of Chittagong, Md. Manikganj Municipality. Ramzan Ali, Netrokona Madan Saiful Islam, Kushtia Khoksaya Tariqul Islam Tariq, Barguna Betagite ABM Golam Kabir, Moulvibazar Baralekha Abul Imam. Kamran Chowdhury, Sakhawat Hossain Sakho in Chatmohar, Pabna, Abbas Ali in Katakhali, Rajshahi, SM Iqbal Hossain Sumon in Gafargaon, Mymensingh, Jahangir Alam Malik in Chuadanga, Md. Kurigram. Kaziul Islam, said Barisal Wazirpur. Distributor Gias Uddin and Md. Bakerganj. Lokman Hossain Dakua, Zakia Khatun in Panchagarh, Golam Kabir in Dhamrai in Dhaka, Monir Akhter Khan Taru Lodi in Shahjadpur in Sirajganj, Ahsanul Haque Chowdhury in Badarganj in Rangpur and Biswajit Roy in Dirai in Sunamganj.

The two rebel (independent) Awami League candidates have won the mayoral elections. They are the municipality of Patuakhali Kuakata. Anwar Hawladar and Thakurgaon Pirganj. Iqbal Haque.

Those who have won the office of mayor of BNP are the Puthia Municipality of Rajshahi. Al Mamun and Farid Ahmed Oli in Shayestaganj de Habiganj. Mahmud Alam Liton has been elected as a rebel (independent) BNP candidate in the Fulbari municipality of Dinajpur.

Meanwhile, a fight broke out between Awami League supporters and BNP candidates outside various centers in Panchagarh municipality shortly after today’s elections began. Later, the police and BGB controlled the situation by beating them with sticks. A group of youths wrecked the car of the District Return Officer at the Adarsh ​​Shiksha Niketan Center of the Panchagarh Collector. A policeman was injured.

In addition, two rebel candidates from the Awami League and the BNP boycotted the elections in the Chatmohar municipality of Pabna alleging various irregularities, including the expulsion of officers.

Meanwhile, the police arrested an election agent at the Chalna Municipality Women’s University Center in Khulna for allegedly forcing others to vote at an EVM. The BNP has boycotted the elections in this municipality. At the same time, voting in Rajshahi municipalities of Puthia and Kathakhali has been completed through one or two isolated incidents.

In addition, peaceful elections were held in Dhaka’s Dhamrai, Chittagong’s Sitakunda, Kushtia’s Khoksa, Sirajganj’s Shahjadpur and Baralekha Township of Moulvibazar District.