BNP candidate Shakoo wins Comilla city polls
BNP mayoral candidate Monirul Hoque Shakoo has unofficially won Comilla City Corporation election by 11,085 votes.
Shakoo got 68,948 votes while ruling Awami League-backed mayor aspirant Anjum Sultana Sima got 57,863 votes in 101 polling centres, our staff correspondent reports.
Presiding Officer Rakibuddin Mandal announced the election result unofficially tonight. Formal announcement will be given around 11:00am tomorrow from the local Election Commission office, he said.
Over 63 percent votes were cast in 101 polling centres out of 103. Voting at the rest two centres has been suspended amid allegation of irregularities.
The local election commission office has imposed ban on bringing out any victory procession and rally in the area for the sake of law and order, the presiding officer said.
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Starting around 8:00am, the election ended around 4:00pm amid allegations of violence, clashes, rigging and boycott of opposition and independent candidates.
Four candidates contested the mayoral post while 154 for 36 posts of ward councillors.
A total of 207,566 voters — 102,447 males and 105,119 females — were expected to exercise their voting rights at 103 polling stations to elect their city mayor, councilors.
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