Habiganj, Jan 27 (bdnews24.com) — BNP candidate Sheikh Sujat Miah has beaten his rival from the ruling Awami League to win Habiganj-1 by-elections.
Sujat beat Mushfiq Hossain Chowdhury by 1,285 votes in a close contest after trailing for a considerable time.
Sujat bagged 81,330 votes, while Chowdhury got 80,045.
Returning officer Mohammad Emran Miah made the announcement on Thursday at the constituency soon after announcing that the ruling party's candidate was leading with a handsome margin of 53,081 votes according to the results of 115 centres.
There are 175 polling centres in the constituency with 301,447 voters.
The seat had fallen vacant after the death of Awami League MP Dewan Farid Gazi. Gazi had beaten Sujat Miah by 72,592 votes.
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