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Three go to AL
Ruling party Awami League gained three more seats—Rangpur-6, Kurigram-2 and Kishoreganj-6—in Thursday's by-elections.
Published : 2 April 2009, 09:54 AM
Updated : 2 April 2009, 09:54 AM
Dhaka, Apr 2 (bdnews24.com)—Ruling party Awami League gained three more seats—Rangpur-6, Kurigram-2 and Kishoreganj-6—in Thursday's by-elections.
Unofficial results gave Abul Kalam Azad Rangpur-6 with 1,12,721 votes in 98 polling centres, election official Subhash Chandra Roy told bdnews24.com.
His nearest rival, BNP candidate Noor Muhammad Mandal, got 35,897 votes.
AL's Nazmul Hasan Papon won Kishoreganj-6 with 106,137 votes in 111 polling centres, election official Zahid Hossain told bdnews24.com.
His nearest rival, BNP candidate Shariful Alam, bagged 68,327 votes.
AL's Md Zafar Ali won Kurigram-2 with 1,40,748 votes in 152 polling centres, election official Nuruzzaman Talukder told bdnews24.com.
Jatiya Party candidate Golam Habib Dulal was runner up with 46,616 votes, followed by BNP candidate Tazul Islam Chowdhury with 12,915 votes.
A total of seventeen candidates were contesting in Thursday's by-elections to Bogra- 6 and 7, Rangpur- 3 and 6, Kurigram -2 and Kishoreganj-6 seats.
Election commissioner M Sohul Hussain estimated around 50-60 percent of the 1,842,000 registered voters cast their ballots in the six constituencies.
"Polling was peaceful in most areas," said Hossain.
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