Three players from different sports were elected as Members of Parliament (MPs) in the 12th parliamentary election held on Sunday.
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The elected MPs are BFF Senior Vice-Presidents Abdus Salam Murshedy from Khulna-4, Mashrafe Bin Mortaza from Narail-2 and Shakib Al Hasan from Magura-1 constituency. All three were elected with Awami League's boat symbol.
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Salam Murshedy and Mashrafe won the parliamentary seat for the second time and Shakib for the first time.
The polling that began at 8:00 am concluded at 4pm without any break amid tight security in 299 out of the country’s 300 constituencies. The counting of votes started immediately after the end of voting.
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Voting was postponed in three polling centers due to violence, capturing of polling stations and ballot stuffing.