Awami League nominated candidate for Dhaka-1 Salman Fazlur Rahman has been elected unofficially in the 12th parliamentary elections again held on Sunday.

Rahman, also adviser to the Prime Minister of Bangladesh, bagged 1,49,971 votes while his nearest rival Salma Islam from Jatiya Party secured 34,746 votes.

The voting in the 12th parliamentary election began at 8:00 am and concluded at 4pm without any break amid tight security in 299 out of the country’s 300 constituencies.