Election
Envoys of India, China, Russia and four other countries congratulate Hasina on her big election victory
The envoys of India, Russia, China, Bhutan, Philippines, Singapore, and Sri Lanka paid a courtesy call on Awami League President and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina at her official residence Ganabhaban on Monday (January 08, 2024) morning.
Besides, the delegation of Aga Khan Diplomatic Representatives also met her.
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On behalf of their respective countries and organisation, they congratulated Hasina on her party’s absolute victory in Sunday's 12th National Parliamentary Election, according to a release from PM’s press wing.
The delegates expressed their firm commitment to continue cooperation with Bangladesh, it said.
The prime minister thanked them and sought their cooperation in the development and advancement of Bangladesh.
Read more: India congratulates PM Hasina on election victory, hopes for ‘even stronger momentum’ in ties
Election 2024: Former BNP vice chairman Shahjahan Omar wins from Jhalakathi-1
Major (retd) Shahjahan Omar, who left BNP and was nominated by the ruling Awami League (AL) for the Jhalakathi-1 constituency, secured a landslide victory by a huge margin of votes in yesterday's 12th National Parliamentary Election.
Shahjahan was elected by 95,478 votes while his rival Abu Bakkar with the "rose" symbol got only 1,624 votes.
Jatiya Party-backed candidate Ezazul Huq bagged 1,272 votes in the election held at 90 polling stations.
Detective police picked up Shahjahan from a house in Dhaka in the early hours of November 5 as a suspect in a case filed over burning a bus. The same day, a Dhaka court placed him on remand for four days in the case.
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On November 29, the then BNP Vice Chairman Shahjahan walked out of jail after securing bail from a Dhaka court. The following day, he submitted a nomination paper online as an Awami League candidate for Jhalakathi-1 constituency. The same day, BNP expelled him from the party for breaching party discipline.
Shahjahan Omar served as state minister for law during the last BNP led government.
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Celebrity candidates who failed to shine at the 12th National Election
The 12th National Election featured the most number of celebrity candidates competing in several constituencies across the country. Although a few of them won with ease, several popular candidates lost the competition for their respective seats.
Candidates including eminent thespian and multiple-time elected Asaduzzaman Noor, debutant superstar candidate Ferdous Ahmed, viral social media influencer Barrister Sayedul Haque Sumon and Star Cineplex Chairman Mahboob Rahman Ruhel emerged victorious in the election.
However, the other popular stars from the cultural arena including folk singer Momotaz Begom, Dhallywood actress Mahiya Mahi, popular singer Doli Sayantoni, magazine show ‘Ittyadi’-famed popular singer-musician Nakul Kumar Biswas and viral social media personality Ashraful Hossen Alom, better known as Hero Alom, failed to win the election in their constituencies.
Even though most of these candidates contested the election from other political parties, the result of Manikganj-2 surprised many as Momotaz lost in this seat. She was elected from the Manikganj-2 seat twice, but could not secure her hattrick victory.
Defeating the folk queen, independent candidate Zahid Ahmed Tulu has been elected in this seat, receiving a total of 84,525 votes. Momotaz got 78 thousand 269 votes, losing her seat in a close fight.
On the other hand, despite her massive campaigning throughout the campaign period, actress Mahiya Mahi lost the election. The independent candidate with the truck symbol lost the battle for the Rajshahi-1 seat and received 9 thousand 9 votes, while Omar Farooq Chowdhury, the Awami League candidate with the boat symbol, received 1 million 3 thousand 592 votes, defeating Mahi by a gigantic margin.
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Popular singer Doli Sayantoni and social media celebrity Ashraful Alom (Hero Alom) declared their intention to abstain from the election prior to the declaration of the results, citing irregularities. Boat candidate Ahmed Feroz Kabir won the Pabna-2 constituency against Bangladesh Nationalist Movement (BNM) candidate Doli by getting 1,65,842 votes, while the singer received only 4,382 votes with the anchor symbol.
Hero Alom was contesting the election as a candidate for the Bangladesh Congress with the coconut symbol in the Bogura-4 constituency. He received only 2,175 votes, while AKM Rezaul Karim Tansen of Bangladesh Samajtantrik Dal (JSD) received 42 thousand 757 votes in the boat symbol in the overall results from 114 polling stations. His closest competitor, Ziaul Haque Molla, received 40 thousand 618 votes with the eagle symbol.
Although singer-musician Nakul Kumar Biswas ran a competitive election campaign to win the Barishal-2 constituency as a debutant candidate, veteran politician and Bangladesh Workers Party President Rashed Khan Menon emerged victorious, garnering 1,24,573 votes in total with the boat symbol. With an Eagle emblem, his opponent and Sher-E-Bangla AK Fazlul Haque’s grandson AK Faizul Haque Raju, received 32,191 votes.
Among the winners, both Ferdous Ahmed and Asaduzzaman Noor won in their respective seats as the direct candidates from Bangladesh Awami League, defeating their opponents by huge margins. Ferdous emerged victorious with 65,898 votes with the boat symbol, while his closest competitor, Shamsul Alam, with the mango symbol from the National People's Party, received only 2,257 votes.
Former Cultural Affairs Minister and ‘Baker Bhai’-famed eminent thespian Asaduzzaman Noor got 1,19,339 votes in the Nilphamari-2 constituency, winning the national election for the fifth time. His nearest rival Zainal Abedin got 15 684 votes with the truck symbol.
Popular social media influencer Barrister Syed Sayedul Haque Suman won the Habiganj-4 (Madhabpur-Chunarughat) constituency by a wide margin, garnering over 198,000 votes with the eagle emblem. Boat contender and State Minister for Civil Aviation and Tourism Advocate Mahbub Ali received 47,000 votes, suffering a gigantic defeat to the celebrity candidate.
Bangladesh Awami League-nominated candidate Mahboob Rahman Ruhel, also known as the Chairman of popular multiplex chain Star Cineplex, has won his debut election in Chittagong-1 (Mirsharai) seat. He received a total of 89,064 votes, while his closest rival independent candidate Mohammad Giyas Uddin got 52,995 votes with the eagle symbol.
With all these results, the star-studded 12th National Parliament Election came to its closure, while the netizens are eyeing the upcoming scenario of the country.
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Election 2024: Awami League secures 16 out of 20 Dhaka seats
Though Awami League (AL) was determined to retain all 20 seats in Dhaka, it lost three seats to independent candidates, who did not get party nomination, and shared a seat with their alliance earlier.
In Dhaka-4, 5 and 19, the AL’s nominees were defeated by independent candidates. Among them, State Minister for Disaster and Relief Dr. Md. Enamur Rahman contested from Dhaka-19 constituency.
In Dhaka-4, independent candidate Awlad Hossain bagged 24,775 votes with truck symbol and defeated AL nominee Sanjida Khanam who got 22,577 votes in the election held at 77 centres.
In Dhaka-5, independent candidate Mashiur Rahman Mollah secured victory by bagging 50,631 votes with the truck symbol. He defeated AL candidate Harunur Rashid (Munna) by a margin of only 297 votes.
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In Dhaka-19, with the truck symbol, independent candidate Saiful Islam got 84,412 votes while his nearest rival AL candidate Md. Enamur Rahman got 56,361 votes. Another independent candidate Talukder Md. Touhid Jung (Murad) secured 76, 202 votes.
The seats AL retained
In Dhaka-1, AL’s heavyweight candidate Salman F Rahman defeated Jatiya Party’s Salma Islam by a huge margin of 115,075 votes. He bagged 150,005 votes.
In Dhaka-2, AL's Quamrul Islam bagged 1,54,448 votes by crushing his nearest independent competitor Habibur Rahman who got 10,635 votes.
In Dhaka-3, the ruling AL’s heavyweight nominee Nasrul Hamid defeated JaPa’s Md Monir Sarkar by a huge difference of 129,864 votes.
Hamid bagged 132,732 votes while Monir got only 2,868 votes.
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In Dhaka-6, Dhaka South City Corporation’s former mayor and AL candidate Sayeed Khokan earned a landslide victory against his rival Md Rabiul Alam Majumdar.
Khokan got 61,703 votes while Rabiul only 1,109 votes.
In Dhaka-7, JaPa’s Mohammad Saifuddin Ahmmed Milon was defeated by current lawmaker Haji Selim’s son Solaiman Selim. AL nominee Selim got 63,817 votes while Milon with plough symbol bagged 7,308 votes.
Dhaka-8 AL candidate AFM Bahauddin Nasim secured a landslide victory by a huge margin. He secured 46,610 votes while JaPa’s Md. Juber Alam Khan got only 880 votes.
In Dhaka-9, Saber Hossain Chowdhury from the AL secured 90,396 votes. His nearest rival Md Abul Kalam Azad of JaPa bagged 6,999 votes.
In Dhaka-10, popular actor Ferdous Ahmed, as a debutant candidate from the AL, got 65,898 votes while JaPa candidate Haji Md Shahjahan got only 2,257 votes.
In Dhaka-11, AL candidate Md Wakil Uddin won by defeating JaPa’s Shamim Ahmed. Wakil earned 83,885 votes while his rival bagged 2,747 votes.
In Dhaka-12, AL heavyweight candidate and current Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal got 94,689 votes while his rival Khorshed Alam bagged only 2,219 votes.
In Dhaka-13, AL leader Jahangir Kabir Nanak won from the seat with the boat symbol.
In Dhaka-14, AL's Mainul Hossain Khan won by achieving 53,540 votes while independent candidate Lutfar Rahman with got 17,914 votes.
In Dhaka-15, AL’s Kamal Ahmed Majumdar clinched victory by securing 39,632 votes while his rival from the JaPa, Shamsul Huq, got 2,044 votes.
In Dhaka-16, Ilias Ali Mollah from the AL won by defeating independent candidate Salauddin Rabin. Ilias got 65,631 votes while Rabin got 6,314 votes with the truck symbol.
In Dhaka-17, Prof Mohammad A Arafat was elected unofficially by bagging 48,059 votes with the boat symbol. His nearest rival from Bikalpa Dhara Bangladesh, Ainul Haque, got 1,380 votes.
In Dhaka-18, though the AL shared the seat with JaPa, its candidate, GM Quaders’ wife Sherifa Quader, was defeated.
Independent candidate Md Khosru Chowdhury was unofficially elected by 79,085 votes while nearest rival Md Tofazzal Hossain bagged 44,909 votes with the truck symbol. Sherifa Quader got only 6,429 votes.
Dhaka-20 AL candidate Benazir Ahmed was unofficially elected with 83,709 votes. His nearest rival, independent candidate Md Atiqur Rahman bagged 6,413 votes with the scissors symbol.
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Three figures from sports arena elected in 12th JS election
Three players from different sports were elected as Members of Parliament (MPs) in the 12th parliamentary election held on Sunday.
LGRD minister Tajul Islam secures win in Cumilla-9
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.
Environment Minister Md Shahab Uddin elected MP for the fourth consecutive time
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.
Agriculture Minister Abdur Razzaque wins in Tangail-1
Voting was postponed in three polling centers due to violence, capturing of polling stations and ballot stuffing.
LGRD minister Tajul Islam secures win in Cumilla-9
Awami League candidate and minister of Local Government, Rural Development and Cooperatives Md Tajul Islam has won the Cumilla-9 (Laksham-Monohorganj) constituency in the 12th parliamentary election held on Sunday.
Agriculture Minister Abdur Razzaque wins in Tangail-1
He received 2,33,946 votes with his party’s ‘boat’ symbol, while his nearest rival, Md Abu Bakar Siddique of the Islamic Front Bangladesh, bagged 8,260 votes.
Environment Minister Md Shahab Uddin elected MP for the fourth consecutive 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.
Trinamool BNP's Taimur loses security deposit
Environment Minister Md Shahab Uddin elected MP for the fourth consecutive time
Environment, Forest and Climate Change Minister Md Shahab Uddin has been elected MP from Moulvibazar-1 constituency for the fourth consecutive time.
Agriculture Minister Abdur Razzaque wins in Tangail-1
He was elected with 1, 36, 308 votes where his nearest rival Md Atiqur Rahman of Jatiya Party bagged 3,098 votes.
Shahab Uddin was elected MP for four consecutive terms with the boat symbol in the 2008, 2014, 2018 and 2024 elections. He was also elected MP in 1996.
Trinamool BNP's Taimur loses security deposit
The constituency, which consists of Barlekha and Juri upazilas of Moulvibazar, has a total of 112 polling centres. The voter turnout was 46.22 percent today.
Tipu Munshi wins Rangpur-4
Agriculture Minister Abdur Razzaque wins in Tangail-1
Agriculture Minister and Awami League Presidium Member Dr Md Abdur Razzaque has been elected MP in the 12th parliamentary elections from Tangail-1 (Dhanbari-Madhupur) constituency for the fifth consecutive time.
GM Quader's wife stumbles in election race
He won seat as a nominee of Awami League with 1,74,122 votes where his nearest rival independent candidate Khandaker Anwarul Haque got only 4,178 votes.
Dr Md Abdur Razzaque served as Minister of Food and Disaster Management from 2009 to 2012 and then, as Minister of Food until 2013.
Tipu Munshi wins Rangpur-4
He has been the Chairman of the Parliamentary Standing Committee for Finance since 2014.
He has also been serving as a presidium member of Bangladesh Awami League since 2016.
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GM Quader's wife stumbles in election race
Jatiya Party (JaPa) chairman GM Quader's wife Sherifa Quader has stumbled in the race of 12th parliamentary election held on January 7.
Sherifa, who competed with Jatiya Party's electoral symbol " plough " lost to independent candidate Md Khasru Chowdhury in the Dhaka-18 constituency.
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Independent candidate Khasru bagged 79,085 votes with the 'kettle' symbol, while his nearest rival independent candidate Tofazzal Hossain with the 'truck' symbol got 44,909 votes.
Former JaPa sec general Mashiur Rahman defeated by independent candidate
JP's Sherifa got only 6,429 votes with the 'plough' symbol. As a result, she has lost her security deposit in the election.
Tipu Munshi wins Rangpur-4
Earlier, Awami League gave up this seat to Jatiya Party as its political allies.
Tipu Munshi wins Rangpur-4
Awami League candidate and commerce minister Tipu Munshi has won the Rangpur-4 constituency in the 12th parliamentary election held on Sunday.
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He received 1,21,622 votes with his party’s ‘boat’ symbol, while his nearest rival, Mostafa Selim Bengal of the Jatiya Party, bagged 41,671 votes.
Former JaPa sec general Mashiur Rahman defeated by independent candidate
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.
Asaduzzaman Noor bags Nilphamari-2