Election
Dipu Moni secures Chandpur-3 seat
Awami League nominated candidate for Chandpur-3 (Sadar-Haimchar) Dr. Dipu Moni has been elected in the 12th parliamentary elections held on Sunday.
Brahmanbaria-4: Anisul Huq secures 3rd consecutive victory
Dr. Dipu Moni, also the Education Minister, bagged 1,08,166 votes while her nearest rival Dr. Muhammad Shamsul Haque Bhuiyan who was an independent candidate secured 24,197 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.
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Dipu Moni is a renowned face in Bangladesh politics, and has been the Minister of Education since January 2019 and a Member of Parliament representing the Chandpur-3 constituency.
She was Foreign Minister of Bangladesh from 2009 to 2013.
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Brahmanbaria-4: Anisul Huq secures 3rd consecutive victory
Law Minister Anisul Huq bagged the Brahmanbaria-4 seat for the third time consecutively in the 12th national election held on Sunday.
Anisul bagged 2,20,667 votes while his nearest rival, Shaheen Khan from the National People’s Party secured 6,586 votes.
Nat'l Election: Hasan Mahmud wins for 4th time
Annisul Huq was also elected a member of the Jatiya Sangsad in the 2014 and 2018 elections with the ‘boat’ symbol.
The voter turnout in the constituency was 58.13 percent.
Independent candidates Azad, Nixon win Faridpur-3, 4
The constituency has a total of 118 polling centres. Of these, 74 centers are in Kasba upazila and 44 centers in Akhaura upazila.
Ferdous hits clean sweep in Dhaka-10 as debutant candidate from AL
The law minister's father Sirajul Haque, a renowned lawyer of the subcontinent and a member of the Constituent Assembly and the constitution drafting committee, was also a member of parliament from this constituency.
Nat'l Election: Hasan Mahmud wins for 4th time
Information and Broadcasting Minister Dr Hasan Mahmud has been elected unofficially in Chattogram-7 (Ranguniya and part of Boalkhali) constituency for the fourth consecutive time.
Assistant Returning Officer and Ranguniya Upazila Nirbahi Officer (UNO) Raihan Mehebub announced the results on Sunday night.
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He bagged 1,98,976 votes while his nearest contestant Islami Front candidate Advocate Iqbal Hasan earned 9,301 votes.
Independent candidates Azad, Nixon win Faridpur-3, 4
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.
Mashrafe secures victory from Narail-2 again
Independent candidates Azad, Nixon win Faridpur-3, 4
Two independent candidates from Faridpur -3 and 4 have unofficially elected in the 12th national election held on Sunday.
In Faridpur-3, Industrialist AK Azad won against Shamim Haque, the Awami League candidate for the seat.
Ferdous hits clean sweep in Dhaka-10 as debutant candidate from AL
He got 1,34,098 votes while his nearest rival bagged 75,089 votes.
In Faridpur-4, Mujibur Rahman Chowdhury, popularly known as Nixon Chowdhury, has won the election defeating his strong rival AL-backed candidate Kazi Zafarullah.
Mashrafe secures victory from Narail-2 again
Nixon with the Eagle symbol secured 1,48,035 votes while Zafarullah got 1,24,066 votes.
The AL winners from Faridpur 1 and 2 are Abdur Rahman and Shahadab Akbar Chowdhury respectively.
BNP salutes voters for making its boycott call a success
Faridpur Returning Officer Md Kamrul Ahsan Talukder announced the results around 10pm on Sunday.
He said that the polling in 654 centers of 4 parliamentary constituencies began at 8:00 am and concluded at 4pm without any break.
Ferdous hits clean sweep in Dhaka-10 as debutant candidate from AL
Ferdous Ahmed, the Dhallywood-famed superstar candidate in Dhaka-10 constituency from Awami League, has won his first-ever National Election by a great margin.
He was victorious with 65,898 votes with the boat symbol.
His closest competitor, Shamsul Alam, with the mango symbol from the National People's Party, received 2,257 votes.
Hasina wins Gopalganj-3
Divisional Commissioner and Returning Officer Sabirul Islam announced the result in a briefing at the Dhaka Divisional Commissioner's office on Sunday (January 7).
Sharing his instant reaction after his victory, Ferdous told the media that he was initially nervous before the election but eventually became hopeful with the increased number of voters throughout the day.
Mashrafe secures victory from Narail-2 again
“I am immensely grateful to all of my voters, especially the youth - and also to all the wings of Bangladesh Awami League for assisting me with constant support. People showered me with their votes which I count as blessings, and I will try my best to return this love,” he told media.
“Throughout the entirety of my candidacy and campaign, many were doubtful about my success as a debutant candidate. Voters in this area, including our honourable Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, have blessed me with their votes - and I am forever grateful,” Ferdous said.
Shahriar Alam wins Rajshahi-6
Celebrities and media personalities have been congratulating Ferdous after the announcement of the result, both in person and on social media.
Mashrafe secures victory from Narail-2 again
Former Bangladesh cricket team captain and Narail-2 Awami League candidate for the 12th parliamentary election Mashrafe Bin Mortaza bagged the seat for the second time consecutively by a huge margin.
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He bagged 1,89,102 votes, while his nearest rival Hafizur Rahman from Bangladesh Workers Party secured 4,041 votes in Sunday's polls.
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.
Shahriar Alam wins Rajshahi-6
Awami League President and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina cast her vote at Dhaka City College in the capital this morning.
Election Commission Secretary Jahangir Alam on Sunday said 27.15 % votes were cast till 3 pm on Sunday.
BNP holds protest rally rejecting polls in Kishoreganj
Shahriar Alam wins Rajshahi-6
Awami League nominated candidate for Rajshahi-6 (Bagha-Charghat) Shahriar Alam has been elected for the 4th time in the 12th parliamentary elections held on Sunday.
JSD's Inu defeated by 19,161 votes
Shahriar Alam, also the state minister for Foreign Affairs Ministry, bagged 1,01,599 votes while his nearest rival Rayhan who was an independent candidate secured 74,278 votes.
Hasina wins Gopalganj-3
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.
BNP holds protest rally rejecting polls in Kishoreganj
BNP holds protest rally rejecting polls in Kishoreganj
Leaders and activists of the BNP held a protest rally rejecting election results in Kishoreganj.
The procession started from the Puranthana area of the district around 8:00 pm on Sunday.
JSD's Inu defeated by 19,161 votes
The procession, led by district BNP general secretary Mazharul Islam, ended at the same place after parading different roads.
Abul Hasnat, Menon won in Barishal-1 and 2
District BNP Organizing Secretary Israil Mia and more than 200 leaders and activists took part in the procession.
Democracy-loving people won as almost 12 crore boycotted polls: BNP
JSD's Inu defeated by 19,161 votes
Hasanul Haq Inu, president of Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal, was defeated by 19,161 votes in the 12th parliamentary elections held on Sunday.
Inu who contested from Kushtia-2 (Mirpur-Bheramara) seat with AL's electoral symbol 'boat', got 79,735 votes.
Democracy-loving people won as almost 12 crore boycotted polls: BNP
Kamarul Arefin, an independent candidate with truck symbol, has been unofficially elected getting 98,896 votes.
In 4 parliamentary constituencies in Kushtia, only one Awami League nominated candidate has won in the election.
Abul Hasnat, Menon won in Barishal-1 and 2
Bangladesh Awami League joint general secretary Mahabubul Alam Hanif, the incumbent lawmaker from the Kushtia-3 (Sadar) seat, has secured the seat.
He got 1,28,533 votes. His nearest rival, Eagle symbol independent candidate Pervez Anwar Tanu got 43,726 votes.
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There are 16, 43, 912 voters in the four constituencies of Kushtia.
Democracy-loving people won as almost 12 crore boycotted polls: BNP
BNP on Sunday night said the victory of the democracy-loving people was ensured as almost all voters rejected the 12th parliamentary election responding to the opposition’s call for boycotting the lopsided voting.
In a statement, signed by its Senior Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi, the party also said it is the trait of all autocrats to show high voter turnout in the election that was rejected by people.
Hasina wins Gopalganj-3
“People responded to the call of the opposition parties and showed their solidarity. So, the victory of the democracy-loving people was ensured as they firmly rejected today's (Sunday’s) fraudulent election,” BNP said.
It also said the rejection of the election by the people is a spontaneous support for the ongoing movement of pro-democracy forces and a strong reflection of the popular demand for Sheikh Hasina's resignation.
“Almost all of the country's 12 crore voters boycotted this farcical election…this heroic stand of the people of Bangladesh is mainly for the restoration of democracy. BNP congratulates the countrymen for the way the democracy-loving people of Bangladesh unitedly and bravely rejected the dummy election,” the party said.
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The BNP thinks the flawed election was a complete insult to the democratic aspirations and enthusiasm of the people of Bangladesh.
It also said the ruling party cadres could not bring out voters to the empty polling stations even outside Dhaka despite various manipulations, threats, and persuasion.
The BNP said the way Awami League resorted to manipulations and irregularities in every seat and center in the election that was boycotted by 63 democratic parties, it was proved once again that no free, fair, participatory, competitive, and peaceful election is possible under Sheikh Hasina.
Abul Hasnat, Menon won in Barishal-1 and 2
“The state suffers badly if the constitutional institutions are not independent and strong. The current election commission is proof of that. As they (EC) were subservient to Awami fascism, they played a game in the name of election,” the party said.