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Gaibandha-1 by-election: vote counting underway

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Published: 12:05, 22 March 2017   Update: 15:18, 26 July 2020
Gaibandha-1 by-election: vote counting underway

Gaibandha Correspondent: Counting of votes is underway in Gaibandha-1 by-poll on Wednesday amid tight security.

Earlier, the voting started from 8:00am and continued till 4:00pm in 109 polling centers of 15 unions.

A total of 3,33,426 voters cast their ballots at 637 booths of 109 polling centres. Of the voters, 1,62,540 are male and 1,70,841 female.

Seven candidates are in the fray. They are, the Awami League's Golam Mostafa Ahmed with the "boat" symbol, Jatiya Party's Shamim Hayder Patwari (plough), Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal's Mohammad Ali Pramanik (flaming torch), Jatiya Party (Monju)'s Waheduzzaman (by-cycle), National People's Party's Zia Zaman Khan (mango), Gonofront's Sariful Islam (fish) and independent candidate Mostafa Mohsin (apple).

The Gaibandha-1 by-election had been vacant following the murder of ruling Awami League lawmaker Manzurul Islam Liton in December last year.


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