Sheikh Hasina secures landslide victory

Staff Correspondent: Awami League (AL) President Sheikh Hasina has been elected unofficially with a huge margin from Gopalganj-3 constituency in the 11^th parliamentary elections held on Sunday.

Election Commission (EC) Secretary Helal Uddin Ahmed announced the unofficial results of all 108 polling centers of the constituency this evening.

He said Sheikh Hasina, the AL candidate and incumbent prime minister, bagged 229,539 votes with ‘boat’ symbol while her nearest rival BNP candidate SM Zilani secured only 123 votes with ‘sheaf of paddy’ symbol.

The total number of voters in the constituency were 230,141.


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