UK polls: Tulip Siddiq wins for third consecutive term

Tulip Siddiq, the granddaughter of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, has been elected in the parliamentary polls in UK.

Moreover, Rushanara Ali, Rupa Huq and Afsana Begum, the other three Bangladesh-origin candidates, were also elected in the election.

The 37-year-old retains the seat she first won in 2015 with a majority of 14,188 and sailed to victory despite a resilient Conservative vote and an enthusiastic campaign by the Liberal Democrats over Brexit and antisemitism in the Labour Party.

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