Three ward councilors of Chittagong City Corporation have been elected as the corporation’s panel mayors.
The elected panel mayors are Chowdhury Hasan Mahmud Hasni, councilor of CCC ward number 20; Jobaira Nargis Khan, councilor of CCC reserved female ward number 2; and Nisar Uddin Ahmed Manju, councilor of CCC ward number 10.
The secret voting was held in Nagar Bhaban’s KB Abdus Sattar Auditorium from 11:30am till 12:30pm where 54 CCC ward councilors cast votes.
After the vote casting, CCC Mayor AJM Nasir Uddin announced the names of winners.
The newly elected Panel Mayor Chowdhury Hasan Mahmud Hasni got 39 votes while Jobaira Nargis Khan got 31 votes and Nisar Uddin Ahmed Manju got 30 votes, CCC sources said.
Chowdhury Hasan Mahmud Hasni was also the panel mayor in the city corporation’s previous mayor M Manjur Alam’s tenure.
According to the corporation’s act, the councilors have to choose two male councilors and a female councilor as panel mayors through understanding or secret voting.
AJM Nasir, general secretary of the city unit of Awami League in Chittagong, elected as CCC mayor in the April 28 election which was boycotted by the BNP.