The Awami League-nominated candidate for Rajshahi-6, Shahriar Alam, has been elected as an MP for the fourth time in the 12th parliamentary election held on Sunday.
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Shahriar Alam, also the state minister for foreign affairs, bagged 101,599 votes, while his nearest rival, Rayhan, who was an independent candidate, secured 74,278 votes.
Voting in the 12th parliamentary election began at 8am and concluded at 4pm without any break amid tight security in 299 out of the country’s 300 constituencies.