BNP-backed candidate Nur Mohammad Mondal was elected chairman of Pirganj upazila in the upazila parishad poll yesterday.
Nur Mohammad bagged 74,992 votes against Awami League-backed Chhayadat Hossain Bakul’s 70,877 votes and Awami League’s rebel candidate Habib Mukit’s 13,872 votes.
The results of the election to the upazila, which is in Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s constituency, were announced around 11:45pm.
Voting in the upazila ended peacefully amid tight security. There were 262,735 registered voters in the upazila.